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One young man arrested by police while 3 others have "gone missing", reporters witnessed

20:15 | #Mongkok
At around 20:15, 4 youngsters were forced into a small alley opposite of Kwong Wing Cafe near Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok by a team of uniformed police.

Moments later, police cordoned off the area and pushed the cordon line along the street. Only one young man was seen being taken to a police vehicle with his hands cuffed behind his back. He was reportedly arrested.

Soon after the police had left, two reporters on the scene ran into the alley to look for the remaining three youngsters, but there was no sight of them.

#Aug30 #PoliceState

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Police Take Arrested Man to a Vehicle with License No. AM7173
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Police Cordon Off Prince Edward Subway Station to Intercept Civilians, District Councillor and Reporter

23:27 | Prince Edward

Outside Exit B of Prince Edward Station, police set up cordon to forbid civilians from going close to the station and laying flowers to pay tribute to the victims of police brutality in Hong Kong.

It was sighted that district councillor Ng Kin-wai of Tin Shui Wai Connection and a HK01 reporter were being pulled into the police cordon line for reasons unknown.

They were both released without being charged by the police.

Ng later told the media at the scene that he was alone on his own and it was technically impossible for the police to ticket him for violating the gathering ban.

#TinShuiWaiConnection #NgKinWai

Gigantic Posters in Kwun Tong Commemorates 8.31 Prince Edward Station Attack, but Quick to be Removed by the Police

Several gigantic posters were hanged outside of Kwun Tong MTR station, in commemoration of the Prince Edward Station Indiscriminate Attack on 31 August 2019: "Beaten to Death on 8.31, Truth is yet to be Told, Never Forget".

At around 22:44 on August 31, 2019, a massive number of police, plainclothes officers and officers from the Raptor squads, stormed in the then-operating Prince Edward Station. Without differentiating civilians from protesters, police aggressively assaulted train passengers in the compartments and in the concourse indiscriminately with police batons and pepper spray.

Police swept away reporters and voluntary first aiders, leaving no one to monitor the police behaviour and bear witness to the events taken place inside the station.

Not only that the police severely injured several civilians with their batons, they also barred the injured from being sent to the hospital immediately. For reasons unclear, police transported the injured civilians to another MTR station in Lai Chi Kok 1 to 2 hours later. As sets of information that did not match (e.g. the number of injured civilians and the number sent to hospitals), the rumour of "police beating people to death" has been circulating since.

Source: KH @ USP; Apple Daily #Aug30

#PrinceEdward831 #PoliceBrutality #RightToTruth #ProtestArt

#ProtestArt #US
"Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" sculpture unveiled in the United States

A group of Hongkongers in US unveiled the "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times" sculpture during an opening ceremony in the Liberty Sculpture Park in Los Angeles on August 29. Lennon walls were erected and the protest song "Glory to Hong Kong" was played at the ceremony to commemorate the anti-ELAB movement.

Weighing more than 70 tons, the sculpture completed today was the latest work of Chen Weiming, who also created a large-scale relief representation of the Tiananmen Massacre and Goddess of Democracy replica.

Chen said in the ceremony that last year, Hong Kong people shedded blood to mark democracy and freedom on the land of Hong Kong. He wanted to show his support by creating this sculpture and installing it on a land of freedom.

Source: Stand News; PPPNews #Aug30
#LosAngeles #LibertySculpturePark #ChenWeiming #Sculpture

#PressFreedom
Press control in #Belarus: Press Cards of Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse Revoked; Award-winning Swedish Journalist Expelled

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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Press control in #Belarus: Press Cards of Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse Revoked; Award-winning Swedish Journalist Expelled

The anti-govenment demonstrations in Belarus continued. There were many protests and human chains formed in various districts. However, the local government started to restrict news reporters last week, detaining almost 50 reporters who worked at the demonstration site. The reporters from Associated Press, Reuters, AFP Reuters and other foreign media have their press cards cancelled.

According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists (#BAJ), the local police detained nearly 50 journalists on 27 August 2020, including many well-known foreign media. Their documents were checked and four of them were detained for refusing to hand over their smartphones for inspection. They were accused of organizing illegal demonstrations and must be detained until they are brought to the court. Meanwhile, Swedish journalist, Paul Hansen, who won the World Press Photo Contest Award was deported. He was banned from entering the country for five years.

Until yesterday, the actions of local government which limited news reporting were expanded. At least 17 people’s press cards were cancelled, including the reporters from Associated Press, Reuters, AFP Reuters, BBC and US Congress-funded Radio Liberty. The Radio France International (#RFI) quoted Anatoly Glaz, an official of the Belarusian Ministry of foreign Affairs, that the relevant decision was made in response to anti-terrorism and anti-extremist forces.

