#PressFreedom #iCable
Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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#iCable #LayOff #Petition
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
#PoliticalAgenda #Smearing
Carrie Lam Accuses Hong Kong Medical Experts With a Different Opinion on Universal Coronavirus Testing of "Harbouring Political Motivation" and "Smearing the Chinese Government"
Source: Stand News #Aug25
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Carrie Lam Accuses Hong Kong Medical Experts With a Different Opinion on Universal Coronavirus Testing of "Harbouring Political Motivation" and "Smearing the Chinese Government"
Source: Stand News #Aug25
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#Court #RuleByLaw #PoliceState
Magistrate in Hong Kong Sentence Baker to 9 months in jail for possessing a rolling pin and hex keys
A baker was stopped and searched by the police in Tai Po on 11 Nov 2019. A 14-inch wooden pin and a bag of hex keys were found. He pled not guilty for "possessing illegal tools for illegal intentions".
Principle magistrate So Man-lung claimed that it was “an obvious judicial notice” that "the bat can be used to break car windows and traffic lights while the hex keys can be used to dissemble fences".
The defendant stated that the bat was used to make Swiss rolls while the hex keys were used to open machines in his shop for cleaning. On 11 Nov 2019 , he planned to take the tools back to his shop on his way to dine with his friends. He was sentenced to 9 months in jail, and was granted bail pending appeal.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug25 #SoManLung #Injustice #LawLessSociety
#Baker
Magistrate in Hong Kong Sentence Baker to 9 months in jail for possessing a rolling pin and hex keys
A baker was stopped and searched by the police in Tai Po on 11 Nov 2019. A 14-inch wooden pin and a bag of hex keys were found. He pled not guilty for "possessing illegal tools for illegal intentions".
Principle magistrate So Man-lung claimed that it was “an obvious judicial notice” that "the bat can be used to break car windows and traffic lights while the hex keys can be used to dissemble fences".
The defendant stated that the bat was used to make Swiss rolls while the hex keys were used to open machines in his shop for cleaning. On 11 Nov 2019 , he planned to take the tools back to his shop on his way to dine with his friends. He was sentenced to 9 months in jail, and was granted bail pending appeal.
Source: Apple Daily #Aug25 #SoManLung #Injustice #LawLessSociety
#Baker
#SpecialTreatment
Coroner's Inquiry of 15-year-old Girl Found in Waters: Police Assists Mother to Leave through the Special Passageway
The coroner pointed out that when Chan Yin-lam’s mother Ho Pui-yee and grandfather Ho Yun-loi left the court on 24 Aug,2020 they were insulted by the public. There were physical contacts and their car was followed. They at last went home with the protection of the police.
She pointed out that Ho Pui-yee felt insecure after the incident, and applied for the access to a special passageway in and out the court. The application was approved. A lot of police officers stood by near West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts to wait for Ho.
Source: Stand News; InMedia
#Aug25
https://bit.ly/32kgrgV
#ChanYinlam
Coroner's Inquiry of 15-year-old Girl Found in Waters: Police Assists Mother to Leave through the Special Passageway
The coroner pointed out that when Chan Yin-lam’s mother Ho Pui-yee and grandfather Ho Yun-loi left the court on 24 Aug,2020 they were insulted by the public. There were physical contacts and their car was followed. They at last went home with the protection of the police.
She pointed out that Ho Pui-yee felt insecure after the incident, and applied for the access to a special passageway in and out the court. The application was approved. A lot of police officers stood by near West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts to wait for Ho.
Source: Stand News; InMedia
#Aug25
https://bit.ly/32kgrgV
#ChanYinlam
#Court #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality
20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder
Source: Stand News #Aug25
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20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder
Source: Stand News #Aug25
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20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder
In the police-civilian conflict on 3 Aug 2019, a 20-year-old student was charged with assaulting a sergeant and an officer outside Wong Tai Sin MTR station. He pled not guilty. The case was heard on 20 Aug 2020 in Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court.
The officer who claimed he was hurt said that he grabbed the defendant’s left arm, yet the defendant still rushed forward, causing the three of them to fall. He suggested that he did not know the defendant was sent to the emergency room afterwards for broken bones and was hospitalised for 12 days. He stressed that he did not use excessive force.
Thd sergeant involved suggested that he was not sure if the defendant intended to attack them.
The defendant’s attorney played a video, showing that the defendant was standing, and a black figure tapped his left shoulder, causing him to fall. It was confirmed that it was the hand of police officer Mak Wing-cheung. The attorney pointed out that the defendant fell after the officer tapped his shoulder, which contradicted Mak’s testimony. The attorney also stated that the defendant was found to have broken bones in his left shoulder, and steel plates have to be installed permanently.
