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#FirstHand #25Dec
Civilian Fell Off from a Building; Police Allegedly Involved, Sources Say

0225 | Mongkok
According to sources at the scene, a person was chased by the police. Some sources said the person was allegedly pushed by the police off a building. The person fell from at least two stories. Everyone at the scene screamed, in a hope that the police would save him.

The video shows the three police officers who were at the podium during the fall.

Onlookers Shocked by the Fall:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13916

Eyewitness Accounts of the Fall: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13925

#HongKongChristmas #Fall
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0225 | Mongkok
Onlookers Abhorred As a Civilian Fell from Height

At Least three Police Officers seen at the Site of the Fall: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13915
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#25Dec #HongKongChristmas #Fall
An Eyewitness Account of Man
Falling From Height in Mong Kok; Police Allegedly Involved

From the video, an onlooker gave their account: The police was aware of the victim hanging at height. They, however, shot three pepper-spray pellets towards him, causing the victim to fall from height.

Video: Soc Rec

Another account:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13926

[First Hand] Three Police Officers seen at the Site of the Fall: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13915

[First Hand] Onlookers Shocked As a Civilian Fell from Height:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13916
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Eyewitness Accounts of Man Falling From Height in Mong Kok; Police Allegedly Involved

According to different eyewitness accounts, the victim was initially trying to climb down from the restaurant’s balcony. Then the police fired three pepper-spray pellets at him, causing him to fall.
(https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13925)

The victim then hit his head on a bench, impacting his neck. Afterwards, he lay motionless on the ground, with his body curled up at one point.

Seconds later, a member of the police 'raptor' squad looked out from the balcony and shone flashlight at the public.

Six first-aiders tried to help him, but the police yelled and ordered them to stay away.

Source: PolyU SU Editorial Board https://www.instagram.com/p/B6d3XPpBDCN/?igshid=18nu2vyafjbkj

[First Hand] Three Police Officers seen at the Site of the Fall: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13915

[First Hand] Onlookers Shocked As a Civilian Fell from Height:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13916
#25Dec #HongKongChristmas #Fall
Onlookers Suspect Police of Destroying Evidence Of the Fall

03:48 | MongKok
According to various testimonies, police were allegedly involved in the fall of a civilian.

After the incident, police searched inside Jie Genge, the restaurant nearby, and took away some items, including cardboard boxes.

04:47
Riot police took down the closed-circuit cameras installed outside various stores, which may have recorded the man falling from the balcony.

Police were seen taking the cameras onto police vans, but have not placed them inside evidence bags. Onlooking citizens were afraid that the police would destroy evidence that put them in disadvantage.

Source: PSHK; Hong Kong Citizen Media; Stand News
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#25Dec #HongKongChristmas #Fall
A video captures the fall of a civilian from height during police operation in Mongkok after midnight.

Source: DBC
https://t.me/canigosomeplacefun/64592

Police seen at the site of the fall:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/13915
Screenshots of CCTV Footage Capturing Teenager’s #Fall during Police Operation at Christmas

1. The teenager climbed over the wall of a building with the intention to escape.

2. The teenager saw the police officer leaving the platform and climbed down the iron ladder from the pump room.

3. The teenager inched towards the edge of the platform, and looked down at the flower trough.

4. The teenager was grabbing tightly to the kerb, and he was yelled at by police officers who spotted him.

5. The teenager fell down to where the flower trough was after the police shot 3 pepper spray pellets at him.

Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=153300099416858&id=103119161101619
Police Mocked Citizens at Shopping Centre: “You Should Jump Off and Speak to Me!”

Riot police intercepted several young citizens at the New Century Plaza and asked why one of them was carrying two mobile phones. That man was subsequently released. When he was leaving, he said to the police, “There was no need to grab me!”. To which a police officer responded, “(we were) worried that you may fall!”.

At around 6 pm the riot police began leaving New Century Plaza in Mong Kok. The citizens yelled at them for entering the shopping mall and disrupting peace. At least two young men were forced to jump off a ledge and were injured when the Police tried to arrest them in the shopping centre yesterday. When a plainclothes police officer was leaving New Century Plaza, he said to the citizens watching him from the upper level of the mall, “You should jump off (the building) and speak to me!”.

