#FirstHand #Interview
A Pilgrim's Plea:
Interview with a Protestor Kneeling on the Street of Hong Kong

Image: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17862

"To every live and dead. For Hongkongers never forget" reads the cardboard displayed by a protestor kneeling on the Central Elevated Walkway for consecutive days.

It was the second day when GoHK reporter interviewed Sam. Protest flags and hand-made Lennon Wall were also his companions. He wanted to tell the world:

“I bow as I respect everyone who sacrificed themselves for our cause. I want to remind myself to remain steadfast in my beliefs and make Hongkongers remember our fellow protesters in prison, in life and death.

I want them to have an awareness to awaken to the grueling reality, no matter they are peaceful protestors or back-end frontliners, or even the pro-Beijing blue-ribboners and the corrupt cops, however herculean a task we find to convince them.

I want an awakening not just from me; I want an awakening from everyone, starting from the different roles we play. We always find it impossible to change our blue-ribbon counterparts. But we shall not withdraw ourselves.

I don’t bow to give up but to remember our brothers and sisters: the imprisoned, the tortured, the exiled, the dead.

I bow to ground myself in unfaltering belief, that despite the menace of an epidemic and the contemplations of our revolution, we shall not flag nor fail. And when they come back, we shall rise and rise again till the liberation of Hong Kong.

This is my reason to bow here, my reminder for my companions.”

#ProtestersVoice #Kneel

#ProtestersVoice

20190721
黑社會明目張膽去毒打市民，公然挑戰法律同道德底線。然而，香港警察不但視若無睹，更將黑白癲倒，警黑勾結既行為令人汗顔

20190921
抗爭者收到消息，指鄉村有黑社會聚集，計劃重現“721事件”。
抗爭者自發抗爭行動，打擊黑社會暴行，卻受到警方包圍，過百名抗爭者被捕，部分人至今下落不明。。。

“721”事件第8個月，警方一直騙取政府同納税人資源，襲擊香港市民，扭曲事實。而黑社會惡行，則得到表揚，白衣人士逍遙快活，無後果負責。

面對如此香港，你，還可能置身事外嗎？

周梓樂不是你兒子，陳彦霖不是你女兒，但下一個死者呢？

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Jul 21 2019
White-clad assailants attacked citizens savagely, flagrantly challenging the bottom-line of law and moral. Hong Kong Police not only turned a blind eye, but even distorted black and white, right and wrong. The collusion between the police and triad members is nothing but ridiculous.

Sep 21 2019
Citizens received news that triad members gathered for another "7.21 Attack". Citizens initiated a protest against the violence of triad, but were heavily surrounded by police. Over a hundred citizens were arrested, and some of them went missing for months...

March 21 marks the 8th month of the "7.21 Attack". The police has been using resources from the government and taxpayers to attack civilians and distort the facts; while the gangsters got praised for their hate crime. It has been eight months, and the assailants are still not being held accountable for their doing.

Facing the dark situation, could you really stay away from the reality?

You won't know whether the next victim would be your friend or family

Keep the flame burning and fight for Hong Kong

We need to tell the government, and police, and the whole world.

We Are the people of Hong Kong.
We are protecting our home.
We will never forget 721 and all other "accidents".
We are here to fight for our future.
You are not alone.

#21Mar #21July2019 #Mob #PoliceAndMob #PoliceState #FailedState #YuenLong #NeverForget

#ProtestersVoice
China-born Hongkonger: “You are a Hong Konger as long as you accept the Hong Kong way”

Born in China, Allen immigrated to Hong Kong at 1 year old. When living in Hong Kong, Allen only spoke Mandarin with her parents. Due to her accented Cantonese, she used to be mocked by her primary schoolmates. She recalled the days she loathed Hong Kong when her classmates called her “mainland girl”. Her primary school years was also the time when localism grew in Hong Kong.