Source: Stand News #Aug25 https://bit.ly/3jbFJVp
20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder
In the police-civilian conflict on 3 Aug 2019, a 20-year-old student was charged with assaulting a sergeant and an officer outside Wong Tai Sin MTR station. He pled not guilty. The case was heard on 20 Aug 2020 in Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court.
The officer who claimed he was hurt said that he grabbed the defendant’s left arm, yet the defendant still rushed forward, causing the three of them to fall. He suggested that he did not know the defendant was sent to the emergency room afterwards for broken bones and was hospitalised for 12 days. He stressed that he did not use excessive force.
Thd sergeant involved suggested that he was not sure if the defendant intended to attack them.
The defendant’s attorney played a video, showing that the defendant was standing, and a black figure tapped his left shoulder, causing him to fall. It was confirmed that it was the hand of police officer Mak Wing-cheung. The attorney pointed out that the defendant fell after the officer tapped his shoulder, which contradicted Mak’s testimony. The attorney also stated that the defendant was found to have broken bones in his left shoulder, and steel plates have to be installed permanently.
Source: Stand News #Aug25 https://bit.ly/3jbFJVp
#TradeWar #Australia #CCP
Beijing is not happy with deal cancellations between Australian and Chinese companies
The $600 million takeover of Australian drinks company Lion by Chinese company Mengniu Dairy has been blocked by Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on national security grounds.
Mengniu Dairy has 25 per cent owned by the Chinese government.
Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board cleared the deal in February 2020 but Frydenberg stepped in to prevent it, as the political tensions and trade war between the two nations escalated.
Chinese state-run news, Global Times, wrote: 'Banning a Chinese company from buying an Australian dairy brand doesn't make much economic sense. It would show that bilateral relations will continue on a downward spiral, with the Australian side willing to risk its global reputation in order to maintain a tough line against China in all aspects.'
Source: Daily Mail #Aug25
https://trib.al/9gaouuZ
#JoshFrydenberg #MengniuDairy #Lion #China #NationalSecurityThreat
Beijing is not happy with deal cancellations between Australian and Chinese companies
The $600 million takeover of Australian drinks company Lion by Chinese company Mengniu Dairy has been blocked by Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on national security grounds.
Mengniu Dairy has 25 per cent owned by the Chinese government.
Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board cleared the deal in February 2020 but Frydenberg stepped in to prevent it, as the political tensions and trade war between the two nations escalated.
Chinese state-run news, Global Times, wrote: 'Banning a Chinese company from buying an Australian dairy brand doesn't make much economic sense. It would show that bilateral relations will continue on a downward spiral, with the Australian side willing to risk its global reputation in order to maintain a tough line against China in all aspects.'
Source: Daily Mail #Aug25
https://trib.al/9gaouuZ
#JoshFrydenberg #MengniuDairy #Lion #China #NationalSecurityThreat
#Cybersecurity
Chinese government's technological military attack on Canadian company
In 2004 Nortel cyber-security advisor Brian Shields investigated a serious breach in the telecom giant’s network. This would only turn out to be an attack from China. More than just experiencing a breach in the network, files and important documents were also downloaded. A data theft was going on.
While the Canadian company was experiencing what seemed to be a massive crisis, Huawei suddenly replaced Nortel as the world’s dominant internet technology provider.
The Chinese government is not just stealing information through the usage of technology, but also 'providing' technology to Huawei, in order to gain information.
Source: Global News #Aug25
#Canada #Nortel #Huawei #CCP #5G
Chinese government's technological military attack on Canadian company
In 2004 Nortel cyber-security advisor Brian Shields investigated a serious breach in the telecom giant’s network. This would only turn out to be an attack from China. More than just experiencing a breach in the network, files and important documents were also downloaded. A data theft was going on.
While the Canadian company was experiencing what seemed to be a massive crisis, Huawei suddenly replaced Nortel as the world’s dominant internet technology provider.
The Chinese government is not just stealing information through the usage of technology, but also 'providing' technology to Huawei, in order to gain information.
Source: Global News #Aug25
#Canada #Nortel #Huawei #CCP #5G
Textbook used in Victorian schools repeats Chinese government propaganda
Among the concerns regarding the textbook is the inclusion of the “nine-dash line” map which shows China claiming most of the South China Sea – a position contested by Australia and numerous othrr countries in the region and challenged by an international tribunal. It is labelled in the book as the “map of China”.
The publishers said that its inclusion was a production error.
