Police Point Guns at Residential Flat
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Police conduct search inside Sheung Tak Estate
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Police point guns at residential flat
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An elderly resident from Beverly Garden questions the riot police whether he would be arrested by walking out of the building.
Source: Now News; Stand News
#Nov5 #HongKong #PoliceState #TseungKwanO #MaskBan
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Police conduct search inside Sheung Tak Estate
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Police point guns at residential flat
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An elderly resident from Beverly Garden questions the riot police whether he would be arrested by walking out of the building.
Source: Now News; Stand News
#Nov5 #HongKong #PoliceState #TseungKwanO #MaskBan
Police Continue to Storm Shopping Mall, Bus Terminal and Convenience Store After Midnight
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The Raptor Squad rush into Sheung Tak bus terminal all of a sudden and stop search two citizens who don black.
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Riot police enter Sheung Tak Plaza
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Riot Police enter a convenience store nearby the bus terminal and sweep away the reporters. There are only citizens buying in the store.
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Riot police take away a younster in Sheung Tak Village .Passersby ask for the name of the arrestee. The police respond by asking whether they know the "rioter".
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The Raptor squad push forward to Beverly Garden.
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Police arrest a man at the intersection of Sheung Tak Estate and Beverly Garden.
Source: Stand News; InMedia; Real Time News Broadcast
#Nov5 #Nov6 #HongKong #TseungKwanO #PoliceState #MaskBan
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The Raptor Squad rush into Sheung Tak bus terminal all of a sudden and stop search two citizens who don black.
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Riot police enter Sheung Tak Plaza
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Riot Police enter a convenience store nearby the bus terminal and sweep away the reporters. There are only citizens buying in the store.
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Riot police take away a younster in Sheung Tak Village .Passersby ask for the name of the arrestee. The police respond by asking whether they know the "rioter".
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The Raptor squad push forward to Beverly Garden.
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Police arrest a man at the intersection of Sheung Tak Estate and Beverly Garden.
Source: Stand News; InMedia; Real Time News Broadcast
#Nov5 #Nov6 #HongKong #TseungKwanO #PoliceState #MaskBan
Citizens wear Guy Fawkes Mask in Response to the Forceful Enactment of the Mask Ban
On November 5, over a thousand citizens appeared in Tsim Sha Tsui with Guy Fawkes Masks.
It is one month since the government had bypassed the city's legislature and announced the implementation of the Anti-Mask Law on October 5. The government's invocation of emergency powers to adopt draconian measures is seen as a violation of the rule of law and the infringement of freedom. During the first month of its implementation, police have used the law to intimidate citizens and even reporters, who, like the police, are exempted from the ban.
Source: Jimmy Lam @ USP
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
On November 5, over a thousand citizens appeared in Tsim Sha Tsui with Guy Fawkes Masks.
It is one month since the government had bypassed the city's legislature and announced the implementation of the Anti-Mask Law on October 5. The government's invocation of emergency powers to adopt draconian measures is seen as a violation of the rule of law and the infringement of freedom. During the first month of its implementation, police have used the law to intimidate citizens and even reporters, who, like the police, are exempted from the ban.
Source: Jimmy Lam @ USP
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
11.5 Guy Fawkes Mask Day
One month since the mask ban has been forcefully inplemented, citizens walked around Tsim Sha Tsui. A manifesto was read out in Cenetary Garden.
Photo : Jimmy Lam @ USP United Social Press
#VforVendetta
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
One month since the mask ban has been forcefully inplemented, citizens walked around Tsim Sha Tsui. A manifesto was read out in Cenetary Garden.
Photo : Jimmy Lam @ USP United Social Press
#VforVendetta
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
Police Shot Water Cannon at Citizens and Reporters
After citizens announced the manifesto as a flashmob, police blasted water cannon with lachrymatory agent on citizens and reporters.
Photo / Benjamin Yuen @ USP United Social Press
#VforVendetta #AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
After citizens announced the manifesto as a flashmob, police blasted water cannon with lachrymatory agent on citizens and reporters.
