#PressFreedom
Pepper Rounds Trigger Asthma Attack on Journalist
1730 | Sai Yeung Choi Street South, #MongKok
At about 5 pm, police officers suddenly deployed pepper rounds at journalists at an extremely close range. This made many of the citizens and journalists on the scene very uncomfortable. A journalist even fainted and received immediate medical attention by volunteer first-aiders. He was later conveyed to an ambulance. The paramedic attending to him explained that the strong chemicals from the pepper rounds triggered an asthma attack, causing him to faint.
Source: United Social Press
#6Sep #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #FailedState #PepperBall
Pepper Rounds Trigger Asthma Attack on Journalist
1730 | Sai Yeung Choi Street South, #MongKok
At about 5 pm, police officers suddenly deployed pepper rounds at journalists at an extremely close range. This made many of the citizens and journalists on the scene very uncomfortable. A journalist even fainted and received immediate medical attention by volunteer first-aiders. He was later conveyed to an ambulance. The paramedic attending to him explained that the strong chemicals from the pepper rounds triggered an asthma attack, causing him to faint.
Source: United Social Press
#6Sep #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #FailedState #PepperBall
Reporters and Photographers Fined While on Duty
2106 | Soy Street, #Mongkok
3 Free HK Media Reporters were fined by the police under Cap.599G.
At the same time, 2 other photographers were also fined for the same reasons.
#Firsthand #6Sep #PoliceState
2106 | Soy Street, #Mongkok
3 Free HK Media Reporters were fined by the police under Cap.599G.
At the same time, 2 other photographers were also fined for the same reasons.
#Firsthand #6Sep #PoliceState
#PoliceState #MassArrest
Total of 289 arrested for illegal assembly as of 9pm
According to trusted sources and reports, as of 9pm on Seotember 6, 2020, a total of 289 people have been arrested within the vicinity of MongKok and Yau Ma Tei, with most of them being arrested for participating in illegal assemblies.
Source: i-CaBLE News; Stand News; Cupid News #6Sep
Total of 289 arrested for illegal assembly as of 9pm
According to trusted sources and reports, as of 9pm on Seotember 6, 2020, a total of 289 people have been arrested within the vicinity of MongKok and Yau Ma Tei, with most of them being arrested for participating in illegal assemblies.
Source: i-CaBLE News; Stand News; Cupid News #6Sep