On top of this misleading information, the textbook also included portions that repeated Chinese Communist party propaganda.
#SouthChinaSea #Australia #Textbook #NineDashLine #ChinaPropaganda
Source: Guardian #Aug25
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/26/textbook-used-in-victorian-schools-repeats-chinese-government-propaganda
Among the concerns regarding the textbook is the inclusion of the “nine-dash line” map which shows China claiming most of the South China Sea – a position contested by Australia and numerous othrr countries in the region and challenged by an international tribunal. It is labelled in the book as the “map of China”.
The publishers said that its inclusion was a production error.
On top of this misleading information, the textbook also included portions that repeated Chinese Communist party propaganda.
#SouthChinaSea #Australia #Textbook #NineDashLine #ChinaPropaganda
Source: Guardian #Aug25
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/26/textbook-used-in-victorian-schools-repeats-chinese-government-propaganda
Exclusive-Hong Kong's former chief judge says upholding rule of law not political
Hong Kong’s former chief judge urged solicitors to continue speaking up for the rule of law, saying it was their public duty and not political, as lawyers chose a council to govern their profession overshadowed by a national security law imposed by China.
Former chief justice Geoffrey Ma made his remarks to several hundred members of the Law Society on Tuesday and later provided Reuters with a transcript of the speech in response to questions.
Hong Kong judges symbolise one of the core promises of the city’s return from British to Chinese rule in 1997 along with continued freedoms: the right to a fair trial and equality under the law, all administered by an independent judiciary.
Source: Reuters #Aug25
#HongKong #Judge #NationalSecurityLaw #China #RuleOfLaw #Political
https://reut.rs/3zjCfIF
Hong Kong’s former chief judge urged solicitors to continue speaking up for the rule of law, saying it was their public duty and not political, as lawyers chose a council to govern their profession overshadowed by a national security law imposed by China.
Former chief justice Geoffrey Ma made his remarks to several hundred members of the Law Society on Tuesday and later provided Reuters with a transcript of the speech in response to questions.
Hong Kong judges symbolise one of the core promises of the city’s return from British to Chinese rule in 1997 along with continued freedoms: the right to a fair trial and equality under the law, all administered by an independent judiciary.
Source: Reuters #Aug25
#HongKong #Judge #NationalSecurityLaw #China #RuleOfLaw #Political
https://reut.rs/3zjCfIF
HK National Security Police Accuses Veteran Pro-democracy NGO as "Agent of Foreign Power"
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Aug25
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HK National Security Police Accuses Veteran Pro-democracy NGO as "Agent of Foreign Power"
On August 25, 2021 in Hong Kong, the National Security Police appeared at the barrister's office of #ChowHangTung, the vice-president of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. The police cited Article 43 of the National Security Law and demanded Chow to hand over "information about the Alliance" including meeting records since 2014.
The Alliance is a pro-demoncracy charity group established in Hong Kong, as a response to the 1989 June 4th Tiananman Massacre by the Chinese Communist Party that year. The Alliance has been organizing the June 4 candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park since 1990.
According to Chow, the police in the letter claimed that the Alliance is "an agent of foreign power". The police specifically asked for information regarding the Alliance's potential exchanges with "political parties outside the PRC or Taiwan"; Mark Simon, the former aide of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai; and humanitarian lawyers' group.
Chow said, "The whole matter is clearly an abuse of the national security law to suppress civil society."
Chow also said other core members of the Alliance have received similar demand from the police.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Aug25
https://thestandnews.page.link/ttbhffLt5CmDSrNj6
#PoliticalProsecution #NationalSecurityLaw #Alliance #June4Massacre #WhiteTerror
#ForeignPower
On August 25, 2021 in Hong Kong, the National Security Police appeared at the barrister's office of #ChowHangTung, the vice-president of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. The police cited Article 43 of the National Security Law and demanded Chow to hand over "information about the Alliance" including meeting records since 2014.
The Alliance is a pro-demoncracy charity group established in Hong Kong, as a response to the 1989 June 4th Tiananman Massacre by the Chinese Communist Party that year. The Alliance has been organizing the June 4 candlelight vigil at Hong Kong's Victoria Park since 1990.
According to Chow, the police in the letter claimed that the Alliance is "an agent of foreign power". The police specifically asked for information regarding the Alliance's potential exchanges with "political parties outside the PRC or Taiwan"; Mark Simon, the former aide of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai; and humanitarian lawyers' group.
Chow said, "The whole matter is clearly an abuse of the national security law to suppress civil society."