Photo / Benjamin Yuen @ USP United Social Press
#VforVendetta #AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
Police Asked Reporter to "Stand on Electricity Box"
At late night in Mongkok, police suddenly asked member of the press to back off. A reporter asked where he should go. A police answered "on the electricity box" while another police said the reporter is an "easy target" as he is "fat".
Source: Jimmy Lam @ USP
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
At late night in Mongkok, police suddenly asked member of the press to back off. A reporter asked where he should go. A police answered "on the electricity box" while another police said the reporter is an "easy target" as he is "fat".
Source: Jimmy Lam @ USP
#AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
Citizens in Protest of Police Alleged Obstruction of Ambulance
Citizens gathered on November 5 to condemn police alleged obstruction of an ambulance, which might have led to delayed medical treatment of the 22-year-old boy who fell from height.
Currently in critical condition, the boy was said to have fallen off from the third to the second floor of Sheung Tak Estate Car Park during the police mass arrest operation in Tseung Kwan O on 4 November.
After midnight, police shot tear gas at citizens and entered the residential area of Kwong Ming Court.
Photo: Kaiser@ USP United Social Press
#Nov5 #HongKongPolice #UST
Citizens gathered on November 5 to condemn police alleged obstruction of an ambulance, which might have led to delayed medical treatment of the 22-year-old boy who fell from height.
Currently in critical condition, the boy was said to have fallen off from the third to the second floor of Sheung Tak Estate Car Park during the police mass arrest operation in Tseung Kwan O on 4 November.
After midnight, police shot tear gas at citizens and entered the residential area of Kwong Ming Court.
Photo: Kaiser@ USP United Social Press
#Nov5 #HongKongPolice #UST
#Part1 #WitnessAccount
Witness Claimed Ambulance Obstructed and Treatment Delayed
[Editor's note: UST student Chow is severely injured after falling in a carpark during police mass arrest operation in the night of Nov 4. Suspicions are raised towards the case. Read the full story: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9903]
This is a witness account of an onlooker called Ricky who was among the first to discover the 22-year-old boy:
Ricky, a Tseung Kwan O resident, was one of the first persons who discovered student Chow Tsz-Lok lying unconscious in the parking lot when he and another middle-aged man were heading to the second floor of the car park to flee tear gas. It was around 1am when they heard a black-clad citizen shouting “FA (first-aider) please”. They walked over and saw Chow lying face down on the ground covered in a large pool of blood. Chow was immediately assessed by three unarmed firemen who happened to be at the scene later.
According to Ricky, while there were no apparent injuries on Chow’s head, arms and legs; there were signs of muscle spasms and urinary incontinence. The firemen determined Chow’s situation to be very serious and requested backup and an ambulance through their own radio. At 1.10am, 7 firemen with first aid supplies and 3 volunteer first-aiders arrived at the scene to rescue Chow. However, he ambulance had yet to arrive after a 10 minutes wait. Meanwhile, 10 riot police rushed to the scene from the 3rd floor, and pointed guns at Ricky and another first-aider. Ricky yelled “Let us rescue him first!”, the police put down their guns after realising the presence of the firemen.
At 1.25 am, Chow’s pulse rate dropped to 40. The ambulance still had not arrived even though the firemen repeatedly called for help. Meanwhile Ricky overheard the firemen’s conversation through radio that the ambulance could not arrive because of police obstruction. After a short while, the firemen were finally able to get an ambulance on the way for another case to change its route and treat Chow first. He was then transported to the ambulance on a stretcher at 1.29am.
