#PoliceBrutality #Court
HK Police: I Used My Baton to Calm Down the Arrestees
Battlefield Social Worker, Jackie Chan Hung-sau and 7 others were charged with rioting at a pro-democracy rally on August 31, 2019. September 15 marked the 6th day of the 17-day trial.
In court, the police's Special Tactical Squad officer, Wong Ming-fai, denied the accusation that he had violently bashed one of the defendants with his police baton.
The officer claimed that he wanted to prevent the defendant from running away, saying, “I used the baton to control and calm him down. I did not bash him violently.”
The defending lawyer also pointed out that there were 7 to 8 people encircling the 3rd defendant on the scene and asked police officer Tsang Hing-hung to identify his colleagues.
The officer said that he could only tell by reading their operation numbers. The lawyer further challenged whether it is a reasonable expectation for a civilian to tell whether a black-clad onlooker is a police officer or not, since none of the police officers displayed their warrants nor identification pin.
Source: InMedia HK #Sept15
https://bit.ly/33uv5CJ
#PoliceBaton #PoliceState #FailedState #AsiasFinest
#HKLivesMatter
HK Police: I Used My Baton to Calm Down the Arrestees
Battlefield Social Worker, Jackie Chan Hung-sau and 7 others were charged with rioting at a pro-democracy rally on August 31, 2019. September 15 marked the 6th day of the 17-day trial.
In court, the police's Special Tactical Squad officer, Wong Ming-fai, denied the accusation that he had violently bashed one of the defendants with his police baton.
The officer claimed that he wanted to prevent the defendant from running away, saying, “I used the baton to control and calm him down. I did not bash him violently.”
The defending lawyer also pointed out that there were 7 to 8 people encircling the 3rd defendant on the scene and asked police officer Tsang Hing-hung to identify his colleagues.
The officer said that he could only tell by reading their operation numbers. The lawyer further challenged whether it is a reasonable expectation for a civilian to tell whether a black-clad onlooker is a police officer or not, since none of the police officers displayed their warrants nor identification pin.
Source: InMedia HK #Sept15
https://bit.ly/33uv5CJ
#PoliceBaton #PoliceState #FailedState #AsiasFinest
#HKLivesMatter
#Save12HKYouths #HKLivesMatter
China Detains 12 Hongkongers for Nearly a Month; Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
Source: Stand News #Sept20
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China Detains 12 Hongkongers for Nearly a Month; Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
Source: Stand News #Sept20
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25403
#Save12HKYouths #HKLivesMatter
China Detains 12 Hongkongers for Nearly a Month; Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
The families of the 12 Hongkongers captured and detained in China filed a formal report to the Hong Kong Police at Wan Chai Police Headquarters on September 20, 2020. The detainees include Andy Li who is charged with national security violation and pro-democracy activists.
Accompanied by legislator Chu Hoi-dick and pro-democracy activist Owen Chow, the families demanded the police to disclose more information on the arrests, which include the time and location of the arrest and the radar records of the locations of the Hong Kong marine police at that time.
The families want the police to prove that the 12 Hongkongers weren’t arrested in local waters by the Chinese Coast Guard.
They also demanded the Hong Kong officials to contact the detainees being held in China to check on their actual condition to ensure that they aren’t injured.
Last Sunday, the families had held a press conference calling for international attention. They lamented that they could not even know if their loved ones were still alive. The families condemned the Hong Kong government for refusing to offer assistance, failing to seek the return of the detainees and acting as the mouthpiece of the Chinese authorities.
Listen to the families in our bilingual video:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=319408655950020
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam mentioned once that "it is not that simple", although legislator James To revealed precedent cases that Hongkongers charged with criminal offences who 'transgressed the border' were simply sent back by Chinese authorities. Secretary for Security John Lee reiterated what China had said that the detainees "had chosen their lawyers from a list provided by Chinese authorities".
On August 23, 2020, 12 Hongkongers had been intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard and detained in China since then. They were barred from meeting their families or lawyers appointed by their families. The Chinese authorities insisted on assigning government-appointed lawyers to represent the 12 people, although the families had already hired lawyers. Worse still, the Chinese lawyers appointed by their families have been pressured by the law society and the local authorities in China to drop the case.
The Chinese authorities have been criticized for undermining human and legal rights.
Source: Stand News #Sept20
https://bit.ly/3hQsHeC
China Detains 12 Hongkongers for Nearly a Month; Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
The families of the 12 Hongkongers captured and detained in China filed a formal report to the Hong Kong Police at Wan Chai Police Headquarters on September 20, 2020. The detainees include Andy Li who is charged with national security violation and pro-democracy activists.
