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#TaiMoShan #CCPRules
Simplified Chinese Slogans and #PLA Occupy Hong Kong's Highest Peak: “Listen to CCP and Follow CCP's Order"

Tai Mo Shun, which is the highest mountain in Hong Kong, is a hiking attraction for many people. It is where one can view Miscathus in Autumn and frost in Winter.

Lately, civilians found slogans written in Simplified Chinese characters, a script which is used in China but not Hong Kong, on the wall of the Radar Station on Tai Mo Shan. The discovery has surprised many Hongkongers.

These China-style slogans in red read "Listen to the CCP, Follow the CCP” and “Strict Law and Discipline, Correct Social Atmosphere”. Another simplified Chinese slogans, “loyalty and Perseverance” written in yellow was found on kerbs. A China flag in a map form was even painted on the hillside, which is a typical characteristic found in state-owned buildings in China.

Photos: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27860

A warning sign outside the steel gate of the radar station labels it as a “restricted area”. It warns: “No entry without permission in this restricted area”, and “No photo and painting on any building in this restricted area”.

On Jan 8, 2021, a journalist sighted a man in a camouflage-style military uniform walking from a dome-shaped building to another building on the mountain. A car with a license plate “ZG”, which stands for People’s Liberation Army (#PLA) was also sighted. The administrator let the vehicle come in and go up to the mountain.

In 2011, the Hong Kong government had granted 100k sq. ft land in Tai Mo Shan to the Chinese PLA.

Source: Apple Daily; Stand News #Jan8
https://bit.ly/38pLn3n

#CCP
#FirstHand #Jan8
14 Months After the Passingof Pro-democracy Student Chow Tze-lok

On January 8, 2021, it has been 14 months since 22-year-old pro-democracy student Alex Chow Tsz-lok passed away. Chow fell from height at Sheung Tak Carpark at midnight of October 4, 2019.

The same day also marks the closure of the Coroner's Inquest, which had been taking place in the past few weeks. The jury has not yet to reach any agreement after discussing for 7 hours.

At the altar set up in Tseung Kwab O, citizens brought white flowers, candles and origami cranes. Three light boxes with Chow's photo and the words "we love Hong Kong so dam much" were also placed.

#ChowTszLok #Remembrance #14Months #LoveHongKong

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Heavy Police Presence Next to Altar that Mourns Casaulty in HK's Pro-democracy Movement

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27870
#FirstHand #Jan8
Heavy Police Presence Next to Altar that Mourns Casaulty in HK's Pro-democracy Movement

Jan 8, 2021 marks 14 months since 22-year-old pro-democracy student Alex Chow Tsz-lok passed away.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27867

The police encircled the area where an altar was set up in Tseung Kwan O and intimidated passersby. They demanded a woman strolling her dog to leave with a loud speaker. Many officers surrounded and searched a man wearing a white cap.

Despite intimidation, social worker Lui Chi-hang stayed on and recited poetry on the roadside.

#PoliceState #ChowTszLok #Remembrance #14Months
#Poetry #LuiChiHang
#GreatFireWall #Internet #Censorship
HK Authorities Purportedly Limit Internet Access Through Nation Security Law

The website “Hong Kong Chronicles” released a statement on 7 Jan, 2021, reporting that some netizens in Hong Kong failed to access their website when using internet services providers (ISP) including SmarTone, China Mobile, HKBN and PCCW since 6 Jan, 2021.

It was suspected that these ISPs had blocked the website on the authorities’ request.

The Hong Kong Police said they would not comment on an individual case, but they would act in accordance with the #NationalSecurityLaw. It was understood that the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force for the first time invoked the Cap. 43 of the national security law.

Source: MingPao #Jan8

https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20210108/s00001/1610093311437

#HongKongChronicles
#106Crackdown
Vice-chairman of HK's Democratic Party Comments On Charges of "Subversion": How Ridiculous and Fragile the Authorities Are

Source: Stand News #Jan8

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#106Crackdown
Vice-chairman of HK's Democratic Party Comments On Charges of "Subversion": How Ridiculous and Fragile the Authorities Are

Vice-chairman of the Democratic Party Lam Cheuk-Ting was one among the 53 arrested by the police during the crackdown on Jan 6, 2021. He was released on bail and left Tin Sum Police Station nearly midnight on 8 Jan, 2021.

Read more about the crackdown:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822

Lam said the police officers from National Security Department raided his place and behaved rudely during the arrest, “The police came to my home with sledgehammers and pry bars. They searched over the place with a fine-tooth comb and barred my family from taking video...”

Lam was arrested three times in half a year. He stated it would not be the last time of the suppression by the authorities. “More and more ridiculous incidents may come,” he said.

He has been charged with the riotting and perverting the course of justice. Lam said it was hard to understand the police logic of the “subversion of state power”.

“Is it because I scolded Carrie Lam very badly? Until the police came into my home and I stopped filming, police finally could say it was because of the primary election. I felt it was a joke.” Lam said the authorities charge people with the subversion of the state power only because they are scared of the pro-democracy primary election.

“How ridiculous of this authority? And how fragile of this authority,” Lam said.

Source: Stand News #Jan8
#NationalSecurityLaw #MassArrest
#LamCheukTing
#106Crackdown #PoliceState
HK Police Force in District Councillor's Home and Crush Him on the Sofa

Source: Apple Daily #Jan8

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#106Crackdown #PoliceState
HK Police Force in District Councillor's Home and Crush Him on the Sofa

District Councillor Andrew Chiu Ka-yin, a coordinator of the primary election and convener of Power for Democracy, was arrested with 52 more pro-democracy figures during the Hong Kong authorities' crackdown on Jan 6, 2021.

Chiu was released on conditional bail including 50K HKD cash and confiscation of his travel document at the North Point Police Station at 11:30 pm on 7 Jan, 2021.

He is banned from leaving Hong Kong at least in the next six months and has to report at the North Point Police Station on 10 Jan, 2021.

Chiu revealed to Apple Daily that the police arrived at his home at 6 am on 6 Jan, 2021. P
The officers forced the door to open. After entering the house, the police crushed Chiu, who just came out from the bathroom, backhand on the sofa immediately and yelled, “do not resist.”

Afterwards, they combed Chiu’s home without searching a warrant issued by the court. Also, Chiu’s district councillor office in Tai Koo and his mini-warehouse were searched. During the raid, a police officer holding a baton kept watching on Chiu.

Source: Apple Daily #Jan8
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210108/SRFN6GGKCNGQZF5UACMJ4JP34Q/

#NationalSecurityLaw #MassArrest #ChiuKaYin #DistrictCouncillor

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Read what happened on Jan 6, 2021 in Hong Kong:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27822
#AsiasFinest #PoliceState
Hong Kong Police Reportedly Rapes a 25-Year-old Woman

A 25-year-old woman reported to the police in early morning on January 7, 2021, claiming that she was raped by a man, who is reportedly a police officer, at a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The case is handed over to the Kowloon West Crime Investigation Unit.

The man involved in the case is reportedly an off-duty police officer of Police Tactical Unit (#PTU) of Kowloon West Regional Headquarters. He has been suspended of duty for investigation.

Source: Apple Daily #Jan8
https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20210108/N226WPTHWRALLIFDYEJHLQYTJM/

#Rape #SexScandal
#NathanLaw : The world must do more to fight China’s crackdown in Hong Kong

Source: Washington Post #Jan8
Image: Stand News

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