Source: Mingpao, Nov 6
Read Part 2: First Aider who provided care for Chow at the scene:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9959
#UST #Hongkongpolice #Hongkongprotests
Witness Claimed Ambulance Obstructed and Treatment Delayed
[Editor's note: UST student Chow is severely injured after falling in a carpark during police mass arrest operation in the night of Nov 4. Suspicions are raised towards the case. Read the full story: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9903]
This is a witness account of an onlooker called Ricky who was among the first to discover the 22-year-old boy:
Ricky, a Tseung Kwan O resident, was one of the first persons who discovered student Chow Tsz-Lok lying unconscious in the parking lot when he and another middle-aged man were heading to the second floor of the car park to flee tear gas. It was around 1am when they heard a black-clad citizen shouting “FA (first-aider) please”. They walked over and saw Chow lying face down on the ground covered in a large pool of blood. Chow was immediately assessed by three unarmed firemen who happened to be at the scene later.
According to Ricky, while there were no apparent injuries on Chow’s head, arms and legs; there were signs of muscle spasms and urinary incontinence. The firemen determined Chow’s situation to be very serious and requested backup and an ambulance through their own radio. At 1.10am, 7 firemen with first aid supplies and 3 volunteer first-aiders arrived at the scene to rescue Chow. However, he ambulance had yet to arrive after a 10 minutes wait. Meanwhile, 10 riot police rushed to the scene from the 3rd floor, and pointed guns at Ricky and another first-aider. Ricky yelled “Let us rescue him first!”, the police put down their guns after realising the presence of the firemen.
At 1.25 am, Chow’s pulse rate dropped to 40. The ambulance still had not arrived even though the firemen repeatedly called for help. Meanwhile Ricky overheard the firemen’s conversation through radio that the ambulance could not arrive because of police obstruction. After a short while, the firemen were finally able to get an ambulance on the way for another case to change its route and treat Chow first. He was then transported to the ambulance on a stretcher at 1.29am.
Source: Mingpao, Nov 6
Read Part 2: First Aider who provided care for Chow at the scene:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9959
#UST #Hongkongpolice #Hongkongprotests
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22 Year-Old University Student Injured in Tseung Kwan O Still in Critical Condition
Previously:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9817
University student Mr. Chow who was severely injured during police mass arrest in Tseung Kwan O in November 4 Night is…
Previously:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9817
University student Mr. Chow who was severely injured during police mass arrest in Tseung Kwan O in November 4 Night is…
#Part2 #WitnessAccount
Police Pointed Guns at First Aiders and Ambulance Radio Mentioned Police Obstruction, Says First Aider
[Editor's note: UST student Chow is severely injured after falling in a carpark during police mass arrest operation in the night of Nov 4. Suspicions are raised towards the case. Read the full story: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9903]
This is a witness account of a first-aider called Hins who provided care for the 22-year-old boy at the scene:
It was around 1am on Nov 5 when volunteer first-aider Hins and his colleague heard a bystander said a young person Chow, aged 22, fell from the 3rd floor of a car park at Sheung Tak Estate. There were already 8 to 10 paramedics from the Fire Services Department providing basic first aid service when Hins arrived at the scene. Hins asked if the paramedics knew what happened, they said they had no idea but they heard the onlookers saying that the police were chasing after Chow earlier then somehow Chow fell.
Hins said, Chow’s situation seems very serious even though there was no apparent injuries because there was a significant loss of blood. Hins described the scene as frightening as Chow vomited blood. He then asked if the paramedics had called the ambulance and they said they already did.
Hins got extremely worried and kept asking the firemen when the ambulance was going to arrive as Chow’s pulse rate was dropping constantly. “We then heard from the radio that the ambulance could not get to the scene because it was stopped by the police”. Hins added, “I was very shocked because based on the patient’s situation, he needed to be sent to the Resuscitation Room right away.”
Hins also recalled the arrival of a large group of riot police 5 to 10 minutes after he and his colleague got to the scene. They pointed guns at them and demanded them to leave immediately as the scene is very dangerous. The paramedics did not agree. They then handed over Chow to Hins and his colleague and negotiated with the police. “We are trying to save someone’s life here”, the paramedic said, “There is no danger here. We don’t need you. Please leave”.