Chow also said other core members of the Alliance have received similar demand from the police.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Aug25
https://thestandnews.page.link/ttbhffLt5CmDSrNj6
#PoliticalProsecution #NationalSecurityLaw #Alliance #June4Massacre #WhiteTerror
#ForeignPower
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China schools: 'Xi Jinping Thought' introduced into curriculum
China will introduce the political ideology of the Chinese President in its national curriculum.
"Xi Jinping thought" will help "teenagers establish Marxist beliefs", said the Ministry of Education (MOE) in new guidelines.
The ideology will be integrated from primary school up to university.
This is the latest effort by Mr Xi to consolidate the ruling Chinese Communist Party's role in different areas of society.
Source: BBC #Aug25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58301575
#China #XiJinping #MOE #CCP
China will introduce the political ideology of the Chinese President in its national curriculum.
"Xi Jinping thought" will help "teenagers establish Marxist beliefs", said the Ministry of Education (MOE) in new guidelines.
The ideology will be integrated from primary school up to university.
This is the latest effort by Mr Xi to consolidate the ruling Chinese Communist Party's role in different areas of society.
Source: BBC #Aug25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58301575
#China #XiJinping #MOE #CCP
#Film #Censorship
No hope for pro-democracy films to be shown in Hong Kong: disappointing filmmaker claims
The Hong Kong government promulgated in June 2021 an amendment to the inspector's guideline of Film censorship regulations.
On the same day, the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA) declined approval for a short film, titled “Far From Home” which took anti-ELAB movement as background. The short film was intended to join the 15th Fresh Wave International Short Firm contest.
The film’s director Mok Kwan-ling told stand News on August 25, 2021 that in OFNAA’s response to her on August 17, the office requested as many as 14 counts of amendments. She described such request as excessive to the extent of going in contrary to the original intention of the film.
Without viable alternative,Mok decided to withdraw her film, saying that “it is not hopeful for it to be screened in Hong Kong”.
Source: Stand News; #Aug25
https://thestandnews.page.link/HoSrgvdNJQsz6FdJ6
#FailedState #Art #Screening #PolicalSuppression #FarFromHome #MokKwanLing
No hope for pro-democracy films to be shown in Hong Kong: disappointing filmmaker claims
The Hong Kong government promulgated in June 2021 an amendment to the inspector's guideline of Film censorship regulations.
On the same day, the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration (#OFNAA) declined approval for a short film, titled “Far From Home” which took anti-ELAB movement as background. The short film was intended to join the 15th Fresh Wave International Short Firm contest.
The film’s director Mok Kwan-ling told stand News on August 25, 2021 that in OFNAA’s response to her on August 17, the office requested as many as 14 counts of amendments. She described such request as excessive to the extent of going in contrary to the original intention of the film.
Without viable alternative,Mok decided to withdraw her film, saying that “it is not hopeful for it to be screened in Hong Kong”.
Source: Stand News; #Aug25
https://thestandnews.page.link/HoSrgvdNJQsz6FdJ6
#FailedState #Art #Screening #PolicalSuppression #FarFromHome #MokKwanLing
Germany Proposed to Sop the Trade with Cosco Shipping International
The German government proposes to refuse Cosco Shipping International (00517) being listed as the largest company at the Hamburg cargo terminal. It can avoid excessive reliance on China and let the mainland face obstruction on overseas acquisition.
German media said that most German politicians have doubts about COSCO taking a stake in the Hamburg Terminal. They are not willing to pass the fundamental infrastructure to the Chinese people.
The Germany Financial Minister, Robert Habeck, worries that Cosco Shipping's stake will increase Germany's reliance on China. Therefore, he intends to disagree with this trade.
Hamburg is currently the third-largest European terminal and the 19th-largest port in the world.
Source: Channel C #Aug25
https://bit.ly/3KlwiBp
#Germany #Hamburg #FinancialMinister #RobertHabeck #CoscoShippingInternational
The German government proposes to refuse Cosco Shipping International (00517) being listed as the largest company at the Hamburg cargo terminal. It can avoid excessive reliance on China and let the mainland face obstruction on overseas acquisition.
German media said that most German politicians have doubts about COSCO taking a stake in the Hamburg Terminal. They are not willing to pass the fundamental infrastructure to the Chinese people.
The Germany Financial Minister, Robert Habeck, worries that Cosco Shipping's stake will increase Germany's reliance on China. Therefore, he intends to disagree with this trade.
Hamburg is currently the third-largest European terminal and the 19th-largest port in the world.
Source: Channel C #Aug25
https://bit.ly/3KlwiBp
#Germany #Hamburg #FinancialMinister #RobertHabeck #CoscoShippingInternational