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Missing People and 'Unsuspicious' Suicides?

This video was recorded by a dash camera on 19 February at 22:45 along Po Hong Road in Tseung Kwan O.

The video captured how several men exited the cars, which suddenly braked in the middle of the road and took away a man.

According to reports, the cars with the plate number TX2475 and TY3572 are police cars often parked inside Tseung Kwan O police station.

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https://t.me/tko999/9202
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Police Inflict Violence and Sexual Assault on Street Sleepers,
District councillors and catholic communities demand apologies


Around Seven black-clad police officers stroke on street sleepers' properties and canned food in Tung Chau Street Park, Sham Shui Po on February 24. They threatened to wipe out the homeless communities in Hong Kong.

A policewomen pushed a man with chronic disease to the ground, tore his hair and even stepped on his intimate part.

A witness Shan, who was living in the rainshelter of the park, said that the police destroyed all of their tables and boxes while bags of rice were stabbed and scattered. The witness was forced to press on a knife's handle and slandered as possession of offensive weapon.

Source: InMedia #Mar3

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Police Inflict Violence and Sexual Assault on Street Sleepers,
District councillors and catholic communities demand apologies


Around Seven black-clad police officers stroke on street sleepers' properties and canned food in Tung Chau Street Park, Sham Shui Po on February 24. They threatened to wipe out the homeless communities in Hong Kong.

A policewomen pushed a man with chronic disease to the ground, tore his hair and even stepped on his intimate part.

A witness Shan, who was living in the rainshelter of the park, said that the police destroyed all of their tables and boxes while bags of rice were stabbed and scattered. The witness was forced to press on a knife's handle and slandered as possession of offensive weapon. He further added that the police may target to search for illegal drugs to charge them. He felt helpless since he needed to repurchase food and cleaned up the glass shatters amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

Rev. Timothy Lam, Rev. Franco Mella, Shiu Ka Chun Legislative Councillor's office and district councillor from ADPL condemned such shameful behaviour and criticised the government downplayed the homelessness issue. They urged the police to apologize and explain above case in the coming district council meeting.

Source: Inmedia #Mar3
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#PoliceState #BudgetSharing
Police bill of about HK$95 million for water barriers, security props split among 22 Hong Kong government agencies and not identified in budget

Offices, including the Chief Executive’s Office, the offices of the financial secretary and chief secretary, as well as all 13 policy bureaus, paid the Hong Kong Police Force a total of about HK$95 million for some “security enhancement measures”, listing the expenditure under their own accounts.

The budget used on police enforcement but shared across different government offices and departments was not listed in the recently released annual budget.

Critics said the “hidden” police expenses undermined the transparency required for using public money. A lawmaker also queried whether the splitting of the bill, through an internal accounting arrangement, was meant to bypass the legislature’s scrutiny.

Source: SCMP #Mar15

Budget Estimated for the Hong Kong Police in 2020
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Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses

Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24

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Hong Kong Government Set Aside HK$8 billion for National Secutity Expenses

On Feb 24, 2021, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced the Financial Budget for 2021/2022. HK$8 billion will be allocated to "safeguarding national security", without giving further details.

What Chan calldd “special fund”
for national security purposes in Hong Kong reaches one-third of China's annual "national security" expenditure in Xinjiang. Meanwhile, the amount currently budgeted in Hong Kong is excluded from the expenses of the National Security Police.

The Financial Secretary in Hong Kong refused to disclose details of how the authorities arrived at the figure. Chan claimed that he had discussed with the national security authorities.

Meanwhile, the police force is set to receive a 7.7 percent budget raise in the coming financial year, following an increase of 25 percent last year.

Source: RTHK; Stand News #Feb24
www.news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1577245-20210224.htm

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Board Of Advisors Issued Statement Criticizing Director Of Broadcasting's Attempt To Turn #RTHK Into Government Propaganda Machine

Patrick Li, former Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs and current Director of Broadcasting, has been seen constantly interfering with the public broadcaster RTHK’s programs since he took office in early March 2021.

In a statement issued on March 27, 2021, 19 members of the RTHK Board of Advisors criticized Li's intention to turn RTHK into a government propaganda machine.

The statement mentioned that Li has misinterpreted editorial independence as “editorial independence of RTHK” and stressed that it should not be defined by a small group of management on their personal stance and political mission.

The statement demanded Patrick Li to immediately explain the reasons and criteria for canceling or changing programs, and abolish the mechanism of sending program proposals to the Editorial Board for pre-screening.

The petition included signatures including Barrister Randy Shek, Mr. Francis Fong, Honorary President of The Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, Ms. Phyllis Cheung, Executive Director of Hong Kong Unison, Professor Lisa Leung, Associate Professor of Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University, Ms. Leticia Wong, District Council member , Mr. Warren Tam Ka-chun and Mr. Sin Chung-kai.

This petition listed a series of incidents related to Li, including the request for previewing programs such as “Hong Kong Connection”《鏗鏘集》 , “Viewpoint 31” 《視點31》; removing parts of the interview within programs of “Hong Kong Stories: The Pandemic Walker” 《香港故事:疫行者》, “LegCo Review” 《議事論事》and “The Pulse” 《脈搏》; and requesting staff to submit program proposals to an editorial committee composed of the Director and directorate staff for approval in early stages of program production.

Source: Stand News #March27

https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%95%B4%E8%82%85%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%B0-19-%E5%90%8D%E7%AF%80%E7%9B%AE%E9%A1%A7%E5%95%8F%E5%9C%98%E7%99%BC%E8%81%B2%E6%98%8E-%E6%96%A5%E6%9D%8E%E7%99%BE%E5%85%A8%E4%BB%A4%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%B0%E6%B7%AA%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E5%AE%A3%E5%82%B3%E6%A9%9F%E5%99%A8/

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