Source: Apple Daily, Nov 6
Read Part 1: Witness Account of an Onlooker who Discovered Chow:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9958
#Hongkongprotests #Nov5 #Hongkongpolice #UST
Police Pointed Guns at First Aiders and Ambulance Radio Mentioned Police Obstruction, Says First Aider
[Editor's note: UST student Chow is severely injured after falling in a carpark during police mass arrest operation in the night of Nov 4. Suspicions are raised towards the case. Read the full story: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9903]
This is a witness account of a first-aider called Hins who provided care for the 22-year-old boy at the scene:
It was around 1am on Nov 5 when volunteer first-aider Hins and his colleague heard a bystander said a young person Chow, aged 22, fell from the 3rd floor of a car park at Sheung Tak Estate. There were already 8 to 10 paramedics from the Fire Services Department providing basic first aid service when Hins arrived at the scene. Hins asked if the paramedics knew what happened, they said they had no idea but they heard the onlookers saying that the police were chasing after Chow earlier then somehow Chow fell.
Hins said, Chow’s situation seems very serious even though there was no apparent injuries because there was a significant loss of blood. Hins described the scene as frightening as Chow vomited blood. He then asked if the paramedics had called the ambulance and they said they already did.
Hins got extremely worried and kept asking the firemen when the ambulance was going to arrive as Chow’s pulse rate was dropping constantly. “We then heard from the radio that the ambulance could not get to the scene because it was stopped by the police”. Hins added, “I was very shocked because based on the patient’s situation, he needed to be sent to the Resuscitation Room right away.”
Hins also recalled the arrival of a large group of riot police 5 to 10 minutes after he and his colleague got to the scene. They pointed guns at them and demanded them to leave immediately as the scene is very dangerous. The paramedics did not agree. They then handed over Chow to Hins and his colleague and negotiated with the police. “We are trying to save someone’s life here”, the paramedic said, “There is no danger here. We don’t need you. Please leave”.
Source: Apple Daily, Nov 6
Read Part 1: Witness Account of an Onlooker who Discovered Chow:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9958
#Hongkongprotests #Nov5 #Hongkongpolice #UST
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22 Year-Old University Student Injured in Tseung Kwan O Still in Critical Condition
Previously:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9817
University student Mr. Chow who was severely injured during police mass arrest in Tseung Kwan O in November 4 Night is…
Previously:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/9817
University student Mr. Chow who was severely injured during police mass arrest in Tseung Kwan O in November 4 Night is…
"V for Vendetta": Flashmob Protest to Defy the Mask Ban
One month after the anti-mask law took effect with the use of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, netizens organised a "Million Mask March" to defy the law. Location of the march was only announced to be at the Urban Council Centenary Garden at Tsim Sha Tsui in the evening of November 5.
Protestors gathered around Cameron Road and blocked Nathan Road. After the march, protestors encountered the police water cannon when they tried to leave via Jordan. Most protestors then left via PolyU, a number of them were arrested.
Source: USP
#VforVendetta #AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
One month after the anti-mask law took effect with the use of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, netizens organised a "Million Mask March" to defy the law. Location of the march was only announced to be at the Urban Council Centenary Garden at Tsim Sha Tsui in the evening of November 5.
Protestors gathered around Cameron Road and blocked Nathan Road. After the march, protestors encountered the police water cannon when they tried to leave via Jordan. Most protestors then left via PolyU, a number of them were arrested.
Source: USP
#VforVendetta #AnonFamily #Anonymous #MillionMaskMarch #MMM2019 #HongKong #HongkongPolice #Nov5
#BaoChoy #PressFreedom
US calls on China to stop crushing press freedom in Hong Kong following arrest of a RTHK investigative journalist
Source: StandNews, RTHK #Nov5
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US calls on China to stop crushing press freedom in Hong Kong following arrest of a RTHK investigative journalist
Source: StandNews, RTHK #Nov5
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US calls on China to stop crushing press freedom in Hong Kong following arrest of a RTHK investigative journalist
In the statement, deputy spokesman of the Department of State Cale Brown said "the US is deeply concerned about the arrest”. "The Chinese Communist Party and their Hong Kong proxies must cease their efforts to crush press freedom,”
Journalist #BaoChoy had worked on RTHK documentaries on the Yuen Long mob attack last year, which revealed how police officers were present at the scene well ahead of the violence but did not intervene. She was arrested and charged on Tuesday in relation to searches carried out on owners of vehicles that appeared to have transported some of the attackers to the town on the night in question.
