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Head of Radiology at Princess Margaret Hospital Resigns and Refuses to Provide List of Employees on Strike

The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance (#HKEA) initiated a 5-day strike in early February and demanded a “complete shutdown of the border” to stop the spread of the coronavirus to Hong Kong from China.

On 25 Feb, the Hospital Authority wrote to all employees who took leave demanding an explanation for their absence which caused dissatisfaction among the medical staff.

According to the source, the Head of Radiology Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital refused to provide a list of the staff who participated in the strike and might have tendered his resignation from his position as the head of the department.

The Hospital Authority states that they will not comment any human resources arrangements on individual employees. According to the source, the hospital is trying to convince him to stay as Head of Radiology. The Hospital Authority spokesperson also said that staff will not be dismissed due to their participation in the strike.

Source: The Stand News
#27Feb #Strike #HA #PoliticalRetaliation
#PoliticalOppression
Hospital Authotity: Staff took part in strike will face possible legal consequence

Many medical staff took part in the strike in February 2020 in a bid to pressure the government to lockdown the city’s boarders and to curb the rapid spreading of the coronavirus and safeguad public health.

Not only thst the Hospital Authority (#HA) challenged cause of the strike, Chairman of HA, Henry Fan Hung-ling also intimidated medical staff who partook in the strike with possible legal consequence in early June.

On September 24, Fan claimed that the Authority has received detailed legal opinion from external lawyers. The Human Resource department will soon issue letters to those absent from work coinciding the period when the strike was staged. They will be asked to state reasons for their absence and based on the stated reason, follow-up actions will be carried out.

An estimation of several thousands of medical staff would be involved.

When being asked whether dismissal could be one of the possible consequences, Fan refused to reply. He also declined to address whether salary deduction is possible, saying, “I do not want to comment on any penalty measures today.”

Sources: Stand News #Sept24
https://bit.ly/2HtQlkM

#WhiteTerror #Oppression #Reprisal #PoliticalRetaliation #HospitalAuthority #FanHungLing
#PoliticalRetaliation #BankSystem
#HSBC Freezes Assets of the Good Neighbour North District Church

Source: The Good Neighbour North District Church's Facebook #Dec7

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#HSBC Freezes Assets of the Good Neighbour North District Church

On December 7, 2020 in Hong Kong, the accounts of the Good Neighbour North District Church, pastor Mr. Chan Hoi Hing Roy, and his wife were frozen without prior notification nor justification provided.

As a registered charity (IR No.: 91/14411) since 2016, the Good Neighbour North District Church raised funds and received donations from all legally. The act of HSBC is allegedly a political retaliation by the authorities and a sign of the erosion of the credibility of the bank system in Hong Kong.

The Good Neighbour North District Church has their one and only one bank account at HSBC. According to the church, they did not manage to set up other account at non-China funded banks in Hong Kong.

The church has been providing services to the grassroots: The "Hostel for Homeless" has been offering 30 free hostel places in North Districts since 2014. Even the government's Social Welfare Department has approached the church several times during the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to look for accommodation for the homeless.

In 2019, the group “Safeguard Our Generation” under the church offers humanitarian aid to pro-democracy protestors. At the frontline, middle-aged and elderly volunteers from the church monitored police operation and try to prevent police brutality.

The Church condemns the HSBC for "exploiting the well-established independent financial system and sabotaging the benefits of individuals and groups of Hong Kong, as well as foreign investors within the territory".

At the same time, at least 3 banks in Hong Kong has frozen the accounts of the self-exiled former lawmaker Ted Hui, his parents and wife.

The Church concluded their ststement: "Hongkongers will demonstrate their determination in saying 'NO' to injustice with what they own in hand."

Source: The Good Neighbour North District Church's Facebook #Dec7
https://www.facebook.com/1561265357501167/posts/2455525591408468/?d=n

#GoodNeighbourNorthDistrictChurch #Pastor #RoyChan #Charity #HumanitarianCrisis #SafeguardOurGeneration
#PoliticalProsecution #HumanitarianCrisis
HK Police Freeze Charity Church's Account, Arrest at Least 2 Members, Take Away a Social Work and Raid 3 Homeless Hostels

On Dec 7, 2020, the Good Neighbourhood District Church, a registered charity which provides social services and run the “Safeguard Our Generation” campaign, found that their HSBC bank account was frozen.

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The next day the Narcotics Bureau and Financial Investigation Police raided the church in Fanling, a branch in Kwun Tong and three homeless hostels.

The police arrested a 24-year-old former director of the church and a 37-year-old current staff, accusing them of fraud and money laundry by crowdfunding. Lau Ka-Tung, social worker and church member, was taken to the police station.

The Good Neighbourhood District Church posted at around 6pm on Dec 8, 2020 on Facebook that police raided their office in Fanling with a search warrant issued by the court. Police left at 8pm and took away with them documents as "evidence". Police also put Pastor Roy Chan and his wife on the wanted list.

Social worker Lau Ka-tung wrote on his facebook, reminding Hongkongers to "hang on".

Source: Apple Daily; Lau Ka-tung's Facebook #Dec8
https://bit.ly/36REJCm

https://www.facebook.com/108296297598557/posts/196218175473035/?d=n

#Church #LauKaTung #RoyChan #SafeguardOurGeneration #PoliceState #Retaliation
#US #InternationalRelations
#China suspends visa exemption for US diplomats to Hong Kong and Macau

China has halted visa-free tourist travel for US diplomats to Hong Kong and Macau in retaliation for sanctions from Washington, which accuses Beijing of violating democratic processes in the territory.

Announcing the measure on December 11, 2020, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying warned the US to “stop meddling in Hong Kong’s affairs and China’s internal politics, stop walking further and further along this dangerous and mistaken path”.

The United States on December 7 imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on 14 mainland officials over their role in adopting the national security law for Hong Kong and Beijing's disqualification last month of pro-democracy lawmakers Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung.

“China will also implement reciprocal sanctions against some US officials, members of Congress, personnel at non-governmental organisations, and their family members, over their actions on Hong Kong,” Hua said. When asked for the names of those sanctioned and when the sanctions would start, Hua did not elaborate.

Source: RTHK; Financial Times; Reuters #Dec10

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-sanctions/china-revokes-visa-exemptions-for-u-s-diplomat-passport-holders-visiting-hong-kong-macau-idUSKBN28K0N4

https://www.ft.com/content/6a7cbda8-bdc5-43cb-940e-aaea70dfaa0c

#PoliticalRetaliation #Visa
#PoliticalProsecution
#HumanitarianCrisis
HK Police Targets Good Neighbour North District Church, Demands Full Staff List


On December 7, 2020, the bank accounts of the Good Neighbour North District Church were frozen, one staff and one former executive were arrested.

According to Ka-Tung Lau, a social worker at the Church who has been brought to the police station for investigation, 30 staff members and 400 services for teenagers and homeless people were affected by this police action.

Lau could not comment on the financial status of the Church as he was still seeking legal advice, but he mentioned that the police asked the arrestees to provide a full staff list of the Church.

The staff now were very worried about being arrested, but they were still willing to provide church service as usual even though the Church was unable to pay their salary.

Source: Stand News #Dec11

#LauKaTung #SocialWorker
#GoodNeighbourNorthDistrictChurch #Homeless #HSBC #FrozenAccount #PoliceState

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#HSBC Freezes Assets of the Good Neighbour North District Church

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HK Police Freeze Charity Church's Account, Arrest at Least 2 Members, Take Away a Social Work and Raid 3 Homeless Hostels

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27184