#FirstHand #Sept30
13 Months After: #NeverForget the Police 8.31 Attack of Prince Edward Station
19:14 | Prince Edward Station, Hong Kong
It has been 13 months after the police attack on train passengers at the Prince Edward Station on 31 August 2019.
In face of political oppression and arrests, Hongkongers continued to mourn victims of police brutality.
13 Months After: #NeverForget the Police 8.31 Attack of Prince Edward Station
19:14 | Prince Edward Station, Hong Kong
It has been 13 months after the police attack on train passengers at the Prince Edward Station on 31 August 2019.
In face of political oppression and arrests, Hongkongers continued to mourn victims of police brutality.
#Unfreedom #Oppression
Civil servants warned to refrain from partaking in pro-democracy rallies rejected by HK Police
A day ahead of now-banned-rally, Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak-kuen urged civil servants not to take part in any unauthorised assemblies during the mid-autumn and National Day festivities.
Source: RTHK #Sept30
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Civil servants warned to refrain from partaking in pro-democracy rallies rejected by HK Police
A day ahead of now-banned-rally, Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak-kuen urged civil servants not to take part in any unauthorised assemblies during the mid-autumn and National Day festivities.
Source: RTHK #Sept30
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Civil servants warned to refrain from partaking in pro-democracy rallies rejected by HK Police
The Hong Kong police has recently banned the application made by the Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) for a protest on October 1, 2020, a public holiday in Hong Kong for the Lantern Festival as well as PRC's national day.
A day ahead of now-banned-rally, Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak-kuen urged civil servants not to take part in any unauthorised assemblies during the mid-autumn and National Day festivities.
In a letter sent to civil servants on September 30, Nip said that as of the end of September, 46 civil servants have been suspended for either getting arrested for taking part in illegal public activities, or being under police investigation, or being prosecuted.
He said the government attaches great importance to the conduct of civil servants, and have zero tolerance for those who violate the law.
Source: RTHK #Sept30
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1552429-20200930.htm?spTabChangeable=0
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Civil servants warned to refrain from partaking in pro-democracy rallies rejected by HK Police
The Hong Kong police has recently banned the application made by the Civil Human Rights Front (#CHRF) for a protest on October 1, 2020, a public holiday in Hong Kong for the Lantern Festival as well as PRC's national day.
A day ahead of now-banned-rally, Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip Tak-kuen urged civil servants not to take part in any unauthorised assemblies during the mid-autumn and National Day festivities.
In a letter sent to civil servants on September 30, Nip said that as of the end of September, 46 civil servants have been suspended for either getting arrested for taking part in illegal public activities, or being under police investigation, or being prosecuted.
He said the government attaches great importance to the conduct of civil servants, and have zero tolerance for those who violate the law.
Source: RTHK #Sept30
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1552429-20200930.htm?spTabChangeable=0
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46公僕被捕需停職 聶德權籲勿參與違規活動
公務員事務局局長聶德權說，截至本月底，有46名公務員因涉嫌參與非法公眾活動被捕，現時正接受警方調查或正被起訴，他們全部已被停職。 聶德權向全體公務員發信表示，政府極為重視公務員的品行操守，對違法公務員是零容忍，亦絕不姑息。而網上充斥不少扭曲不實的信息，鼓動市民參與非法遊行，聶德權相信公務員都能明辨是非，奉公守法，遵守《公務員守則》訂定的操守準則。 聶德權又說，疫情未「斷尾」或會有所反覆，在假期期間防疫意識不能鬆懈，外出時要做好各項防疫措施，切忌參與任何可能違反禁止群組聚集相關規例的活動。
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Police Officers Dispose of Citizen's Tributes On Site
20:50 | Prince Edward Station, Hong Kong
The video shows police officers throwing citizen's tributes into a trash bag.
Despite the heavy rain, citizens lined up orderly while respecting social distance to lay white flowers outside the Prince Edward Station.
13 months ago, police aggressively attacked and arrested civilians inside the train compartment and on the platform with baton and pepper spray. The police also barred first aiders and reporters from entering the station to provide medical help and record the scenes.
#Sept30
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13 months after: #NeverForget the Police 8.31 Attack of Prince Edward Station
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Police Officers Dispose of Citizen's Tributes On Site
20:50 | Prince Edward Station, Hong Kong
The video shows police officers throwing citizen's tributes into a trash bag.
Despite the heavy rain, citizens lined up orderly while respecting social distance to lay white flowers outside the Prince Edward Station.
13 months ago, police aggressively attacked and arrested civilians inside the train compartment and on the platform with baton and pepper spray. The police also barred first aiders and reporters from entering the station to provide medical help and record the scenes.
