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Lester Shum: A possible black hole for live streaming and documenting in Mong Kok – a repeat of 831.
(10 May) The Hong Kong police were already very familiar with Mong Kok’s ‘sachet bag strategy’(a strategy which allows them to make mass arrests), and it seemed like they stepped up their game tonight.
It seems that the police are targeting journalists more strategically so no one would be able to film what happened.
The reason why the 831 Prince Edward Station incident happened is because the the police kicked all journalists off the platform, which is not a difficult thing to do with their resources if they have the intention to do it. But like tonight, clearing out hundreds of journalists in several streets, I don’t believe that there was no premeditation or deployment.
Journalists being targeted and brutalised by police is nothing new. But what happened tonight appears to be a premeditated and deployed effort by the police to create a black hole for reporting and documenting, like in the 831 incident.
Source: The Stand News
Further reading:
A View from a journalist - Police Brutality on Press
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20925
#MongkokNight #FreedomOfPress #sachetbagstrategy #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #LiveStreaming #831incident
Lester Shum: A possible black hole for live streaming and documenting in Mong Kok – a repeat of 831.
(10 May) The Hong Kong police were already very familiar with Mong Kok’s ‘sachet bag strategy’(a strategy which allows them to make mass arrests), and it seemed like they stepped up their game tonight.
It seems that the police are targeting journalists more strategically so no one would be able to film what happened.
• Within 10 - 15 minutes, the area around Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Shan Tung Street, Tung Choi Street and Fa Yuen Street were completely cordoned off by police and all those present were arrested, while a large number of journalists were stopped and "targeted". • After the police started their operation, apart from those who targeted citizens, it seems like there was also a group of police who purposefully “subdued” and “dispersed” the journalists: those who could be kicked away, pushed away and sprayed away were dispersed, and those who couldn’t be dispersed due to the large number of journalists were demanded to sit down and turn their live streaming off. • After being surrounded by the police, a number of journalists were demanded to retreat so far back that they couldn’t film the police’s actions at all. • Given the large number of police on the scene and the strategic targeting of journalists, there was a part of Mong Kok where no one knew what happened, and how arrestees were treated. The reason why the 831 Prince Edward Station incident happened is because the the police kicked all journalists off the platform, which is not a difficult thing to do with their resources if they have the intention to do it. But like tonight, clearing out hundreds of journalists in several streets, I don’t believe that there was no premeditation or deployment.
Journalists being targeted and brutalised by police is nothing new. But what happened tonight appears to be a premeditated and deployed effort by the police to create a black hole for reporting and documenting, like in the 831 incident.
Source: The Stand News
Further reading:
A View from a journalist - Police Brutality on Press
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20925
#MongkokNight #FreedomOfPress #sachetbagstrategy #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #LiveStreaming #831incident
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Pro-democracy District Councillor Lester Shum Giving Up U.S. Citizenship to Run for Legislative Election
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Pro-democracy District Councillor Lester Shum Giving Up U.S. Citizenship to Run for Legislative Election
Obn 24 July afternoon, Lester Shum, a pro-democracy district councillor of Tsuen Wan and former deputy Secretary-General of Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) enrolled to rin for the “super seat" in the Legistive Council (LegCo). The seat, which returns a district councillor to the LegCo, belongs to the functional constituency (FC).
Lester Shum said that he will not sign the confirmation letter and authoritors should think of the consequences of them disqualifying election candidates.
He pointed out that, if disqualification is to take place, this not only concens the candidate, but it is also an act trying to eliminate Hongkongers’ voice.
Lester Shum was one of the most voted candidates the pro-democracy primary election. While he did not get disqualified in the district council election last year, his disqualification, if to take place, would reflect that the disqualification has nothing to do with the Basic Law nor the confirmation letter candidates were asked to sign.
Lester Shum mentioned that the pro-Beijing camp suggested postponing the election probably because of intensifying tensions between the U.S. and China, but they used the outbreak as an excuse.
He said the process of renouncing his U.S. citizenship would be completed next Wednesday and Hong Kong's Immigration Department has already approved his HKSAR passport.
Shum was accompanied by another Yuen Long district councillor Wong Pak-yu to submit his application. Shum reiterated that
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) besieged by the world is ”breaking the situation”. The world prepares corresponding measures to what Beijing has done.