Source: InMedia #Apr13
https://bit.ly/2Vm324w
#Hongkongers

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#ProtestersVoice #Identity
China-born Secondary 6 Student: “You are a Hong Konger as long as you accept the Hong Kong way”

Born in China, Allen immigrated to Hong Kong at 1 year old. When living in Hong Kong, Allen only spoke Mandarin with her parents. Due to her accented Cantonese, she used to be mocked by her primary schoolmates. She recalled the days she loathed Hong Kong when her classmates called her “mainland girl”. Her primary school years was also the time when localism grew in Hong Kong.

When the Umbrella Revolution broke out in 2014, Allen, who was in Secondary one, identified herself as a devoted pro-Establishment “blue ribboner”. She could not understand why protestors were occupying the roads. Along with her parents, she criticised the protestors for destructing the economy and causing trouble. She also displayed badges like “I Support the Police” on her Facebook.

As she reached Secondary 2, she began looking up information herself. According to Allen, she discovered “how bad China is” and changed her way of thinking.

Regarding the Anti-Extradition Bill Protests, Allen believes that the government’s amendment of the Extradition Bill is a heavy blow to Hong Kong’s rights and freedom. The march on 9 June 2019 was the first protest she has even attended. “I was so happy,” Allen said in a smile. “Then I know how beautiful Hong Kong is when its people could voice out for the same goal," Allen recounted. “I feel like a HongKonger.”

Before this, Allen found Hong Kong “annoying” and “selfish”, and they would label and exclude her out of no reason. Allen spoke frankly about her “derision of the identity of A HongKonger”, but the protest changed Allen's view: Hong Kong people are “cultivated”, “united”, and "willing to help each other". Allen becomes identified with “HongKonger”. As Allen said, “Even if you are born in China, you are a HongKonger if you accept the Hong Kong way."

Source: InMedia #Apr13
https://bit.ly/2Vm324w
#Hongkongers

#YuenLong721 #ProtestersVoice
Night on the Fated Train: We have no weapon, how could we strike back?

When arriving the Yuen Long station at around 10:45pm on 21 July 2019, Ah Chun overheard unusual happening at the station concourse.

A group of passengers went down to the station concourse where they saw 3 people in white shirt smacking others. Ah Chun and other passengers howled for the white-clad to stop...

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Night on the Fated Train: We have no weapon, how could we strike back?

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19754

Ah Chun attended the rally on Hong Kong Island last year on July 21. After the rally, he went to take the MTR to Yuen Long and from there take a connecting bus home.

When arriving the Yuen Long station at around 10:45pm, he overheard unusual happening at the station concourse.

A group of passengers went down to the station concourse where they saw 3 people in white shirt smacking others. Ah Chun and other passengers howled for the white-clad to stop.

However, more and more white-clads stormed into the train station, holding rattans and wood sticks as weapons. Ah Chun was taking photos with his phone so he was targeted and smacked on his arm. He also witnessed how the white-clad attacked Ho Guai-lan, a female reporter of Stand News. “She was outside the turnstile gate. I can’t save her. She was standing too close to the fighting scene...”

“We have no weapon, how could we strike back? The best we could do was to use backpack as cover.” Sadly, Ah Chun didn’t wear a backpack that evening, so he used his hands and arms to protect himself. Two civilians came to protect Ah Chun using their backpacks, but they were hit on their head and nose, causing severe bleeding.

Some civilians then grabbed fire hose and shot water at the white-clad, “we learnt this from the Police, shoot water to disperse them.”

Later on, Ah Chun saw two police officers walk by Yuen Long Station. At the moment, most passengers were behind the turnstile gate, standing off with the white-clads. The Police walked by a restaurant which was only 10 – 20 meters away.

These officers could certainly see the scene, not mentioning that civilians were desperately shouting for their assistance. Such cries fell on deaf ears, as the officers walked away as if not noticing anything. They did not engage the situation, not even slowing down their steps and departed the station via exit G.