Accompanied by legislator Chu Hoi-dick and pro-democracy activist Owen Chow, the families demanded the police to disclose more information on the arrests, which include the time and location of the arrest and the radar records of the locations of the Hong Kong marine police at that time.
The families want the police to prove that the 12 Hongkongers weren’t arrested in local waters by the Chinese Coast Guard.
They also demanded the Hong Kong officials to contact the detainees being held in China to check on their actual condition to ensure that they aren’t injured.
Last Sunday, the families had held a press conference calling for international attention. They lamented that they could not even know if their loved ones were still alive. The families condemned the Hong Kong government for refusing to offer assistance, failing to seek the return of the detainees and acting as the mouthpiece of the Chinese authorities.
Listen to the families in our bilingual video:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=319408655950020
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam mentioned once that "it is not that simple", although legislator James To revealed precedent cases that Hongkongers charged with criminal offences who 'transgressed the border' were simply sent back by Chinese authorities. Secretary for Security John Lee reiterated what China had said that the detainees "had chosen their lawyers from a list provided by Chinese authorities".
On August 23, 2020, 12 Hongkongers had been intercepted by the Chinese Coast Guard and detained in China since then. They were barred from meeting their families or lawyers appointed by their families. The Chinese authorities insisted on assigning government-appointed lawyers to represent the 12 people, although the families had already hired lawyers. Worse still, the Chinese lawyers appointed by their families have been pressured by the law society and the local authorities in China to drop the case.
The Chinese authorities have been criticized for undermining human and legal rights.
Source: Stand News #Sept20
https://bit.ly/3hQsHeC
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Hong Kong Police Intercept Citizens Wearing Protest-themed Masks on #Halloween
1909 | Prince Edward Station
Police intercepted the citizens who carried installation and wore make-up in related to the 8.31 Prince Edward police attack on train passengers on Halloween.
The police also stopped and searched a citizen wearing a Guy Fawkes' mask.
Oct 31, 2020 marks 14 months after the police had attacked train passengers and barred first aiders and reporters from entering the Prince Edward Station on Aug 31, 2019.
#PoliceBrutality #HKLivesMatter #NeverForget
Hong Kong Police Intercept Citizens Wearing Protest-themed Masks on #Halloween
1909 | Prince Edward Station
Police intercepted the citizens who carried installation and wore make-up in related to the 8.31 Prince Edward police attack on train passengers on Halloween.
The police also stopped and searched a citizen wearing a Guy Fawkes' mask.
Oct 31, 2020 marks 14 months after the police had attacked train passengers and barred first aiders and reporters from entering the Prince Edward Station on Aug 31, 2019.
#PoliceBrutality #HKLivesMatter #NeverForget
#HongKongWatch #HumanitarianCrisis
Benedict Rogers calls for urgent internationally coordinated rescue programme for HK pro-democracy protesters
On his way to seek asylum at the United States Consulate in Hong Kong, former Convener of Student Localism Tony Chung Hon-lam, aged 19, was arrested by Hong Kong Police on October 27, 2020. He was charged with one count of secession, two counts of dealing with money laundering and one count of conspiracy to publish inflammatory publications.
The incident came just two days after a global movement of solidarity calling on China to release the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been jailed in China since August without any trial and without being represented by lawyers appointed by their family.
Benedict Rogers, a human rights activist from Hong Kong Watch, wrote in an opinion article:
“As I said in my speech last Saturday, we must keep campaigning for the release of the 12 – and at least, in the meantime, for them to have access to lawyers of their choice, medical care and family contact. It is outrageous that the lawyers chosen by the families of the 12 were earlier this week ordered by the Chinese authorities to drop the case. That brought home once again to us all what we of course have always known: in mainland China there’s no rule of law whatsoever – it’s rule by law, and the law can mean whatever the Chinese Communist Party regime wants it to mean.
The plight of the 12 – and now of Tony Chung and his colleagues – is not only about them. It is about all of us. If they are left to their fate and the world moves on, if they are allowed to languish in jail unheard and unknown, then no one – absolutely no one – is safe.
If the 12 are forgotten, if Tony Chung is allowed to disappear, the CCP won’t stop there. Our own freedoms around the world will increasingly be in the firing line. So it’s not only morally right, it’s not only compassionate, but it is in the interests of every freedom-loving person everywhere in the world to defend the 12, to speak up for Tony and his friends, to ensure they’re not forgotten. Don’t let Tony, his friends or any of us become the 13th.