Source: http://bit.ly/397bGd0
#PoliceBrutality #HongKongChristmas #Fall
Teenager Exclaims Wish of Not Wanting to Be "Disappeared"; Police Expresses "Helplessness" Over "False News" and Rumours "Brainwashing" the Public

In the clash between the Police and civilians on Christmas Day, a 16-year-old teenager fell from the roof of the restaurant JIEGENGE in Mong Kok. After his jump, the youngster said that he did not want to "be forced to disappear". Police Public Relations Branch Chief Superintendent Kwok Ka-chuen stated on the police press conference, that "some citizens has been brainwashed by the enormous amount of fake news on the web. This group of people started to have irrational panic and hallucinations of being sent to some unknown location after being arrested or being murdered after arrest. Those are all ridiculous thoughts."

Kwok stressed that the police force "act by the law". He also pointed out that most arrestees did not receive unfair treatment, "After having experienced custody and investigation by the police, they thought that police officers had been professional throughout the process. No arrestees were beaten. Neither did they receive any unjust treatment, nor were they transported to a faraway place.”

Meanwhile, the officer who displayed the ID card of a reporter in front of the camera was still on duty.

Source: Stand News

#27Dec #PoliceLies #PoliceState #HongKongChristmas
Police Chase Civilian on Rooftop, Causing Them to Fall --Firefighter Later Rescues Victim

Police went to the rooftop of Ming Fung Building in Wan Chai to chase after protesting civilians. Police had set up ambush on both sides, in an attempt to trap and arrest them.

During the incident, a civilian fell off the building rooftop, but fortunately landed on a canvas. Firefighters later rescued the person, who was still conscious and sent them to hospital.

The onlooking crowd rooted for the injured person and cheered for the firefighters.

Photo: Sam Lee @ USP United Social Press

#Firefighter #Fall #HongKongProtests
#CarrieLam Fractured Her Elbow in a #Fall

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam fractured her right elbow in a fall at Government House on the evening of October 18, 2021. She went to Queen Mary Hospital on her own, and is staying overnight for observation on doctor's recommendation.

The news had gone viral overnight on social media platforms in Hong Kong.

Source: InMedia #Oct19
#FailedState #Fall
Carrie Lam's Broken Arm Received More "Concern" from Hongkongers Than Policy Address, Big Data Shows

Source: Citizen News; #Oct20

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Carrie Lam's Broken Arm Received More "Concern" from Hongkongers Than Policy Address, Big Data Shows

After Chief Executive #CarrieLam fractured her elbow when she took a fall at her residence on October 18, the news quickly went viral on social media with mounting public interest. ASIAM Intelligence, a group of big data specialists, analyzed public sentiments based on post comments, Facebook interactions, and swear-word volume.

The analysis found a sharp surge in interactions across social media platforms around topics related to "Carrie Lam". This included news feeds, discussion posts and YouTube videos, totaling approximately 289,000 counts in two days from 18–20 October, the biggest share (148,000) came from Facebook.

This wave of rapid and fervent public reactions towards Carrie Lam's injury was much stronger than any other news topics over the same period.

Compared to the Chief Executive’s Policy Address announced just two weeks ago, her arm fracture generated much more interactions, clearly showing that the public is more “concerned” about her injury than her policy address.


Swear-Word Volume Reached 50%, Mockery from Users of All Political Stances

The analysis also examined swear-word volume, a methodology designed to determine negative public sentiments. Among 17,000 facebook comments in the past 7 days, most of which came after Carrie Lam's fall, the swear-word volume reached as high as 50%. This is believed to indicate the use of the obscenity "仆街", which literally describes someone falling.

Comments from pro-democracy users were overwhelmingly mocking in tone. Notably, the same mocking tone was also found among pro-establishment users' comments, taunting that Lam's injury could be an easy excuse to avoid hot and controversial issues. Some even asked sarcastically if the floor of her residence was alright.

On discussion forums, the news generated more than 4,100 comments in two days. Over half of these comments came from LIHKG, showing that the topic was of particular interest among the younger generation. The swear-word counts reached over 30%.

Interestingly, comments shared on the pro-government forum Hong Kong Discuss were not completely sympathetic towards Lam. It perhaps showed that low public approval rate prevailed even among the pro-establishment supporters.

ASIAM's Heatmap 3.0, measuring Facebook reactions, registered over 158,000 Hahas and over 97,000 Likes from pro-democracy users, while only 5,300 and 2,700 Hahas and Likes were counted respectively from pro-establishment users.

Overall, the analysis clearly shows that the response from pro-democracy users were far more intense than pro-establishment users.

Source: Citizen News; #Oct20
See also Citizen News's report for graphs and statistics: https://bit.ly/3BZl54l