#HongkongersVoice
Hongkongers in Defense of Rights and Freedom: This is our home. We'll Die, if We Stop

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Kwun Tong District Councillor Eason Chan Yik-Shun is also this year's graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK).

He said that Hongkongers were unable to express their feelings toward the pro-democracy movement, since the police have prohibited all marches and rallies in the past six months.

Eason Chan hoped the march at CUHK on Nov 19, 2020 could bring enthusiasm to the fight for freedom in society and remind everyone that “the [pro-democracy] movement is not finished.”

Eason Chan pointed out that the young generation of Hong Kong lost all hope and confidence to the future, owing to police brutality and injustice imposed by the Department of Justice (#DOJ). However, he believed that Hongkongers would continue to fight: “This is our home. We'll die, if we stop.”

Chan emphasised, “Many young people still have committment to Hong Kong". Chan also pointed out that the graduates' participation in the march showed that they would continue to come out and are not scared of being arrested.

Some parents also participated in the march on Nov 19, 2020. Apple, the mother of a CUHK student, said that she couldn’t stand still and let the authorities suppress the youths.

“As a parent, I have to come out and back them [young people] up,” she said. She felt heartbreaking to see how the students had sacrificed for the fight for democracy in the past year and all the casualties in the movement.

Apple hopes that the next generation can "enjoy freedom and live in Hong Kong safely". She reiterated that one shod not give up the fight in Hong Kong in face of the suppression by the Chinese Community Party (#CCP).

Source: InMedia #Nov19
https://bit.ly/38XLnbt

#EasonChan #ChanYikShun #DistrictCouncillor #KwunTong
#HongKongProtests #CUGraduates #Conscience #HKStudents #Youth #Parents

#FailedState #PoliticalOppression
Gov't Stops Incumbent #DistrictCouncillor's Salary and Office Income, #TedHui: Lack of Legal Basis shows the Panic of Hong Kong’s political power”

Source: Stand News #Dec16

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Gov't Stops Incumbent #DistrictCouncillor's Salary and Office Income, #TedHui: Lack of Legal Basis shows the Panic of Hong Kong’s political power”

The Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR government is stopping the payroll, the allowance and the expense reimbursement of district councillor Ted Hui from December 3, 2020. The government cited Hui’s self-exile as a reason.

Hui responded to the Hong Kong government’s decision as “No legal basis at all”. He also states that his HSBC bank account has been frozen, making it impossible to withdraw any of his salary since then.

Hui said the government’s treatment of him is a political statement but should be considered useless. The government’s action is severely impacting the district councillor's office that has continued to serve Hong Kong citizens.

Hui said that the government should not stop any payment of the payroll when the councillors are still serving their term of office. He is very disappointed with how the government wields political power and ignores the public interest.

Source: Stand News #Dec16
#HSBC #DistrictCouncil

#BringThemBack #Save12HKYouths
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/

#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#FreeHK #DistrictCouncillor #CitizenRadio #ChristmasEve2020

#HeartWarming #NewYear2021
Streetside Banners of Song Lyrics for a Season of Heavy Hearts in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong, banners with social movement-themed song lyrics appeared on the streets of Mongkok over the past few weeks, in courtesy of Mongkok North District Councilor Siu Tak-kin.

He hung up these banners at locations allotted to him as a district councillor, in order to bring the locals some cheer and blessings.

Citizens joked that these banners "come with sound" and the now-familiar songs seem to play in their heads as soon as they read the lyrics.

The lyrics on the banners read:

"Stars may fade, as darkness fills the air
Through the mist a solitary trumpet flares"

"If I could be by your side, through the good times and the bad -
That's already good enough"

"In the end, this is a revolution without winners
But I wish that you would - please -
stay and bear witness with me"

"If there are rioters on this planet,
Is this what they would be like?"

Source: 100 most

#Mongkok #DistrictCouncillor #ProtestArt #Song

#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

#FirstHand #Feb24
#JordanLockdown
"The Government Does Not Even Know There Are Cats in the Market": District Councillors Speak Up For Civilians in Lockdown Area

Directly elected district councillors working for the lockdown district talked to the press on the afternoon of Jan 24, 2021, responding to the authorities' intention to step up the lockdown measures in other areas, after the last-minute announcement of a compulsory lockdown at 4am on Jan 23, 2021.