That’s why an international lifeboat rescue programme is so urgently needed. Instead of activists risking their lives fleeing on speedboats or rushing into the consulates, let the free world open its doors in a clear, co-ordinated way."
Source: Stand News; Apple Daily #Oct29
https://hk.appledaily.com/opinion/20201030/47PUA2NCUFG7DBMP2WJHTAGIYE/
#NationalSecurityLaw #TonyChung #StudentLocalism #Save12HKYouths #HKLivesMatter
Benedict Rogers calls for urgent internationally coordinated rescue programme for HK pro-democracy protesters
On his way to seek asylum at the United States Consulate in Hong Kong, former Convener of Student Localism Tony Chung Hon-lam, aged 19, was arrested by Hong Kong Police on October 27, 2020. He was charged with one count of secession, two counts of dealing with money laundering and one count of conspiracy to publish inflammatory publications.
The incident came just two days after a global movement of solidarity calling on China to release the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who have been jailed in China since August without any trial and without being represented by lawyers appointed by their family.
Benedict Rogers, a human rights activist from Hong Kong Watch, wrote in an opinion article:
“As I said in my speech last Saturday, we must keep campaigning for the release of the 12 – and at least, in the meantime, for them to have access to lawyers of their choice, medical care and family contact. It is outrageous that the lawyers chosen by the families of the 12 were earlier this week ordered by the Chinese authorities to drop the case. That brought home once again to us all what we of course have always known: in mainland China there’s no rule of law whatsoever – it’s rule by law, and the law can mean whatever the Chinese Communist Party regime wants it to mean.
The plight of the 12 – and now of Tony Chung and his colleagues – is not only about them. It is about all of us. If they are left to their fate and the world moves on, if they are allowed to languish in jail unheard and unknown, then no one – absolutely no one – is safe.
If the 12 are forgotten, if Tony Chung is allowed to disappear, the CCP won’t stop there. Our own freedoms around the world will increasingly be in the firing line. So it’s not only morally right, it’s not only compassionate, but it is in the interests of every freedom-loving person everywhere in the world to defend the 12, to speak up for Tony and his friends, to ensure they’re not forgotten. Don’t let Tony, his friends or any of us become the 13th.
That’s why an international lifeboat rescue programme is so urgently needed. Instead of activists risking their lives fleeing on speedboats or rushing into the consulates, let the free world open its doors in a clear, co-ordinated way."
Source: Stand News; Apple Daily #Oct29
https://hk.appledaily.com/opinion/20201030/47PUA2NCUFG7DBMP2WJHTAGIYE/
#NationalSecurityLaw #TonyChung #StudentLocalism #Save12HKYouths #HKLivesMatter
#HKLivesMatter #BringThemBack
Detainee's Sister Shoots Video, Calling International Community to #Save12HKYouths
Beatrice Li, the sister of Andy Li, one of the Hongkongers detained in China, went public demanding the release of all 12 Hongkongers.
Activists in exile Sunny Cheung and Ray Wong Toi-yeung and Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch spoke in the video, condemning China for the humanitarian crisis and reiterating the demands of the detainees' families:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799913507242689
Cartoonist Badiucao, Australian lawmakers Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie, UK's Arise Foundation director Luke de Pulford, Radicali Italiani's member Patrizia de Grazia were also present in the video. They all said together: "Save the 12 Hong Kong Youths, and bring them home".
They also want to send a clear message to countries around the world that how China is treating Hongkongers right now can also happen to anyone living in other parts of the world.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#ChinaThreat
Detainee's Sister Shoots Video, Calling International Community to #Save12HKYouths
Beatrice Li, the sister of Andy Li, one of the Hongkongers detained in China, went public demanding the release of all 12 Hongkongers.
Activists in exile Sunny Cheung and Ray Wong Toi-yeung and Benedict Rogers of Hong Kong Watch spoke in the video, condemning China for the humanitarian crisis and reiterating the demands of the detainees' families:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=799913507242689
Cartoonist Badiucao, Australian lawmakers Tim Wilson and Andrew Hastie, UK's Arise Foundation director Luke de Pulford, Radicali Italiani's member Patrizia de Grazia were also present in the video. They all said together: "Save the 12 Hong Kong Youths, and bring them home".
They also want to send a clear message to countries around the world that how China is treating Hongkongers right now can also happen to anyone living in other parts of the world.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
#ChinaThreat