BBC and the Associated Press issued a statement of condemnation. The US embassy in the local area also issued a statement, showing concerns that journalists are being unfairly targeted. Attempts on supressing freedom of press, opposition voices and detaining citizens who exercise freedom of assembly and speech were not supported. Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Minister, also condemned the authorities for suppressing press freedom and demanded to stop targeting journalists.

The anti-government demonstrations in Belarus started last month. Citizens protested for the president election result and police brutality. They claimed that the president, Alexander Lukashenko, had manipulated the election. Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said that they have reserved police force to intervene for the situation in Belarus when necessary, but there is no such need as of now.

Source: Stand News #Aug30

#BelarusianAssociationJournalists #AFP #Reuters #AP #MediaControl

#InternationalRelations
Czech Senate President Visited Taiwan with 90 Delegates in Response to Beijing: Don’t be Someone’s Servant

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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Czech Senate President Visited Taiwan with 90 Delegates in Response to Beijing: Don’t be Someone’s Servant

Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil led a delegation to visit Taiwan on Aug 30, 2020 and was expected to meet the Taiwan President, Tsai Ing-wen, and other officials.

Before the trip, Mr. Vystrcil said the purpose of the visit was to promote business links with Taiwan. He would not bow to Beijing’s objections and said, “you cannot accept being someone’s servant, because when you obey the first time, even for once, it’s assumed that you will do the same ever after.” He added that this trip showed the value-oriented foreign policy of the late President Vaclav Havel, an anti-communist dissident and friend of the spiritual exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama. Mr. Havel had spoken for Taiwan in the world many times during his reign.

The delegation would meet President Tsai in the morning of Sept 3 at the Presidential Office Building, the spokesperson of Taiwan Presidential Office, Xavier Chang, recently mentioned. It is also hoped that through this face-to-face exchange, Czech and Taiwan will deepen the cooperation in the fields of economic, trade investment, science, technology, medical care, tourism and culture.

The 90-strong delegates included Zdeněk Hřib, the Prague mayor. Before this, nearly 70 parliamentarians from the European Parliament and 8 countries including the United States, Canada and Australia issued an international joint statement, supporting this trip and calling on the leaders of democratic countries to join in to show unity.

Source: Stand News #Aug30

#Czech #Taiwan #MilosVystrcil

Outspoken Legal Scholar #EricCheung resigned from Hong Kong Law Society, claiming it is unrelated to the Pro-Beijing Camp's Takeover in Re-Election

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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Outspoken Legal Scholar #EricCheung resigned from Hong Kong Law Society, claiming it is unrelated to the Pro-Beijing Camp's Takeover in Re-Election

Eric Tat-ming Cheung, the Principle Lecturer of the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong (#HKU), announced on FaceBook on August 30, 2021 that he would resign from the position of the council member of the Law Society of Hong Kong.

Cheung said that he had disclosed to some people earlier that he would resign no matter how the result of the Law Society re-election goes.

Cheung hoped that he could focus on promoting voluntary legal services, as well as balancing life and accompanying his family.

Cheung also pointed out that the Law Society would continue to have members from different backgrounds and hold various ideologies, wishing them to uphold integrity, political neutrality and professionalism.

Earlier, the Law Society of Hong Kong re-elected 5 seats among 20 council members, resulting in a takeover by the pro-Beijing camp including Careen Wong Hau-yan in all the 5 seats.

Source: Stand News #Aug30

https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%BC%B5%E9%81%94%E6%98%8E%E8%BE%AD%E4%BB%BB%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%AB%E6%9C%83%E7%90%86%E4%BA%8B-%E7%A8%B1%E7%82%BA%E5%B9%B3%E8%A1%A1%E7%94%9F%E6%B4%BB%E5%8F%8A%E9%99%AA%E4%BC%B4%E5%AE%B6%E4%BA%BA-%E7%84%A1%E9%97%9C%E6%94%B9%E9%81%B8%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C

#LawSociety #ReElection #Integrity

China’s regulatory crackdown has wiped billions off tech stocks — here are the risks ahead 

Chinese authorities have introduced a slew of legislation in the past few months, largely aimed at the tech sector — a move that’s spooked investors and wiped out billions of dollars in value from the country’s internet giants.

The legislative onslaught began in November last year when the huge initial public offering of billionaire Jack Ma’s financial technology company Ant Group was suspended.

Since then, regulators have introduced anti-monopoly legislation focused on the so-called “platform economy” which broadly refers to internet companies operating a variety of services from e-commerce to food delivery. Regulations have also aimed at bolstering critical data security and protection laws.