The district councillors demanded the Hong Kong government to consider the obstruction and the loss caused to the affected residents and business operators, despite the authorities' denial.

The district councillors shared their concerns and the difficulties faced by the residents, workers and business owners in the restricted area.

For instance, in addition to many residents' complaints about the quality and the quantity of food provided by the government, some residents living at No. 40 Reclamation Street did not receive any food supply at all. To make it worse. the government's Home Affairs Department did not provide adequate support.

In another incident, a street stall operator asked the district council for help, as her two cats were locked up in the stall located in the restricted area. In the end, the firemen broke the padlock and released her two cats. Otherwise, her two cats, aged 10 and 25, could have starved to death after the two-day lockdown.

These incidents revealed the government's failure to understand the need of the civilians and the everyday operation of the community on the district level.

On behalf of the affected community, the district councillors demand the government to apologize and make corresponding compensation.

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HK Government Finds Only 13 Cases After Testing 7,000 Civilians in Lockdown Area

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28151

Civilians in Lockdown Area to Brace Themselves for the Next 48 Hours
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28134

#DistrictCouncillor #FailedState

#FirstHand #Feb26
District Councillor: Many Elderly and Ethinic Minorities Live in the Restricted Area

District councillors in Yau Tsim Mong district met with the press next to the "restricted area" in Yau Ma Tei on the evening of Jan 26, 2021.

District councillor Lee Wai-fung points out that many elderly and ethnic minorities live in the buildings in the restricted area. Lee hoped that the government had considered their needs and difficulties.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193

Lee also expressed concern about the government's plans to extend mandatory testing and the "restricted area" to other parts of Hong Kong, which will likely to obstruct more citizens.

#DistrictCouncillor #LeeWaiFung #YauMaTeiLockdown
#Elderly #EthnicGroups

#Feb26 #FirstHand
District Councillor Criticizes Carrie Lam's "Guerilla-Style" Lockdown for Causing Chaos

The vice-chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, Yu Tak-po met with the press near the compulsory lockdown area in Yau Ma Tei on Jan 26, 2021.

He expressed that the district council, like the residents, only learnt of the government's sudden enforcement of the lockdown on the news.

He shared the residents' shock in finding their homes to be suddenly included in the "restrict area" when many of them were still at work or went out for grocery shopping.

Yu pointed out the confusion and the chaos caused by Chief Executive Carrie Lam's decision for a "guerilla-style" in carrying out mandatory lockdown that morning.

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HK Gov't Imposes Sudden #Lockdown For the 2nd Time Within 5 Days: 1 Positive Case Out Of 330 People Tested

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28193

#YauMaTeiLockdown #CarrieLam #FailedState #DistrictCouncillor

#FirstHand #Jan31
Secretary for Food and Health Ignores #DistrictCouncillor's Demand to Explain Why Residents Are Tested Twice

Lee Wai-lam, district councillor in Lam Tin, questioned the government's enforcement of lockdown of #LagunaCity. He pointed out that 90% of the residents in the "restricted area" had been tested in the past three days, following the order of the government.

Despite the negative results, the government imposed an ambush-style lockdown on Jan 31, 2021, ordering residents in two blocks of the housing estate to be tested again by 2am on Feb 1.

Lee asked the Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan who visited the site to explain the government's rationale in testing the residents twice within a week. Chan, however, did not give any answer.

Lee reiterated that the government's arbitrary decision to impose what Carrie Lam called "ambush-style" lockdown is insensible, pointless and obstructing.

Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28295

#FailedState #SophiaChan #LeeWaiLam

#FirstHand #Feb1
#DistrictCouncillor Demands the Government to Take Real Actions to Aid Civilians Disturbed by Lockdowns

Ho Cheuk-Hin Isaac, a directly elected district councillor in Yau Tsim Mong District, spoke to the media near the lockdown area in Tsim Sha Tsui on Feb 1, 2021.

He expressed that although the government expected the lockdown operation to be finished at 7am, in reality not all residents attended a nine-to-five work schedule, especially those who do not work at the office.

Hoi criticized that the government's verbal "encouragement" to employers to "better understand the employees" affected by the lockdowns was way too superficial and lacks actual effects.

