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Hong Kong Police Call Victim of Alleged Gang Rape a "Wanted" Fugitive

Here is a rundown of the events that took place throughout this entire process, from the day Ms X lodged her criminal complaint:

-Oct 22, 2019: Ms X Made a Police Report
Represented by Vlder & Co. Solicitors, 18-year-old Ms X filed a police report alleging that she was gang raped and sexually assaulted in Tsuen Wan Police Station on September 27, 2019.

Ms X allowed the taking of a DNA sample from her aborted foetus in order for at least one of the assailants to be identified. The case was handled by the New Territories South Regional Crime Unit.

- November 4, 2019: Police Attempt to Seize Ms X's Private Medical Record
Police obtained warrant to seize Ms X's medical report and surveilance camera footage from the clinic of her private doctor, without Ms X’s knowledge or consent.

Ms X challenged the warrant immediately for its violation of her privacy.

-November 5, 2019: Court Suspends Police Search Warrant
The court granted an anonymity order for Ms X and suspended the search warrant of the police.

- Nov 9, 2019 : Police Reportedly Leak Investigation Information
The police in the process of investigation claimed that there was no sign of rape.

Meanwhile, Ms X's case had been leaked onto the internet, with ‘police sources’ releasing selective details of the investigation and adverse comments on the evidence.

- November 11, 2019: Lawyers Condemn the Police for Lacking Impartiality
Ms X's lawyers accused the police of lacking impartiality and deliberately leaking "supposed details" of the case to diminish the prospects of a successful prosecution.

- January 16, 2020: Police Commissioner Publicly Calls the Gang Rape Case "Fake"
Police Commissioner Chris Tang alleged Ms X's complaint as "fake" and accused Ms X of "misleading police officers or giving a false statement”.

Tang voluntarily spoke about the case in a district council meeting and gave away supposedly confidential information.

- Jan 18, 2020: Lawyers Condemn the Police for Undermining the Criminal Report
Ms X's lawyers issued a statement condemning Tang for publicly discrediting the victim and undermining her criminal complaint.

The police never answered Ms X and her lawyers' inquiry of the status of investigation. For instance, the police refused to answer whether they had received the DNA report from the government laboratory or not.

- April 6, 2020: Case Terminated with Any Explanation to Ms X
The Department of Justice inform lawyers that Ms X’s case will not be taken any further, claiming that her complaint was contrary to the evidences that they obtained. No details were provided about this claim to the lawyers.

- May 12, 2020: Police Commissioner Has Plans to Arrest Ms X
Police Commissioner Chris Tang said that the Department of Justice had instructed the arrest of Ms X for "making a false statement."

Like the previous time, Tang spoke voluntarily about the case after a district council meeting. Tang told the press that Ms X has "fled" Hong Kong.

- May 13, 2020: Justice Denied?
Ms X released a statement via her lawyers condemning the police for their lack of professionalism and doubting the outcome of the so-called investigation.

Whereas the Department of Justice claimed Ms X's testimony did not match with the police report , Ms X was never summoned to explain her case.

While Ms X had been compling and abiding to every process and regulation, she expressed her disappointment and frustration: "I prayed and hoped that the complaint would be investigated impartially, in strict confidence and respect for my privacy and dignity, but none of that happened".

Source: RTHK; HKFP; Vidler & Co.'s Facebook #May13
#HongKongPolice #GangRape #Rapists #MsX #JusticeDepartment #Injustice
#GangRape
Source: Ms X Fears that Her Safety Would Be Endangered

China-funded newspaper Wen Wui Po on May 13 claimed that Ms X, the gang-rape accuser, went to Taiwan 19 days after she made the report to the police. The newspaper furthered to describe the difference between the police investigative report and Ms X's account.

Afterwards, a source close to Ms X contacted the Stand News. The source said that Ms X left Hong Kong as she was worried about her safety and she did not trust that the police would conduct a proper investigation. Ms X did not "flee" Hong Kong, nor did she know that she has become a "wanted person", when the police commissioner Chris Tang made the claim on May 12.

Ms X through her laywers also stated that she was already not in Hong Kong when Commissioner Tang accused her of "misleading the police" in January.

Source: Stand News #May14
#HongKongPolice #Rapists #SexualAssault

#Timeline Police Call Victim of Alleged Gang Rape a "Wanted" Fugitive
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20722
#Timeline #NationalSecurityLaw

A timeline illustrating how Hong Kong's National Security Law come into play.