On her social media account, Choy wrote that she is grateful to everyone who supports press freedom. “Words can't express my gratitude for the help and blessing from my friends, fellows, and everyone who supports #PressFreedom,” she wrote.
Source: Stand News, RTHK #Nov5 https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%B0%E7%B7%A8%E5%B0%8E%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%8B%99%E9%99%A2-%E6%B7%B1%E5%88%87%E9%97%9C%E6%B3%A8-%E4%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E8%A1%9D%E6%93%8A%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1/
In the statement, deputy spokesman of the Department of State Cale Brown said "the US is deeply concerned about the arrest”. "The Chinese Communist Party and their Hong Kong proxies must cease their efforts to crush press freedom,”
Journalist #BaoChoy had worked on RTHK documentaries on the Yuen Long mob attack last year, which revealed how police officers were present at the scene well ahead of the violence but did not intervene. She was arrested and charged on Tuesday in relation to searches carried out on owners of vehicles that appeared to have transported some of the attackers to the town on the night in question.
On her social media account, Choy wrote that she is grateful to everyone who supports press freedom. “Words can't express my gratitude for the help and blessing from my friends, fellows, and everyone who supports #PressFreedom,” she wrote.
Source: Stand News, RTHK #Nov5 https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B8%AF%E5%8F%B0%E7%B7%A8%E5%B0%8E%E8%A2%AB%E6%8D%95-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%8B%99%E9%99%A2-%E6%B7%B1%E5%88%87%E9%97%9C%E6%B3%A8-%E4%BF%83%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E8%A1%9D%E6%93%8A%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1/
#SocialDistrust #WhiteTerror
Hong Kong Police launch National Security Law tip-off line for only WeChat, SMS and email
Hong Kong Police have launched a hotline inviting people to report suspected breaches of the National Security Law. In posts on social media on November 5, the force stated that people can send tips anonymously by email or SMS, as well as WeChat, the only communication app allowed in China.
The hotline was reportedly set up by the police's National Security Department to accept non-emergency reports on national security matters in the form of texts, photographs, audio or video.
When news of the hotline emerged last week, the move was condemned by pro-democracy campaigners, with warnings that it would spread distrust in the SAR.
Source: RTHK #Nov5 #NationalSecurityLaw #FailedState
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HK Police National Security unit is set to open multi-platform snitching hotline for “intelligence”
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Hong Kong Police launch National Security Law tip-off line for only WeChat, SMS and email
Hong Kong Police have launched a hotline inviting people to report suspected breaches of the National Security Law. In posts on social media on November 5, the force stated that people can send tips anonymously by email or SMS, as well as WeChat, the only communication app allowed in China.
The hotline was reportedly set up by the police's National Security Department to accept non-emergency reports on national security matters in the form of texts, photographs, audio or video.
When news of the hotline emerged last week, the move was condemned by pro-democracy campaigners, with warnings that it would spread distrust in the SAR.
Source: RTHK #Nov5 #NationalSecurityLaw #FailedState
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HK Police National Security unit is set to open multi-platform snitching hotline for “intelligence”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26344
#PoliceBrutality #PressFreedom
A female reporter from the online media channel "Ben Yu" was arrested by the police for "obstructing the police's work" at around 8am on November 5, 2020.
Source: Stand News #Nov5
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A female reporter from the online media channel "Ben Yu" was arrested by the police for "obstructing the police's work" at around 8am on November 5, 2020.
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Hong Kong Police Arrests Web Media Reporter
The reporter was also arrested on this year's Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, when reporting police's operation in Mongkok. She witnessed five to six riot police tying up two girls, when she entered a public women's toilet. She held her camera, but was immediately suppressed by the police. She was wearing a reflective vest and a press card, when the police violently took away her camera, pressed her against the wall, and pepper-sprayed her face at a close distance. The police humiliated her by calling her a "corrupt reporter" and "cockroach".