Source: InMedia
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Pro-democracy District Councillor Lester Shum Giving Up U.S. Citizenship to Run for Legislative Election
Obn 24 July afternoon, Lester Shum, a pro-democracy district councillor of Tsuen Wan and former deputy Secretary-General of Hong Kong Federation of Students (HKFS) enrolled to rin for the “super seat" in the Legistive Council (LegCo). The seat, which returns a district councillor to the LegCo, belongs to the functional constituency (FC).
Lester Shum said that he will not sign the confirmation letter and authoritors should think of the consequences of them disqualifying election candidates.
He pointed out that, if disqualification is to take place, this not only concens the candidate, but it is also an act trying to eliminate Hongkongers’ voice.
Lester Shum was one of the most voted candidates the pro-democracy primary election. While he did not get disqualified in the district council election last year, his disqualification, if to take place, would reflect that the disqualification has nothing to do with the Basic Law nor the confirmation letter candidates were asked to sign.
Lester Shum mentioned that the pro-Beijing camp suggested postponing the election probably because of intensifying tensions between the U.S. and China, but they used the outbreak as an excuse.
He said the process of renouncing his U.S. citizenship would be completed next Wednesday and Hong Kong's Immigration Department has already approved his HKSAR passport.
Shum was accompanied by another Yuen Long district councillor Wong Pak-yu to submit his application. Shum reiterated that
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) besieged by the world is ”breaking the situation”. The world prepares corresponding measures to what Beijing has done.
Source: InMedia
#LesterShum: "Fight Til the End"
Shum wrote on Facebook after he and other 11 pro-democracy candidates were barred from the #LegCoElection on #Jul30:
//The spotlight of this 'DQ' saga is not on Joshua Wong, Fergus Leung and Sunny Cheung, nor is it me. The most alarming part is how Kenneth Leung and the Civic Party, the mild faction of the democracy camp, were 'disqualified'. Considering that the reasons cited [by the Electoral Affairs Commission] are mostly related to 'opposition to the National Security Law', it means HK's legislature has become part of the [PRC's] National People's Congress: Any voice opposing Beijing and the tyrannical regime is going to be silenced.
Today, it is through disqualification. Tomorrow, it could be by imprisonment.//
Editor's note: Lester Shum is a district councillor directly elected since 2019. He has been active in the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Movement. He recently gave up his U.S. citizenship in order to run for the LegCo Election.
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Shum wrote on Facebook after he and other 11 pro-democracy candidates were barred from the #LegCoElection on #Jul30:
//The spotlight of this 'DQ' saga is not on Joshua Wong, Fergus Leung and Sunny Cheung, nor is it me. The most alarming part is how Kenneth Leung and the Civic Party, the mild faction of the democracy camp, were 'disqualified'. Considering that the reasons cited [by the Electoral Affairs Commission] are mostly related to 'opposition to the National Security Law', it means HK's legislature has become part of the [PRC's] National People's Congress: Any voice opposing Beijing and the tyrannical regime is going to be silenced.
Today, it is through disqualification. Tomorrow, it could be by imprisonment.//
Editor's note: Lester Shum is a district councillor directly elected since 2019. He has been active in the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 Anti-Extradition Law Movement. He recently gave up his U.S. citizenship in order to run for the LegCo Election.
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#HKProtest #Save12HKyouths
Pro-democracy activists chant slogans defying the authorities' illusion of harmony
Around 5pm on Oct 1, 2020, Tsuen Wan district councilor, Lester Shum, Tuen Mun District Councilor Sam Cheung and Owen Chow were sighted in Causeway Bay chanting slogans, calling for public attention to the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers arrested and detained in China.
They were warmly supported by onlookers at the scene. Chow expressed that it is important for Hong Kong people to continue protesting and chanting slogans on the street and defy the illusion of harmony created by the government.
Source: Inmedia #Oct1
#LesterShum #OwenChow #SamCheung
Pro-democracy activists chant slogans defying the authorities' illusion of harmony
Around 5pm on Oct 1, 2020, Tsuen Wan district councilor, Lester Shum, Tuen Mun District Councilor Sam Cheung and Owen Chow were sighted in Causeway Bay chanting slogans, calling for public attention to the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers arrested and detained in China.
They were warmly supported by onlookers at the scene. Chow expressed that it is important for Hong Kong people to continue protesting and chanting slogans on the street and defy the illusion of harmony created by the government.
Source: Inmedia #Oct1
#LesterShum #OwenChow #SamCheung
#Save12HKYouths
Concern Group Calls for Local and International Attention to Save 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Arrested by China
Concern group convener Owen Chow Ka-shing, former Secretary General of Demosisto Joshua Wong Chi-fung and former legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dik and district councillor Lester Shum called for an online assembly on Sunday, October 25, to show support to the 12 Hongkongers detained in China and their families.
