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#Denialism #NationalEducation
Chauvinism Or Cajolery?:
Patriotic Rhetoric in Textbooks for Primary Students Went Viral


Netizens shared texts from a new general studies textbooks, a mandatory subject in primary schools, and immediately went viral on the internet. On the matter of Hong Kong history, the book called British establishment of the Hong Kong colony as an "occupation", and stressed that Hong Kong, despite under the sovereignty of the UK, remained a "Chinese territory".

Critics questioned whether the curriculum was able provide students with an impartial and accurate view of history, calling the move political by pointing to Vladivostok, a Russian occupied territory of China only since Late Qing.

Editor's Note:
Hong Kong's mandatory education system is a two tier-system. About 5-6 years old, children will be enrolled into primary school and would study there for 6 years, after which they will study at secondary schools for 6 more years. Usually children will enroll in pre-class or kindergarten before primary school.

Source:
https://m.facebook.com/shensimon/

Further reading:
Vice-principal suspended over a poem shared on social media
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17930

#Feb20 #HistoricalNegationism #Education
#HistoricalNegationism #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721
Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack

On August 26, 2020, the Hong Kong police tried to rewrite the
Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack into a "clash between two camps of similar force, where the white-clad people were being provoked first". Police denied the collusion between the Triad and themselves and changed their earlier record of their absence from 39 minutes to 18 minutes, claiming the statement they made in 2019 was "inaccurate".

Let's look at what have been documented in photos, videos, reporters and civilians' testimonies regarding the happenings in Yuen Long on 21 July, 2019, as we know it:

Read the #Timeline:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550
#HistoricalNegationism #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721
Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

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A #Timeline of Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

In pictures: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24545

22:45 (July 21, 2019)
White-clad gangsters attacked train passengers and civilians wearing black returning to from pro-democracy rally at Yuen Long Station.

See video capturing the gangsters chasing after a man:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/350

There is no police around to control the situation. Blood can be seen scattered in the train station.

22:55
Some white clad gangsters waited outside the train station to entrap and assault more civilians.

A reporter found a woman with head injury in a toilet.

23:01
Reporters including Stand News reporter were attacked by the white clad.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/422

23:08
White clad attacked train passengers inside every train compartment.

See video of a train passenger bleeding heavily:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/448

23:10
White-clad gangster blocked the way, barring first aiders from treating the injured citizens.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/424

23:15
Beijing Loyalist Junius Ho was sighted walking and later greeting and shaking hands with a white-clad person at Kai Tei.

See photo:
https://www.facebook.com/dochanhk/photos/a.542144602507439/2256092571112625/?type=3&theater

23:25
Police asked the citizens threatened by the white-clad gangsters to "return home". Citizens questioned how as they had been chased after and beaten by the white clad gangsters wherever they went.

23:29
Two police officers appeared, but walked sway from the Yuen Long Station leaving the white clad gangsters there to continue the assault.

Watch video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/426

23:40
Police wielded their batons at civilians, intimidating while yelling at them, who tried to seek help from the police.

00:17 (July 22, 2019)
White-clad gangsters swarmed Yuen Long Station to start a new wave of attack.

00:41
Former news anchor Ryan Lau (柳俊江) was attacked in Yuen Long Station and was bleeding severely in the head.

Lau later wrote a book on his testimony of the Yuen Long 7.21 White-clad Gangsters Attack.

01:40
White-clad gangsters broke car windows.

Watch video: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/551

01:50
It has been 3 hours since the white-clad people gathered in Yuen Long and inflicted violence on citizens without police intervention.

See the massive number of white-clad people gathering at a carpark:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/539

02:31
Reporters at Yuen Long could still hear glass-breaking noises. The white-clad gangsters are holding metal rods, some are shouting obscenities at passersby and police officers.

Riot police did not take any action.

03:27
At Nam Pin Wai in Yuen Long,
two vehicles carrying white tees departed, passing by the riot police.

Police have not stopped nor searched any vehicles or persons.

04:38
Police have yet to respond to media’s inquiry about the happenings in Yuen Long.

Source: RTHK; Stand News; Apple Daily; AntiBlack Channel; Scott Scout Channel

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For more footages, please watch #RTHK Documentary Program, Hong Kong Connection:
https://youtu.be/16CiwPChpr0
#721YuenLongAttack #WhiteWash #CoverUp #HistoricalNegationism

當權者篡改歷史,
是最致命的武器。

以真相守護公義,
謹守黑白是良知。

When bad things use a stick and lies to harm us, can we use a rope and our will to secure the fragile truth?

There is no place to hide in this post-truth world, but we shall carry on.

*Rope and stick are believed to be the oldest tools of mankind.

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Further Readings:
#Timeline of Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangsters Attack

In Pictures: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24545

In Detail:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550

Police Turn Pro-dem Lawmaker from Plaintiff to Defendant in 7.21 Yuen Long Attack,
Journalists Raise Doubt and Concern

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24525

Police Arrest 16 People, Including 2 Legislators Charged With Rioting and Damaging Property Among Others

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24527

Police Alter Facts and Distort Record, Denying Police-Triad Collusion in 7.21 Yuen Long Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24533
#YuenLong721 #ChefSo
Victim of 7.21 Yuen Long Mob Attacks Persists in Seeking Justice Despite the Threat of Arrest

Mr So, a chef in Hong Kong, has wounds all over his back resulting from the attack by white-clad mobs at “Kai Tei” in Yuen Long on 21 July 2019. He opened a thread in LIHKG, an internet forum, on the morning of August 26, 2020, with a heading of “just in case I am arrested. Let me create a post here first”. This came after the police had arrested pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting, who had been investigating the mob attacks on that day.