“They just walked straight by, not doing anything. Why are they armed for?”

Legislator Lam Cheuk-ting and his assistant arrived Yuen Long slightly later than Ah Chun and became the target of white-clad gangsters. They went up to the station platform with other passengers and boarded a train that just arrived, not knowing that the train would remain at the station with its doors open for the duration of the attack.

The white-clad gangsters chasing after the group of passengers also arrived at the platform, leaving the civilians unable to escape. Ah Chun then witnessed another horrific scene of the 721 incident.

Ah Chun’s video showed that the white-clads used rattans and wood sticks, wrapped in the Chinese National Flag, to attack civilians curled up in train cabin. They have nothing to protect themselves but umbrellas. The cabin was filled with screams and chaos.

Source: Stand News #Apr19
#PoliceBrutality #Witness

#ProtestersVoice #SocialWorker
A letter from Lau Ka-tung - the first social worker imprisoned for performing his duty on protesting scenes

Social worker Lau Ka-tung has been involved in many ways in pro-democracy movements. He missed the opportunity to take part in Legislative Council (LegCo) election this year as he initially planned when he was convicted of obstructing police officer performing from his duty and harshly sentenced for a one-year imprisonment. In prison cell, Ka-tung reminded Hongkongers that belief is invincible. Even when being entrapped within four walls, Ka-tung is determined to stand alongside protesters to defend social justice.

Read Ka-tung’s letter to Hongkongers:
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#ProtestersVoice
A letter from Lau Ka-tung - the first social worker imprisoned for performing his duty on protesting scenes

This is Ka-tung’s letter to Hongkongers:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22727

"I am Lau Ka-tung, a dedicated social worker determined to safeguard life.

The rule of law in Hong Kong is dead. The court has become a tool for political score-settling. Hong Kong has fallen that even a social worker, who buffers in conflicts, is sent to prison immediately for one year, denying even his opportunity to appeal on bail.

It was estimated that around 50 social workers have been arrested since the anti-ELAB movement began last year. My case is only the tip of an iceberg and a start. As the first registered social work being convicted in the movement, first and the foremost, my registered qualification of social worker will be defied. I hope that elected members of the Social Workers Registration Board, which comprises 8 elected members and 7 appointed members, will hold on to this last line of defense. If anything has gone wrong in Registration Board election in the future, the whole social welfare sector would fall with no hope of reprieve.

National Security Law will soon be enacted. Facing the tyranny, continue protesting is Hongkongers’ only way out. Participating in an election is also a means of protest but should not be an end in itself. It is a pity that things go athwart as I cannot announce my consideration to enroll in LegCo election on June 17.

Nevertheless, I still hope that everyone will not forget the huge social movement Hong Kong has been going through. What Hong Kong wants is not only 35+ seats in Legislative Council, but 35 determined legislators with strong will to fight on.

Chances for me to take part in LegCo election is slim, but I know several acquaintances of mine in social welfare sector are considering. Although I have utter confidence in social welfare constituency, I still hope for us to always remember Five Demands, and this election should be taken as a pathway leading towards universal suffrage, as we have already paid the dear prices of the whole generation of Hong Kong.

In addition to social workers, first-aiders, doctors, nurses, and priests were also involved in Humanitarian support of the movement. In foreseeable future, the tyranny will continue to crack down those supporting the movement with their profession. At the moment, initiating an appeal is one of the means for Ka-Tung to continue his fight, defending mission and belief of a social worker.

Even though I am in prison, I still hope that Hongkongers will not give up. Anti-ELAB movement has not over yet. LegCo election is one of the protesting fronts in the lengthy pursuit to liberate Hong Kong. I wish to go back to battlefield with you to witness our success.

Fellow social workers, be social workers to the end;
Fellow protesters, protest to the end."

Source: Lau Ka-tung’s Facebook #Jun20
#PoliceState #FailedState #SocialWorker #LauKaTung