Owen Chow expressed that only international attention could bring hope to this case. He revealed that 30 cities will voice support in various formats around the globe, such as assembly or rally from October 23 to October 25.
With reference to Granny Wong’s experience of detainment in China, Eddie Chu expressed that with more attention from Hong Kong and around the world, the treatment of those detained in China will be significantly improved. He asked Hongkongers to continue paying attention to the case in order to put pressure on Chinese authorities.
Joshua Wong sponsored printing 50,000 copies of “Never Forget 12 Fellow Protesters” on transparency sheets in a bid to encourage Hongkongers’ continued support. Each sheet carried a name of one of the detainees, a small boat and a short message that read, “Bring Them Back”.
The design of the transparencies was inspired by Zhen Jianghua, a human right activist in China who was also arrested and detained.
Lester Shum said that 23 October marks the 60th day since the 12 youths' official arrest and detainment in China. Shum asked for Hongkongers' attention on this case, which he believed would provide support to the detainees and their families, so that they would know that they were not left alone.
Source: InMedia HK #Oct20
https://bit.ly/3kgCf4O
#FailedState #12LivesMatter
#LesterShum #JoshuaWong #EddieChu #OwenChow
Concern Group Calls for Local and International Attention to Save 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Arrested by China
Concern group convener Owen Chow Ka-shing, former Secretary General of Demosisto Joshua Wong Chi-fung and former legislator Eddie Chu Hoi-dik and district councillor Lester Shum called for an online assembly on Sunday, October 25, to show support to the 12 Hongkongers detained in China and their families.
Owen Chow expressed that only international attention could bring hope to this case. He revealed that 30 cities will voice support in various formats around the globe, such as assembly or rally from October 23 to October 25.
With reference to Granny Wong’s experience of detainment in China, Eddie Chu expressed that with more attention from Hong Kong and around the world, the treatment of those detained in China will be significantly improved. He asked Hongkongers to continue paying attention to the case in order to put pressure on Chinese authorities.
Joshua Wong sponsored printing 50,000 copies of “Never Forget 12 Fellow Protesters” on transparency sheets in a bid to encourage Hongkongers’ continued support. Each sheet carried a name of one of the detainees, a small boat and a short message that read, “Bring Them Back”.
The design of the transparencies was inspired by Zhen Jianghua, a human right activist in China who was also arrested and detained.
Lester Shum said that 23 October marks the 60th day since the 12 youths' official arrest and detainment in China. Shum asked for Hongkongers' attention on this case, which he believed would provide support to the detainees and their families, so that they would know that they were not left alone.
Source: InMedia HK #Oct20
https://bit.ly/3kgCf4O
#FailedState #12LivesMatter
#LesterShum #JoshuaWong #EddieChu #OwenChow
#106Crackdown #PrimaryElection
#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
Source: InMedia #Jan7
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#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
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#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
On 6 Jan, 2022, the Hong Kong police arrested 53 people, including pro-democracy candidates of “+35 primary election” in 2019, with accusations of subversion of the state power under the National Security Law (#NSL).
Lester Shum, who won in the primary election in July 2019, was released on bail on the evening of 7 Jan, 2021. While leaving a police station, Shum gave a thumbs up gesture.
He criticised the police force for the mass arrest, which mobilised more than a thousand police officers, with the intention of accusing the pro-democracy candidates of subverting the state power.
"It’s ridiculous. Why am I being accused of subverting by participating in the primary election?”
Shum said that the police met him three times for making his statement, with all of them being recorded. He said that the 53 arrestees had the intention to participate in the elections that they deserved, and that the regime is blurring the lines between what is right and what is wrong daily.
“While making my statement, the officer told me that I violated the national security law and was facing the accusation of subverting of the state power because of my participation in the primary election."
Shum told the Inmedia HK that the police station had to wait for a bail and release document issued by National Security Department. Hence, his release was delayed.
“Police officers wanted me to leave as soon as possible,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Jan7
https://bit.ly/3hPVZf7
#NationalSecurityLaw #MassArrest
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822
#LesterShum: "hilarious" of the regime to accuse primaries candidates of "subversion of the state power”
On 6 Jan, 2022, the Hong Kong police arrested 53 people, including pro-democracy candidates of “+35 primary election” in 2019, with accusations of subversion of the state power under the National Security Law (#NSL).