In the post, Mr So wrote that he felt shocked, confused and angry about the arrest of Lam, but expected more people to be arrested. He believed that he also had to be ready that he might be arrested one day. Mr. So emphasised he would continue striving for justice and truth through legal procedures, “It’s up to them if they want to arrest me. It’s easy to find a stick to beat a dog.”

Mr. So was off from work on 21 July, 2019 when he was beaten by 20 people after leaving a shopping mall. “I was not capable and had no chance to hit back,” he said.

He was not worried and did not regret to speak openly, “I won’t commit suicide and do not have any mental illness.” He won’t abandon his right striving for the rights to justice and truth of “a group of victims and all Hongkongers”.

While responding to an inquiry of the Stand News, Mr So expressed that he felt ridiculous towards the arrest of the pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting by the police. “A plaintiff becomes the defendant and Department of Justice (DoJ) withdraws prosecution, so I think I might be the next target. That’s why to sign a note for investigation by opening a forum in LIHKG.”

Source: Stand News #Aug26
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3395032520582344/

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Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24549
#Denialism #HongKongPolice
Pro-dem Lawmaker Accuses Police of Distorting the Truth; Injured Civilians Worries About Being Arrested

Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk-ting has been accused of participating in a riot of Yuen Long on 21 July last year with another 6 people. A hearing was arranged today, with all defendants having been released on bail. The next hearing has been scheduled on 12 October.

Lam and the victims of the 7.21 Yuen Long Attacks met media together. Mr So, a chef who had wounds all over his back resulting from the attack by mobs that night, criticised the new version of events presented by police, and worried about being arrested in the future. Miss Lee, who was in Yuen Long station that night, said it’s ridiculous and cried agitatedly in the press conference.

Lam explained the sequence of the statement-taking with the police and criticised the police for making plaintiffs and witnesses of the Attacks into defendants. He stated that Chan Tun-chu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Crime (NTN), for swearing black to be white and distorting the truth in their new version of events. He emphasised he has no regrets and called for witnesses providing photos and videos.

Source: RTHK
#Aug28 #HistoricalNegationism #PoliceState #MinistryOfTruth #YuenLong721 #LamCheukTing
#HistoricalNegationism
HK Police Force is “fabricating and distorting history”: Media

Source: Apple Daily #Sept12

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25303
HK Police Force is “fabricating and distorting history” : Media

Apple Daily called HK Police “the author of Hong Kong's unofficial history” as the Force has been found for incessantly downplaying their wrong doings with biased descriptions and excuses.

Read following 3 incidents, most recently happened.

#1
On Aug 31, 2020, Hong Kong police choked, pepper sprayed and pushed a pregnant woman on the ground during an operation.

Although the Force had released a statement claiming their concern for the woman, a newer modified statement was issued on September 12, responding to the public criticism of the police's excessive use of force.

In the latest statement, the violent incident of several police officers forcefully separating the 8-month pregnant woman from her husband, being pepper sprayed in close-range and pushed to the ground was diluted into a sentence with only 7 words, “A couple had fallen to the ground” ( 兩名男女曾跌倒).

Watch videos of the incident captured from 2 different angles:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24771
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24788

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#2
On September 6, 2020, a 12-year-old girl was on her way to a stationary shop but ended up being body slammed and subdued between the legs of several riot policemen.

The Force insisted that the 12-year-old had looked "suspicious", and their use of force was “based on enforcement responsibility” (基於執法責任) .

Read full story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

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#3
On August 26, 2020, HK Police described the Yuen Long 7.21 attack as “an escalated conflict that arose by two evenly-matched parties of different views”. The Force also slammed the media for accusing police of colluding with white-clad assailants.

Related report:

Police Deny Turning Pro-dem Lawmaker from "plaintiff to defendant" Even after Arresting Him, Police: 7.21 Yuen Long Attack is Not Police-Triad Collusion

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24533

Source: Apple Daily #Sept12

https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200912/5ICBELFL35AE5ND5QZMRBIFAXU/

#HistoricalNegationism #Whitewash #PoliceBrutality
#FirstHand #HistoricalNegationism
Granny Wong: Truth of 721 incident will eventually be divulged

#Dec21 #NeverForget #NeverForgive #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721

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#FirstHand #HistoricalNegationism
Granny Wong: Truth of 721 incident will eventually be divulged

Granny Wong was sighted in Yuen Long West Rail Station braving the grip of National Security Law and enforcement of social distancing restrictions in Hong Kong. Despite her old age, Granny Wong displayed of her behaviour, courage and defiance to fight on for democracy and freedom.

Pointing at a movie poster that read “Lie”, Wong wanted Hongkongers to remain hopeful that “lies will be burst eventually like balloons being popped.”

On the evening of 21 July 2019, a large group of white-clad mobsters, allegedly linked to triads, indiscriminately attacked pro-democracy protesters on their way home on a West Rail train with steel rods and rattan canes. At least 45 people were severely injured, including the elderly, children, journalists and lawmakers. Hong Kong Police, suspected of colluding with the white-clad mobsters, has then been criticised for their inaction in the incident amid the attack of innocent civilians.

However, Hong Kong police were attempting to re-write the history as recounting the clashes as "between two evenly-matched rivals" and denied that they were slow to respond.

#PoliceState #CoverUp #Whitewash #YuenLong721

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Hong Kong Police Whitewash Yuen Long 7.21 White-Clad Gangster Attack
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24545

Read the #Timeline:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24550