#FailedState #Lockdown #Obstruction #IssacHo

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The Desperation of Small Business Owner in Lockdown Area: The Government Never Helps
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28152

#FirstHand #Feb2
#DistrictCouncillor: HK Government's Arbitrary Lockdown is a Show for Beijing

Speaking to the media at the Shum Shui Po lockdown zone on Feb 2, 2021, Yu Tak-po, the vice chairman of the Yau Tsim Mong district council questioned the effectiveness of the government's mandatory lockdowns.

Insofar, the highest positive rate was recorded at 0.017% on Jan 23, 2021. Otherwise, the government found no positive cases at all in the last six lockdowns.

Yu also pointed out the temporal 'coincidence' between Carrie Lam's duty report meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader #XiJinping and the Hong Kong government's incessant implementation of lockdowns.

Yu suspected that the continuation of the lockdown measures was a show for Beijing.

The councillor also demanded the government to withdraw its plan to break into residents' flats in the restricted area by force if no one answers the door, for that the act is a blatant infringement of rights.

#ShumShuiPoLockdown #FailedState

#Feb4 #FirstHand
Residents Ask If Carrie Lam Hates Them So Much to Lockdown #YauTsimMong for the 7th Time

On Feb 4, 2021, the Hong Kong government imposed what Chief Executive Carrie Lam called "ambush-style" lockdown in a large area of Yau Ma Tei and Mongkok.

According to #DistrictCouncillor Yu Tak-po, this is the 7th lockdown imposed in the area, in addition to other mandatory testing orders.

The residents in Tung On Mansion on Pitt Street were ordered to undertake #Covid19 test last week, but they were included in the lockdown area on Feb 4, 2021.

The District Council spoke to the media and shared residents' frustration and angst. Residents pondered everyday if they would need to face another lockdown that evening. Some also asked if Carrie Lam hated them so much.

The district councillor also questioned the government's rationale behind the lockdown and the use of taxpayers' money, as the number of positive cases has been decreasing in Hong Kong.

#FailedState #YMTLockdown
#YuTakPo

#FirstHand #Feb4
#DistrictCouncillor: Residents Live in Fear Due to Government's Arbitrary Lockdown

On Feb 4, 2021, the members of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council spoke to the media near the lockdown zone.

According to District Councillor #SiuTakKin, many residents found the government's lockdown arrangement confusing and the decision arbitrary.

For instance, Mandarin Court, a residential building on Shanghai Street, has 2 positive cases in the past and was included in the lockdown area on Feb 4, 2021; however, other buildings with more confirmed cases were not subjected to any lockdown.

Moreover, most shops were not notified before the government ambushed them with a lockdown. Many of them were in fear when the police suddenly sealed off the area without prior warning.

Meanwhile, residents also expressed concern after the government claimed that their staff would break in to flats that do not answer the door.

#YMTLockdown #FailedState #Fear #WhiteTerror #Regime

#47Democrats #DistrictCouncillor
Senior Democrat In Custody Resign from Post: "Please defend the truth. Never compromise to falsehoods. I shall return asap"

Source: Stand News #May10

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Senior Democrat In Custody Resign from Post: "Please defend the truth. Never compromise to falsehoods. I shall return asap"

Democratic Party member #AndrewWan announced on May 10, 2021 that he would resign from his councillorship at the Kwai Tsing District Council, officially ending his term on the day.

“In custody, I cannot serve my duties as a councillor.” Wan was among the 47 democrats charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion”, an offence under the #NationalSecurityLaw, for taking part in the Legislative Council (#LegCo) Primary Elections in July 2020.

“This resignation marks the end of my 18 years as a district councillor, a servant to the public.”

His Facebook page writes about his tenure as a veteran councillor. “Born a grassroot, through much effort and luck, I have given my life to the service of the poor, the old, the underprivileged, the weak.”

Wan describes the state of Hong Kong as “dreadful”, but he is still pleased to learn many still remain vociferous.

“Today, out of great frustration I must resign from my position as a councillor, to which I seek your understanding. But this does not mean I am leaving, nor will I be ignoring social affairs. Instead, please defend the truth. Never compromise to falsehoods. I shall return as soon as possible, as Szeto Wah once said, “Need me not to witness the success. I am part of the success”. ”

Source: Stand News #May10
https://bit.ly/2R4NMdW

#PoliticalPrisoner #PoliticalSuppression #NeverGiveUp