#Sept30
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#FirstHand #Sept30 #PrinceEdward831
Hongkongers Pay Tribute to Victims of Police Brutality Despite Heavy Rain and Police Presence
Police Officers Dispose of Citizen's Tributes On Site:
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Hongkongers Pay Tribute to Victims of Police Brutality Despite Heavy Rain and Police Presence
Police Officers Dispose of Citizen's Tributes On Site:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25639
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25638
#Save12HKYouths #Breaking
China's Court Approves the 'Arrests' of Pro-democracy Hongkongers Already Detained in China and Might Sentence At Least Two People to Up to 7 years' Imprisonment
1. On September 30, 2020 in Shenzhen, the Yantian District People's Procuratorate approved the 'arresst' of the 12 pro-democracy Hong Kong civilians who have been captured on a speedboat and detained in China for over a month since August 23, 2020.
Among them, Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin, were charged on suspicion of organising others to cross the border illegally, while the other 10 were charged for illegal crossing of the border.
2. The bail request of 5 detainees were rejected. According to PRC criminal law, illegal crossing of border will be sentenced to a maximum of 1 year's imprisonment, while those who are convicted of organising others to cross the border illegally can be jailed for 2 to 7 years.
Pro-democracy activist Owen Chow pointed out that China tried to justify the detention of the 12 Hongkongers before the PRC's national day on October 1.
Editor's note: The conviction rate of China's courts is 99.9% in 2019, according to the figures cited by New York Times.
Source: Owen Chow’s Facebook #Sept30
#SunshineJustice #ChinaCourts
China's Court Approves the 'Arrests' of Pro-democracy Hongkongers Already Detained in China and Might Sentence At Least Two People to Up to 7 years' Imprisonment
1. On September 30, 2020 in Shenzhen, the Yantian District People's Procuratorate approved the 'arresst' of the 12 pro-democracy Hong Kong civilians who have been captured on a speedboat and detained in China for over a month since August 23, 2020.
Among them, Quinn Moon and Tang Kai-yin, were charged on suspicion of organising others to cross the border illegally, while the other 10 were charged for illegal crossing of the border.
2. The bail request of 5 detainees were rejected. According to PRC criminal law, illegal crossing of border will be sentenced to a maximum of 1 year's imprisonment, while those who are convicted of organising others to cross the border illegally can be jailed for 2 to 7 years.
Pro-democracy activist Owen Chow pointed out that China tried to justify the detention of the 12 Hongkongers before the PRC's national day on October 1.
Editor's note: The conviction rate of China's courts is 99.9% in 2019, according to the figures cited by New York Times.
Source: Owen Chow’s Facebook #Sept30
#SunshineJustice #ChinaCourts
#MoonFestival #FullMoon
Pro-democracy Hongkongers Turn Handmade Giant Lantern into Lennon Wall
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
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Pro-democracy Hongkongers Turn Handmade Giant Lantern into Lennon Wall
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
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#MoonFestival #FullMoon
Pro-democracy Hongkongers Turn Handmade Giant Lantern into Lennon Wall
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion, but 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained in China were barred by the Chinese authorities from meeting their family.
Tsuen Wan district councillor Adrian Lau and volunteers have made a 1.5 m tall giant rabbit lantern and have it displayed at Exit A of Tsuen Wan subway station to the direction of D•Park between 5 and 8 pm on 30 September, 2020.
The lantern became a make-shift Lennon Wall for citizens to put up memos. Many showed support for fellow citizens who share the same value and the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers currently detained in China.
Lau hopes the lantern "not only brings joy to people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also let civilians feel that freedom still exits in Hong Kong.”
Lau said Hongkongers had been keeping social distanc since early this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Personal relationship has been alienated and people cannot even gather during festivals. He hoped that people could relax for a while and write a supportive memo for people sharing the same value through this activity, while respecting safety. Lau said he would read pass the message on the memos to relevant people or organizations later on.
A neighbourhood volunteer, Gigi, said the lantern they made was 8 times larger than a traditional rabbit lantern. They found suitable materials such as wire and plastic tube in hardware shop in the community. Since the previous Saturday, they had been building the giant rabbit lantern by hand step by step.
Lau emphasised that they would abide by the anti-pandemic ordinance 599G by respecting the group gathering ban and limiting any gathering to not more than 4 people. He ensured that the event was legal.
Lau added the police haven’t intervened even when many people queued for free newspapers and he believed that the police would have no reason to suppress the activity.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200930/VVH4VJYDS5ECBPQT254LN67FV4/
#MidAutumnFestival #LanternFestival #Lantern #LennonWall #Save12HKYouths #FamilyReunion
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On Sept 30, China's Court Approves the 'Arrests' of Pro-democracy Hongkongers Already Detained in China and Might Sentence At Least Two People to Up to 7 years' Imprisonment
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25643
Pro-democracy Hongkongers Turn Handmade Giant Lantern into Lennon Wall
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion, but 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained in China were barred by the Chinese authorities from meeting their family.