Inside the toilet, the police brutally pinned the female reporter, whose body was covered with pepperspray on the ground, stepped on her back, pressed on her neck with their knee and pressured her head with a baton, who then suffered involuntary urination.
The police later on claimed that they suppressed a 26-year-old woman with an "appropriate use of force". The reporter was detained for 48 hours after the arrest on Mother's Day.
Source: Stand News #Nov5
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%9B%BE%E6%8A%95%E8%A8%B4%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%A5%B3%E5%BB%81%E5%85%A7%E9%81%AD%E8%AD%A6%E5%99%B4%E6%A4%92%E9%8B%A4%E9%A0%B8-%E7%B6%B2%E5%AA%92-%E5%A8%9B%E8%B3%93-%E5%A5%B3%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E4%BB%8A%E6%97%A9%E8%A2%AB%E4%B8%8A%E9%96%80%E6%8B%98%E6%8D%95/?fbclid=IwAR1B3yQGRXsG8b90NBwfeAB4FyXh_HWZ2yqSGPH7tZIo3OpnMLDjV9QYfFs
Hong Kong Police Arrests Web Media Reporter
The reporter was also arrested on this year's Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, when reporting police's operation in Mongkok. She witnessed five to six riot police tying up two girls, when she entered a public women's toilet. She held her camera, but was immediately suppressed by the police. She was wearing a reflective vest and a press card, when the police violently took away her camera, pressed her against the wall, and pepper-sprayed her face at a close distance. The police humiliated her by calling her a "corrupt reporter" and "cockroach".
Inside the toilet, the police brutally pinned the female reporter, whose body was covered with pepperspray on the ground, stepped on her back, pressed on her neck with their knee and pressured her head with a baton, who then suffered involuntary urination.
The police later on claimed that they suppressed a 26-year-old woman with an "appropriate use of force". The reporter was detained for 48 hours after the arrest on Mother's Day.
Source: Stand News #Nov5
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%9B%BE%E6%8A%95%E8%A8%B4%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%A5%B3%E5%BB%81%E5%85%A7%E9%81%AD%E8%AD%A6%E5%99%B4%E6%A4%92%E9%8B%A4%E9%A0%B8-%E7%B6%B2%E5%AA%92-%E5%A8%9B%E8%B3%93-%E5%A5%B3%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E4%BB%8A%E6%97%A9%E8%A2%AB%E4%B8%8A%E9%96%80%E6%8B%98%E6%8D%95/?fbclid=IwAR1B3yQGRXsG8b90NBwfeAB4FyXh_HWZ2yqSGPH7tZIo3OpnMLDjV9QYfFs
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Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Source: InMedia #Nov5
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Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
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Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Hong Kong police arrested the producer of the RTHK programme 'Hong Kong Connection', Bao Choy Yuk-ling, on Nov 3, 2020.
Hong Kong's major media unions including the RTHK Programme Staff Union criticized the police's unreasonable attack on the freedom of press at a joint press conference held on two days later on Nov 5, 2020.
Chiu Sin-yan, the chairwoman of the RTHK Programme Staff Union said that they had been discussing the arrest with the RTHK management and urged the management to offer assistance to Choy. Chiu added that RTHK would continue with its investigative reporting, stick to the common practice of using public records in their investigations, and uphold press freedom, as the case had not been closed.
Yeung Kin-hing, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) said that police was picking on media in Hong Kong, and HKJA was seeking legal advice about the arrest. He then challenged that if government still regards press freedom and public's right to know as parts of public interest. He added that the small-scale and online news media could not afford any lawsuits, and slammed government for 'this ludicrous attack on journalists'.
Hui Fong-man, the chairperson of the Ming Pao Staff Association stressed that using the public records was a common practice in investigating the interest-based relationship and identities. The government's outlawing of this routine practice without any consultation with the media industry amounts to 'setting a trap for the journalists' , as how the boundary line is drawn is unknown.