Source: https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200630/5VBPG5HENG2YB53CYQCUFARMVU/
#HistoricalNegationism #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721
Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack

On August 26, 2020, the Hong Kong police tried to rewrite the
Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack into a "clash between two camps of similar force, where the white-clad people were being provoked first". Police denied the collusion between the Triad and themselves and changed their earlier record of their absence from 39 minutes to 18 minutes, claiming the statement they made in 2019 was "inaccurate".

Let's look at what have been documented in photos, videos, reporters and civilians' testimonies regarding the happenings in Yuen Long on 21 July, 2019, as we know it:

Read the #Timeline:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550
#HistoricalNegationism #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721
Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

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A #Timeline of Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

In pictures: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24545

22:45 (July 21, 2019)
White-clad gangsters attacked train passengers and civilians wearing black returning to from pro-democracy rally at Yuen Long Station.

See video capturing the gangsters chasing after a man:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/350

There is no police around to control the situation. Blood can be seen scattered in the train station.

22:55
Some white clad gangsters waited outside the train station to entrap and assault more civilians.

A reporter found a woman with head injury in a toilet.

23:01
Reporters including Stand News reporter were attacked by the white clad.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/422

23:08
White clad attacked train passengers inside every train compartment.

See video of a train passenger bleeding heavily:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/448

23:10
White-clad gangster blocked the way, barring first aiders from treating the injured citizens.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/424

23:15
Beijing Loyalist Junius Ho was sighted walking and later greeting and shaking hands with a white-clad person at Kai Tei.

See photo:
https://www.facebook.com/dochanhk/photos/a.542144602507439/2256092571112625/?type=3&theater

23:25
Police asked the citizens threatened by the white-clad gangsters to "return home". Citizens questioned how as they had been chased after and beaten by the white clad gangsters wherever they went.

23:29
Two police officers appeared, but walked sway from the Yuen Long Station leaving the white clad gangsters there to continue the assault.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/426

23:40
Police wielded their batons at civilians, intimidating while yelling at them, who tried to seek help from the police.

00:17 (July 22, 2019)
White-clad gangsters swarmed Yuen Long Station to start a new wave of attack.

00:41
Former news anchor Ryan Lau (柳俊江) was attacked in Yuen Long Station and was bleeding severely in the head.

Lau later wrote a book on his testimony of the Yuen Long 7.21 White-clad Gangsters Attack.

01:40
White-clad gangsters broke car windows.

Watch video: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/551

01:50
It has been 3 hours since the white-clad people gathered in Yuen Long and inflicted violence on citizens without police intervention.

See the massive number of white-clad people gathering at a carpark:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/539

02:31
Reporters at Yuen Long could still hear glass-breaking noises. The white-clad gangsters are holding metal rods, some are shouting obscenities at passersby and police officers.

Riot police did not take any action.

03:27
At Nam Pin Wai in Yuen Long,
two vehicles carrying white tees departed, passing by the riot police.

Police have not stopped nor searched any vehicles or persons.

04:38
Police have yet to respond to media’s inquiry about the happenings in Yuen Long.

Source: RTHK; Stand News; Apple Daily; AntiBlack Channel; Scott Scout Channel

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For more footages, please watch #RTHK Documentary Program, Hong Kong Connection:
https://youtu.be/16CiwPChpr0
#CHRF #YuenLong721 #NeverForget #NeverForgive
Civil Human Rights Front Urges Hongkongers to Don Black on August 27 and Never Forget 7.21 Yuen Long Attack

Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) condemns the police for altering the facts about the 7.21 Yuen Long mob attack by whitewashing history.

CHRF urges Hongkongers to remember what happened on July 21, 2019 and don black on August 27, 2020, to show the regime Hongkongers' determination to defend the truth.

Source: CHRF #Aug26

Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24549

A #Timeline of Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550
#721YuenLongAttack #WhiteWash #CoverUp #HistoricalNegationism

當權者篡改歷史,
是最致命的武器。

以真相守護公義,
謹守黑白是良知。

When bad things use a stick and lies to harm us, can we use a rope and our will to secure the fragile truth?

There is no place to hide in this post-truth world, but we shall carry on.

*Rope and stick are believed to be the oldest tools of mankind.

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Further Readings:
#Timeline of Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

In Pictures: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24545

In Detail:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550

Police Turn Pro-dem Lawmaker from Plaintiff to Defendant in 7.21 Yuen Long Attack,
Journalists Raise Doubt and Concern

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24525

Police Arrest 16 People, Including 2 Legislators Charged With Rioting and Damaging Property Among Others

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24527

Police Alter Facts and Distort Record, Denying Police-Triad Collusion in 7.21 Yuen Long Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24533
#Save12HKYouths #Roundup

The Great Extradition to China

12 Hong Kongers were intercepted by China coast guards after they departed from an outlying Hong Kong island . They are currently detained at Shenzhen’s Yantian District Detention Centre in China.