Tsuen Wan district councillor Adrian Lau and volunteers have made a 1.5 m tall giant rabbit lantern and have it displayed at Exit A of Tsuen Wan subway station to the direction of D•Park between 5 and 8 pm on 30 September, 2020.
The lantern became a make-shift Lennon Wall for citizens to put up memos. Many showed support for fellow citizens who share the same value and the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers currently detained in China.
Lau hopes the lantern "not only brings joy to people during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also let civilians feel that freedom still exits in Hong Kong.”
Lau said Hongkongers had been keeping social distanc since early this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Personal relationship has been alienated and people cannot even gather during festivals. He hoped that people could relax for a while and write a supportive memo for people sharing the same value through this activity, while respecting safety. Lau said he would read pass the message on the memos to relevant people or organizations later on.
A neighbourhood volunteer, Gigi, said the lantern they made was 8 times larger than a traditional rabbit lantern. They found suitable materials such as wire and plastic tube in hardware shop in the community. Since the previous Saturday, they had been building the giant rabbit lantern by hand step by step.
Lau emphasised that they would abide by the anti-pandemic ordinance 599G by respecting the group gathering ban and limiting any gathering to not more than 4 people. He ensured that the event was legal.
Lau added the police haven’t intervened even when many people queued for free newspapers and he believed that the police would have no reason to suppress the activity.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200930/VVH4VJYDS5ECBPQT254LN67FV4/
#MidAutumnFestival #LanternFestival #Lantern #LennonWall #Save12HKYouths #FamilyReunion
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On Sept 30, China's Court Approves the 'Arrests' of Pro-democracy Hongkongers Already Detained in China and Might Sentence At Least Two People to Up to 7 years' Imprisonment
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25643
#PoliticalAllegiance
#PolyU Management Organizes Flag-raising Ceremony on PRC's National Day; Student Unions Call For Boycott
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
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#PolyU Management Organizes Flag-raising Ceremony on PRC's National Day; Student Unions Call For Boycott
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#PoliticalAllegiance #University
#PolyU Management to Organize Flag-raising Ceremony on PRC's National Day; Students Call For Boycott
The Vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Teng Jin-guang sent an email to all departments’ heads, trustees’ board members and the Students' Union on September 30, 2020, informing them of a “simple but solemn flag-raising ceremony” to be held for the “71st anniversary of the founding of the People Republic of China (PRC)” on the next day, October 1, 2020. He invited teachers and students to observe the ceremony in formal costumes in order to "celebrate the achievement of our country".
Such an event has never been organized in the university before. According to sources, it is organized in a rush and was not plan for this year.
The External Vice President of PolyU Students' Union Cheung Ki-Ho revealed that a flag-raising ceremony had a political meaning due to the siege of PolyU during the pro-democracy movement in 2019. “The PolyU [management] wants to show their stance and pledges allegiance to China via this ceremony.”
Cheung questioned why the university authorities only sent invitation to the members of the Students' Union. After checking with the Students' Unions of other universities, no other university in Hong Kong had this arrangement.
The Students' Union has replied to the university that they would not attend. They called on students to don black and take part in a silent protest instead.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
#FlagRaisingCeremony #NationalDay #PoliticalAllegiance
#PolyU Management to Organize Flag-raising Ceremony on PRC's National Day; Students Call For Boycott
The Vice-chancellor of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) Teng Jin-guang sent an email to all departments’ heads, trustees’ board members and the Students' Union on September 30, 2020, informing them of a “simple but solemn flag-raising ceremony” to be held for the “71st anniversary of the founding of the People Republic of China (PRC)” on the next day, October 1, 2020. He invited teachers and students to observe the ceremony in formal costumes in order to "celebrate the achievement of our country".
Such an event has never been organized in the university before. According to sources, it is organized in a rush and was not plan for this year.
The External Vice President of PolyU Students' Union Cheung Ki-Ho revealed that a flag-raising ceremony had a political meaning due to the siege of PolyU during the pro-democracy movement in 2019. “The PolyU [management] wants to show their stance and pledges allegiance to China via this ceremony.”
Cheung questioned why the university authorities only sent invitation to the members of the Students' Union. After checking with the Students' Unions of other universities, no other university in Hong Kong had this arrangement.
The Students' Union has replied to the university that they would not attend. They called on students to don black and take part in a silent protest instead.
Source: Apple Daily #Sept30
#FlagRaisingCeremony #NationalDay #PoliticalAllegiance