Lester Shum, who won in the primary election in July 2019, was released on bail on the evening of 7 Jan, 2021. While leaving a police station, Shum gave a thumbs up gesture.
He criticised the police force for the mass arrest, which mobilised more than a thousand police officers, with the intention of accusing the pro-democracy candidates of subverting the state power.
"It’s ridiculous. Why am I being accused of subverting by participating in the primary election?”
Shum said that the police met him three times for making his statement, with all of them being recorded. He said that the 53 arrestees had the intention to participate in the elections that they deserved, and that the regime is blurring the lines between what is right and what is wrong daily.
“While making my statement, the officer told me that I violated the national security law and was facing the accusation of subverting of the state power because of my participation in the primary election."
Shum told the Inmedia HK that the police station had to wait for a bail and release document issued by National Security Department. Hence, his release was delayed.
“Police officers wanted me to leave as soon as possible,” he said.
Source: InMedia #Jan7
https://bit.ly/3hPVZf7
#NationalSecurityLaw #MassArrest
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822
#FirstHand #Feb28
Hong Kong Police charge 47 Pro-democracy Figures for "Subverting State Powers"; Lester Shum: Hongkongers Will Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime
See photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28801
The photos captured moments before Hong Kong pro-democracy activist #LesterShum arrived at the Police Station on Feb 28, 2021. Shum had been become known as a student activist during the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. Currently, he is a district councillor of the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong and is likely to lose his seat while facing political persecution and oppression.
The 27-year-old Shum went hand in hand with his newly-wedded wife to the police station. He talked to the media calmly before heading in to face the unknown.
Shum said in 2019 he had made his decision to fight on, regardless of what might happen. He hoped like himself, Hongkongers would not surrender to the authoritarian regime.
See video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28805
Shum was among those 55 pro-democracy figures arrested by the police on Jan 5, 2021 for their involvement in the pro-democracy camp's primary elections in July 2020.
2 days ago, on Feb 26, they had been ordered by the police to report to the police station on Sunday, Feb 28 ahead of the scheduled date in April. Many suspected that detention and charges would be made.
The Hong Kong Police announced on Jan 28, 2021 that 47 people are charged with "conspiracy to subvert state powers" under the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The large group of pro-democracy politicians and activists include district councilor Lester Shum (see photos); 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung and Jimmy Sham of Social Democrats; activist Ventus Lau; former law professor Benny Tai.
The police said they would detain them overnight and the case will be mentioned in the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court the next day on March 1, 2021.
#MassArrest #Regime #Authoritarianism #PoliceState #PoliticalPersecution
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Pro-Democracy Activists in Hong Kong Face #PoliticalPersecution
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28795
Hong Kong Police charge 47 Pro-democracy Figures for "Subverting State Powers"; Lester Shum: Hongkongers Will Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime
See photos:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28801
The photos captured moments before Hong Kong pro-democracy activist #LesterShum arrived at the Police Station on Feb 28, 2021. Shum had been become known as a student activist during the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. Currently, he is a district councillor of the Tsuen Wan District in Hong Kong and is likely to lose his seat while facing political persecution and oppression.
The 27-year-old Shum went hand in hand with his newly-wedded wife to the police station. He talked to the media calmly before heading in to face the unknown.
Shum said in 2019 he had made his decision to fight on, regardless of what might happen. He hoped like himself, Hongkongers would not surrender to the authoritarian regime.
See video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28805
Shum was among those 55 pro-democracy figures arrested by the police on Jan 5, 2021 for their involvement in the pro-democracy camp's primary elections in July 2020.
2 days ago, on Feb 26, they had been ordered by the police to report to the police station on Sunday, Feb 28 ahead of the scheduled date in April. Many suspected that detention and charges would be made.
The Hong Kong Police announced on Jan 28, 2021 that 47 people are charged with "conspiracy to subvert state powers" under the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The large group of pro-democracy politicians and activists include district councilor Lester Shum (see photos); 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung and Jimmy Sham of Social Democrats; activist Ventus Lau; former law professor Benny Tai.
The police said they would detain them overnight and the case will be mentioned in the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court the next day on March 1, 2021.
#MassArrest #Regime #Authoritarianism #PoliceState #PoliticalPersecution
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Hong Kong Pro-democracy Activist #LesterShum: We've Decided to Not Surrender to the Authoritarian Regime and We'll Continue with this Road
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