#FirstHand #May16
Citizens Chant Protest Slogans to Show Solidarity in At Least 5 Shopping Malls in Hong Kong

16:47 | Moko Mall, Mongkok
After Shatin's New Town Plaza, Yuen Long's Yoho Mall and Tseung Kwan O's East Point City and Olympian City, the "Shop With You" protest also took place at MOKO mall in Mongkok.

People chanted slogans and sang "Glory to Hong Kong".

#ShopWithYou #Solidarity

#FirstHand #May16
Authorities' Suppression of Freedom and Rights Sparks Stronger Discontent Among Hongkongers

18:03 | Moko Mall, Mongkok
Civilians have been chanting protest slogans such as "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" in the mall for hours.

Most citizens respected social distancing by standing apart from one another. A citizen displayed a flag that reads "Hong Kong Independence".

The events on May 15 which demonstrated the further suppression of freedom and rights in Hong Kong by Beijing and the Hong Kong government seemingly have provoked the local citizens to voice discontent.

#ShopWithYou #Discontent

Do you know what happened on May 15, 2020 in Hong Kong?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20820

#FirstHand #May16
Citizens Speak Up Due to Injustice in Hong Kong

18:08 | Moko Mall, Mongkok
Over a hundred of citizens started singing ptrotest song after someone played a song written for the anti-ELAB movement with a harmonica.

Participating citizens at the scene expressed that they spoke up due to the injustice caused by police brutality and the authorities' abuse of power in Hong Kong.

#Harmonica #ShopWithYou

#ShopWithYou
The Fight Goes On: Protest Slogans Sounded in Multiple Shopping Malls in Hong Kong

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20870

Increasingly, the Hong Kong government has been tightening their grip over pro-democracy activities in past few weeks as the Coronavirus epidemic came under control. Such suppression didn’t stifle protesting activities but sparked even stronger discontent among Hongkongers and sporadic peaceful protests such as “Sing with You” and “Shop with You” spawning in shopping malls have become ubiquitous.

In the afternoon on May 16, netizens initiated a "Shop with You" event in five shopping malls, including East Point City, Yoho Mall, MOKO, New Town City and Olympian City. Soon after peaceful protesters started to chant slogans and sang, riot police charged in to clear shoppers out, sometimes setting cordon lines in the mall, causing even more panic and chaos to both the shoppers and shopkeepers.

Although riot police usually leaves the scene after a while, groups of plainclothes police officers continued to lurk in the mall. In Tseung Kwan O East Point City, 8 civilians were arrested today in the first 30 minutes of the event when there was no sighted complication on the scene. The tension between police and reporters sustained as a plainclothes police officer was seen drawing his baton at a group of reporters at the 1st Floor of the mall in Tseung Kwan O.

In Mong Kok Moko mall and Yuen Long Yoho mall, multiple memos with rhymes and short poems jabbing the police force for the recent incident of police officers arrested with methemphethamines have been attached to the railings for passers-by to read.

#May16 #PoliceState #PoliceBritality #HKProtest #SingwithU #ShopwithU

#ShopwithYou
New Slogan Heard at MOKO 'Shop with You'

15:00 | MOKO, #Mongkok
Today marks the 11th month the since the 721 Yuen Long attacks, when armed mob of triad societies dressed in white indiscriminately attacked bystanders on the streets and civilians in the Yuen Long MTR station.

Today, citizens have gathered at MOKO for a 'Shop With You' activity. They were heard shouting slogans, one of them being a brand new slogan, 'No Two Systems, only Two Countries', in response to Beijing's tightening grip on Hong Kong with the National Anthem Law and the National Security Law.

Source: Stand News
#21Jun #HongKongProtest #721Attacks #Remembrance

Holiday Ruined: Police Pepper-sprayed Civilians in Mall

1930 | YOHO, #YuenLong

Netizens initiated "Dragon Boat Festival - Shop with You" event in Yuen Long. After a short time of conflict, with police frisking and arresting civilians in mall, a group of riot police suddenly charged into the Mall at around 1900. They pepper-sprayed civilians and district councilor Lam Chun.

Some civilians felt unwell afterwards and received medical treatment. One of them pointed out in an interview that "someone in plaincloth" pepper-sprayed him twice, making him unable to open his eyes. The area around his eyes was red and swollen.

Source: Stand News, TSW Connection #Jun25 #25June
#ShopWithYou #PoliceState #HKProtests

#FirstHand
Citizens Gather to Commemorate Umbrella Movement Amidst Heavy Police Presence

1945 | Admiralty

Today is the 6-year mark of the beginning of Umbrella Movement. Citizens have gathered in Pacific Place to commemorate the date. Police stopped and searched journalists on floor 1 and 2 of the mall. Uniformed police are positioned on multiple floors. A police officer with a warning flag was standby. Plainclothes officers were recording with cameras on the ground floor.

The widespread movement six years ago was triggered by the decision of China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the election of the Chief Executive of HKSAR. Hongkongers were angered by the decision, which was widely seen as denying Hong Kong of a fair, true universal suffrage. In response, a large number of citizens occupied Harcourt Road on September 28, 2014, and was confronted with riot police, who fired the first round of tear gas at 5:58pm. They would go on to fire a total of 87 tear gas rounds that day.

The months-long movement was seen as the beginning of political awareness for many Hongkongers, who began to pay closer attention to government policies, as well as the escalating police brutality.

#Sept28 #UmbrellaMovement #ShopWithYou