#Christmas2020
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, Hong Kong netizens called for activities such as candlelight vigil in four districts and Christmas carol singing, to mourn the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and pray for peace in Hong Kong in the face of increasing suppression by the authorities.

On the same day, the Hong Kong Police Force announced on Facebook that they would "enforce the law without hesistation". Starting from 1600, the police have set up road blocks across the territory to intercept vehicles. In Kwai Chung, it was sighted that young passengers were ordered to deboard and be checked by the police.

According to sources, at 1800, the police arrested two youngsters in Shatin, accusing them of carrying "fake guns".

One online organizer at first called for civilians to sing at Tsim Sha Tsui's Star Ferry Pier, but had to call it off after the police's heavy deployment.

There were othet calls to observe silence in Shatin, Victoria Park, Kwun Tong and Yuen Long.

Source: Stand News; HKTGB; Shatin FC #Dec24

https://bit.ly/38yFGiE

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HK Police Film and Closely Monitor Grandma Wong on Christmas Eve

20:28 | Tsim Sha Tsui
When Grandma Wong protested near the Star Ferry Pier, the police filmed and monitor her closely.

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Candle Lights and Christmas Wishes for the 12 Detained Hongkongers

Citizens' Radio hosted a street booth in Causeway Bay on Dec 24, 2020 in support of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained in China.

"Bull" Tsang Kin-shing (of the League of Social Democrats) invited citizens to sign a large banner at the booth. Citizens wrote down various words of encouragements: "Add oil, hands and feet!" "Hang on!" "Never forget why we started!" Citizens also lit candles, wishing for the quick return of the 12 youths back to Hong Kong.

Police posted 5 or 6 officers nearby to observe the booth, though they had not taken any action against them.

Source: Stand News #Dec24

https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3755516324533960/

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HK Police Claim to Observe "Whether Reporters are Really Working"

On the eve of Christmas, Hong Kong Police were heavily deployed in Shatin's New Town Plaza.

Some citizens played Christmas songs at the officers with a loudspeaker from the upper levels of the shopping mall. Some of the lyrics in the songs were modified to mock the police.

In response, a group of officers tried to move towards where the music was played, by takinh shortcuts through a metal gate of the mall's access passages.

They stopped only when they were ordered not to enter the mall over their walkie-talkies; however, the police still opened the gate and called out to the press on the other side, warning them not to stand too close together or risk violating the two-person gathering ban.

When reporters cited the gathering ban's exemptions for journalists, the officer in charge agreed that both journalists and police officers were exempted, but they would be "closely observing whether the reporters are actually conducting journalism work".

The police emphasized that they were only "reminding" the reporters, but would enforce the ban if anyone does not heed their reminders.

Source: Stand News #Dec24

https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3755516324533960/

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Hong Kong Reverend Lo Hing-choi, "We resonate with the Jews who were ruled by foreigners; God will not let darkness take control forever"

Reverend Lo Hing-choi, the chairman of the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong, released an article titled "Light will shine in dark" on #ChristmasEve2020.

Lo reread the Book of Isaiah from the Old Testament, which recounted how the Kingdom of Judah fell into the hands of the Assyrian Empire.

Lo wrote: "We resonate with the Jew who were controlled by foreigners. Losing one's autonomy is a painful thing. Living in your own land but following the orders of foreigners is hard to accept."

Despite the Jews at that time had lived in darkness, "God's promise is not an anesthetic, but a motivation to drive history forward." Today many people are surrounded by darkness, but Lo wanted to tell those in darkness that "light will shine in dark and God will not let darkness take control forever".

Source: Stand News #Dec24
https://bit.ly/3nZojOc

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