Source: iCable News http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/34713?fbclid=IwAR2ZnlRIgMSDAdD_IDS6mB-JAw6DPRxwHJF3qDDNFDfH2MWV8gq-s2uGJf4

Continue reading the #Timeline
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25411
#Save12HKYouths
The Great Extradition to China

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Continue reading
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25410

For further information, please see below.

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#Timeline:

Aug 23, 2020:
Chinese Coast Guard Arrested 12 Hongkongers
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24571

Sept 9, 2020:
China Detained 12 HongKongers for 18 Days and Barred Them From Meeting Lawyers Appointed from their Families
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25144

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Said 12 Hongkongers Captured by China "have to be dealt with according to the mainland laws"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25373

Sept 11, 2020:
U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo expressed his deep concern over China's arrest of 12 Hongkongers
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1549200-20200912.htm

Sept 12, 2020:
Families of 12 HK Youths Held Press Conference Calling for Help and International Attention

Watch Billingual Video:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2785685381652930&id=2406628919558580

Sept 13, 2020:
Chinese spokesperson calls 12 HongKongers Detained in China "Elements attempting to separate Hong Kong from China”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25250

Sept 20, 2020:
Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25403
#Save12HKYouths
1 Month Since China Captures and Detains 12 Hongkongers, Authorities Force 5 Lawyers to Withdraw

Since China Coast Guard arrested 12 Hongkongers in the waters on August 23, 2020, neither their families, nor their lawyers were allowed to meet with them. The distressed families lamented they could not know if their love ones are still alive and that the Hong Kong Government did not provide any effective assistance.

See Timeline:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25411

So far, 5 lawyers appointed by the families had dropped the case after being pressurized by Chinese authorities and law society in China. The Chinese government insisted on assigning their own lawyers to the detainees.

On September 20, 2020, one lawyer employed by a detainee's family received a phone call from PRC's Justice Bureau. On the phone, he was asked if he was handling a case that involved 12 Hongkongers. After the lawyer admitted it, the voice asked to meet him in person 2 days later.

On 21 Sept, the lawyer received another call from PRC's Justice Bureau and a request for his client’s name. After a while, his law firm received a call checking if they were handling a case about illegal border transgression.

In the end, the Chinese authorities ordered the lawyer to withdraw the case as it "involved political matters".

Indeed, the lawyer had just completed the notarization procedure and was mailing related document to Chinese authorities. It was suspected that the Chinese authorities had traced his identity and requested to meet In person after knowing that his notarization was done in Hong Kong.

As his client is underage, the detainee couldn’t 'hire' any lawyer and should be represented by the one his family entrusted.

On September 22, it turned out that the head of the Bureau of Justice, the head of a substation and a Chief Legal Officer were all there to meet the lawyer. They all asked him to drop the case.

The lawyer declined by pointing out that he had completed the notarization procedure and signed a contract with his client's family.

The authorities insisted and revealed that another lawyer would be 'assigned' to his client after he withdraws. After using a carrot and stick approach, the authorities became more stern in requesting the lawyer to quit.

It is expected the authority would continue pressurising him.

Source: Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group #Sept22
https://t.me/save12hkyouths/19

#RulebyLaw #ChineseLaw
#FirstHand #HistoricalNegationism
Granny Wong: Truth of 721 incident will eventually be divulged

Granny Wong was sighted in Yuen Long West Rail Station braving the grip of National Security Law and enforcement of social distancing restrictions in Hong Kong. Despite her old age, Granny Wong displayed of her behaviour, courage and defiance to fight on for democracy and freedom.

Pointing at a movie poster that read “Lie”, Wong wanted Hongkongers to remain hopeful that “lies will be burst eventually like balloons being popped.”

On the evening of 21 July 2019, a large group of white-clad mobsters, allegedly linked to triads, indiscriminately attacked pro-democracy protesters on their way home on a West Rail train with steel rods and rattan canes. At least 45 people were severely injured, including the elderly, children, journalists and lawmakers. Hong Kong Police, suspected of colluding with the white-clad mobsters, has then been criticised for their inaction in the incident amid the attack of innocent civilians.

However, Hong Kong police were attempting to re-write the history as recounting the clashes as "between two evenly-matched rivals" and denied that they were slow to respond.

#PoliceState #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550