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Police Gruffly Dispersed Reporters at the Front While Searching Dropped Equipment at the Back

2249 | Mong Kok
Riot police cleared the street for traffic, then surrounded a large crowd on the sidewalk. The detained crowd consisted mostly of reporters, wearing hi-vis vests. Helena Wong, a Legislative Councillor, is also on the scene to observe.

As they cleared the street in front of Langham Place, a whole group of officers doubled back to search for some dropped equipment. A number of them wielded batons while ordering reporters to step back; one aggressively flashed a high-powered flashlight at reporters, apparently to cause them discomfort.

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Police Shine Torches at Citizens While Banning Laser Pens; "Asia's Finest" Lost Control and Screamed at Civilians

0019 | #MongKok

Riot police kept shining high-power torches towards, stirring up citizens' indignation. A woman said that the torches could damage human eyes, and even led to blindness. She questioned the police as to why they had the right to shone light directly at citizens, while citizens possessing laser pens is deemed illegal in Hong Kong.

While another man was asking the police to explain why they could obstruct reporters' work, one officer apparently lost his temper and screamed back, "You blocked the road! I told you to step aside!" But when the man answered he had done so, the police, still incensed, yelled, "You're standing at the middle! How are you not not blocking the road!"

Other police tried to usher back the crowd of citizens. Yet, the officer had not calmed down.

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"Unapologetic and Unrepentant": District Councillors Blast Police for Agitation Tactics

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"Unapologetic and Unrepentant": District Councillors Blast Police for Agitation Tactics

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Yau Tsim Mong District Councillors Douglas Tsang and Owan Lee met with reporters after encounters with police in Mong Kok last night, and spoke against their questionable tactics and attitudes.

Blinding Lights and Agitation Tactics: "They Try to Make You Retaliate"

The councillors said that police officers were aiming their high-powered flashlights at reporters as well as councillors observing nearby; the lights were so strong that it was impossible to see anything in its direction, Tsang said. Li added that the police helmets are already equipped with a flashlight; however, the light they shone at the crowd was at least 5 times as bright, as there were 5 emitters visible in the device.

Even more deplorable is how they have used the light, Li continued. While police allowed reporters to come closer, they shone the intense lights at the cameras to blind the cameras. While the police had received new resources and equipment, Li noted that they were being used against the press, to trample upon what little freedom Hong Kong has left - including the freedom of press and the journalists' right to provide coverage. "The abuse of power is completely unchecked; there seemed to be no disciplinary measures handed out against officers violating their general orders. This had directly caused the disintegration of Hong Kong."

Tsang observed that the police was actively trying to agitate everyone at the scene - civilians, journalists, and councillors alike: "they try to make you retaliate, and if you do, they would arrest you." He was glad that the crowd tonight restrained themselves well. but also noted that the police was becoming more and more aggressive in their tactics of agitation, including blinding lights and rude actions and language. Tsang said these issues must not be ignored, and they will continue to be discussed at the district council, including in the meeting this coming Thursday.

Callsigns Unreadable, Accountability Questionable

The councillors also found the police's attitude towards accountability questionable. After having been hit by their blinding lights, Tsang complained to a media liaison officer; the officer promised to pass it on, but came back only to tell Tsang that they had now turned off the lights. Tsang further asked for the callsigns of the officers in the squad involved; however, the liaison officer simply turned and left. Tsang criticized that, while the liaison officer's role is to communicate, they simply abandoned their job halfway through.

Although the officers technically did wear their callsign cards on their jackets, Li observed that they wrapped it in plastic so reflective that he could not make out the text. Had the callsigns been readable, Tsang said, they would have demanded an explanation from the officers in charge on the scene, as well as filing written complaints. As it is, however, the public had no way to identify these officers and hold them accountable.

Protected by such anonymity, the police spoke rudely to councillors, shoved them with shields, and shone intense lights at them, despite repeated requests to stop doing so. "They were unapologetic and unrepentant; how can such a so-called disciplinary force be expected to protect the citizens of Hong Kong?" Li said.

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National Security Law to Deviate from Hong Kong's Common Law System

//On June 14, Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng says it is impractical for people to expect the upcoming national security law to be completely in line with Hong Kong’s common law system, despite assurance from an Exco member suggesting otherwise.

“It is impractical and unreasonable to expect that everything in a national law, the National Security Law, will be exactly as what a statute in the HKSAR common law jurisdiction would be like,” Cheng wrote in her blog.//

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Gigantic #Banner on Devil's Peak: "One Country One System, Hong Kong is Over"

A 3x30m gigantic banner was sighted early in the morning on June 15, 2020 at Devil's Peak in Hong Kong.

The banner reading "One Country One System, Hong Kong is Over" shows the concern over the National Security Law forcefully imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong.

Source: Apple Daily #Jun15
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Concerns over the broad coverage of the National Security Law,
Hong Kong Law Professor: The idea that "national security should overrules everything" will only result in tyranny

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