Source: CNBC #Aug30

https://t.co/d56SyUayMg
 
#China #Crackdown #JackMa #AntGroup

#Conscience #Professionalism
HK Journalist Reporting Police Brutality Does Not Back Down Despite Threats

Source: Stand News #Aug30

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HK Journalist Reporting Police Brutality Does Not Back Down Despite Threats

Wanchai district councilor #LeungPakKin was a journalist for #RicePost on the scene of the 8.31 Prince Edward Attack, and had recorded video of the attack as it unfolded in 2019.

Earlier in August 2021, someone had mailed him a box cutter blade, along with a threatening letter: "Shut up about 8.31, and your family will stay safe".

In response to inquiries by Stand News, Leung saif that he will not keep quiet because of the letter. He says that the attack had been a collective memory of everyone, and it will not disappear simply because he stopped talking.

He elaborates on his thoughts on the letter on his Facebook page, stating that it didn't have to be him talking about the 8.31 attack by the police. "The video already showed everything. The people and events in the video are the most important [proof]. The violence dealt by the armed men in the video, whether they're reasonable, whether they're proportional - there's no need for me to say more."

Leung said that he had turned down all interviews since last year.

Source: Stand News #Aug30

https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%9B%BE%E6%8B%8D%E7%89%87%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84-831-%E5%A4%AA%E5%AD%90%E7%AB%99%E5%85%A7%E6%83%85%E6%B3%81-%E6%A2%81%E6%9F%8F%E5%A0%85%E6%94%B6%E5%88%80%E7%89%87%E6%81%90%E5%9A%87%E4%BF%A1

#831PrinceEdward #WhiteTerror #Censorship #Threat #DistrictCouncillor #Journalism

Mainland China strictly control the spread and play online games only for one hour on Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays 

Source : Stand News #Aug30 

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Mainland China strictly control the spread and play online games only for one hour on Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays 
 
Mainland China strengthen the management of minor playing online games. China’s National Press Publication Administration recently issued a notice, all online games companies can only provide one-hour services to minor at 8 to 9 on Fridays, Saturdays, and holidays. It is not allowed to provide online games service in any forms in other times; and strictly implement the real-name registration and login requirements for online game user accounts. Moreover, companies shall not provide game services to users who have not registered and logged in in any form. Online game companies that have not strictly implemented will be dealt with in accordance with laws and regulations. 
 
Xinhua News Agency announced today (30August), National Press Publication Administration published “Notice on further strict management to effectively prevent minors from indulging in online games”. That is, targeting the issues of minors for overused or even addicted to online games, resolutely prevent minors from indulging in games, and effectively protect the physical and mental health.  
 
Source : Stand News #Aug30 

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#OnlineGames #China #HumanRights #Teenagers #RealNameRegistration #Addicted  

#Economy #CCP
#GeorgeSoros: Xi’s crackdown on private enterprise shows he does not understand the market economy

Source: Financial Times #Aug30

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#GeorgeSoros: Xi’s crackdown on private enterprise shows he does not understand the market economy

The following is an article written by George Soros, the chair and founder of #SorosFundManagement and the #OpenSocietyFoundations and was published in Financial Times.

//Xi Jinping, China’s leader, has collided with economic reality. His crackdown on private enterprise has been a significant drag on the economy.

The most vulnerable sector is real estate, particularly housing. China has enjoyed an extended property boom over the past two decades, but that is now coming to an end.

Evergrande, the largest real estate company, is over-indebted and in danger of default. This could cause a crash. 

The crackdown by the Chinese government is real. Unnoticed by the financial markets, the Chinese government quietly took a stake and a board seat in TikTok owner ByteDance in April. The move gives Beijing one seat on a three-person board of directors and first-hand access to the inner workings of a company that has one of the world’s largest troves of personal data. The market is more aware that the Chinese government is taking influential stakes in Alibaba and its subsidiaries. 

Xi does not understand how markets operate. As a consequence, the sell-off was allowed to go too far. It began to hurt China’s objectives in the world. Recognising this, Chinese financial authorities have gone out of their way to reassure foreign investors and markets have responded with a powerful rally. But that is a deception.

Xi regards all Chinese companies as instruments of a one-party state. Investors buying into the rally are facing a rude awakening. That includes not only those investors who are conscious of what they are doing, but also a much larger number of people who have exposure via pension funds and other retirement savings...//

Read the full article:
https://www.ft.com/content/ecf7de34-e595-4814-9cbd-4a5119187330

Source: Financial Times #Aug30

#Crackdown #PropertyMarket #CommunistChina #Birthrate #Tiktok #Alibaba #Evergrande

Overpassing gathering restrictions, more HK Government Officials found in private dinner with #CCP officials and businessmen

Source: Stand News; #Aug30

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