Lam Ching-kit, the representative of the Journalism Educators for Press Freedom, and senior lecturer of Journalism and Communication Department of Chu Hai College said that checking public records had always been a legitimate fact-checking exercise, which also provides information for analysis in journalism students' reports. Journalism education will be affected by this arrest, as teachers cannot ask students to bear such risk, related reports and investigations will be thereby delayed.
Source: InMedia#Nov5
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Hong Kong Police arrest #RTHK producer Bao Choy, #HKJA: 'Police is picking on media'
Hong Kong police arrested the producer of the RTHK programme 'Hong Kong Connection', Bao Choy Yuk-ling, on Nov 3, 2020.
Hong Kong's major media unions including the RTHK Programme Staff Union criticized the police's unreasonable attack on the freedom of press at a joint press conference held on two days later on Nov 5, 2020.
Chiu Sin-yan, the chairwoman of the RTHK Programme Staff Union said that they had been discussing the arrest with the RTHK management and urged the management to offer assistance to Choy. Chiu added that RTHK would continue with its investigative reporting, stick to the common practice of using public records in their investigations, and uphold press freedom, as the case had not been closed.
Yeung Kin-hing, chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalist Association (HKJA) said that police was picking on media in Hong Kong, and HKJA was seeking legal advice about the arrest. He then challenged that if government still regards press freedom and public's right to know as parts of public interest. He added that the small-scale and online news media could not afford any lawsuits, and slammed government for 'this ludicrous attack on journalists'.
Hui Fong-man, the chairperson of the Ming Pao Staff Association stressed that using the public records was a common practice in investigating the interest-based relationship and identities. The government's outlawing of this routine practice without any consultation with the media industry amounts to 'setting a trap for the journalists' , as how the boundary line is drawn is unknown.
Lam Ching-kit, the representative of the Journalism Educators for Press Freedom, and senior lecturer of Journalism and Communication Department of Chu Hai College said that checking public records had always been a legitimate fact-checking exercise, which also provides information for analysis in journalism students' reports. Journalism education will be affected by this arrest, as teachers cannot ask students to bear such risk, related reports and investigations will be thereby delayed.
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Nearly half of journalists considering leaving Hong Kong, citing decline in press freedom : FCC survey
Working conditions have markedly worsened for journalists in Hong Kong since Beijing imposed national security law for the city in June 2020, an anonymous survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (#FCC) has found.
The survey results released on November 5 showed 46% of respondents were considering or had plans to leave the city citing the decline in press freedom, while 56% admitted to self-censoring or avoiding reporting on sensitive topics to at least some degree.
70 correspondents and 29 journalist members had responded to the survey. More than 80 of them said the general working environment for journalists in Hong Kong had deteriorated since the introduction of the national security law. 86% saying sources were not willing to speak or be quoted on issues deemed to be sensitive.
Sources: FCC, HKFP, RTHK; #Nov5
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https://www.fcchk.org/membership-survey-on-press-freedom/
Working conditions have markedly worsened for journalists in Hong Kong since Beijing imposed national security law for the city in June 2020, an anonymous survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club (#FCC) has found.
The survey results released on November 5 showed 46% of respondents were considering or had plans to leave the city citing the decline in press freedom, while 56% admitted to self-censoring or avoiding reporting on sensitive topics to at least some degree.
70 correspondents and 29 journalist members had responded to the survey. More than 80 of them said the general working environment for journalists in Hong Kong had deteriorated since the introduction of the national security law. 86% saying sources were not willing to speak or be quoted on issues deemed to be sensitive.
Sources: FCC, HKFP, RTHK; #Nov5
Read full survey result
https://www.fcchk.org/membership-survey-on-press-freedom/
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The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, Membership Survey on Press Freedom
In an effort to gauge the confidence of our members in the media environment in Hong Kong since the introduction of the National Security Law, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) has conducted a...