#LegCo #Election
Pro-democracy candidates asked to explain whether they would pursue seeking foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong
Electoral officer issued letter on Saturday (July 25) to at least 9 pro-democracy candidates of LegCo election, seeking explanation of their political stance and whether they would continue urging the US and other foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong. Besides, the candidates were also asked to explain whether they would veto government bills and budgets, and oppose the National Security Law in principle as well as their stance on Hong Kong independence.
They were asked to respond within 24 hours on Sunday (July 26) by noon or in the afternoon.
The Civic Party responded in the afternoon on the same day, reprimanded that it is unreasonable for Electoral officer to request candidates to respond in short notice, stating also that it is oppressive and unacceptable. Chairman of the Party, Alan Leong Kah-kit further pointed out that the Electoral Officer has become a political tool and has seriously violated the "International Covenant on Human Rights" by intervening an election.
Source: InMedia HK, Citizen News
#Jul25 #PoliticalOppression
https://bit.ly/39q4UzK
Pro-democracy candidates asked to explain whether they would pursue seeking foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong
Electoral officer issued letter on Saturday (July 25) to at least 9 pro-democracy candidates of LegCo election, seeking explanation of their political stance and whether they would continue urging the US and other foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong. Besides, the candidates were also asked to explain whether they would veto government bills and budgets, and oppose the National Security Law in principle as well as their stance on Hong Kong independence.
They were asked to respond within 24 hours on Sunday (July 26) by noon or in the afternoon.
The Civic Party responded in the afternoon on the same day, reprimanded that it is unreasonable for Electoral officer to request candidates to respond in short notice, stating also that it is oppressive and unacceptable. Chairman of the Party, Alan Leong Kah-kit further pointed out that the Electoral Officer has become a political tool and has seriously violated the "International Covenant on Human Rights" by intervening an election.
Source: InMedia HK, Citizen News
#Jul25 #PoliticalOppression
https://bit.ly/39q4UzK
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【選舉主任來信】公民黨4子、梁繼昌、4抗爭派 須回答4大類問題：外國制裁、反國安法、否決議案、港獨
至少9名民主派參選人，接獲選舉主任來信要求解釋政治立場，並要求各人交代是否繼續請求美國或外國政府落實制裁香港、否決所有政府議案及財政預算案、是否原則上反對國安法、港獨問題等。
#LegCo #Election
#PoliticalOppression
Allegiance of pro-democracy candidates questioned by Returning Officer
Many pro-democracy legislators, including members of the Civic Party and Localist factions, received letters from the Returning Officer regarding their requests for foreign sanctions on Hong Kong, if they would veto the budget, the five demands, and whether they uphold the Basic Law and allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. These factors will decide the validity of the nominations.
Many candidates for the Civic Party, including Alvin Yeung , Tat Cheng , Kwok Ka-ki and Dennis Kwok Wing-hang of the Legal Sector, have received letters from the Returning Officer.
It was mentioned that the Civic Party visited the United States and proposed for the United States to pass the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" as soon as possible. The letters that were sent questioned if they still intend to continue to request of the United States to implement sanctions on Hong Kong, and for other countries to pass similar bills.
It was also mentioned that the Civic Party publicly stated in March and June that the Chief Executive must implement the five major demands in the policy address, otherwise it will veto all government bills, judge appointments, and budget proposals. The Returning Officer asked them to explain how the above-mentioned position complies with the nomination form which includes clauses for supporting the Basic Law and the substantive requirements of loyalty to the SAR.
In addition, many individual who enrolled in the election and had also participated in tge protests received enquiries. They included New Territories East Ventus Lau Wing-hong and Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam. In addition to asking about the use of parliamentary veto to respond to the five major demands, they also quoted the statement of the protest press conference to indicate that they have no hesitation in opposing the Hong Kong National Security Law. It shows that they oppose in principle the National People’s Congress Standing Committee’s inclusion of the “Hong Kong National Security Law” in Annex III of the “Basic Law” and they oppose the SAR’s constitutional responsibility to maintain national security.
The Returning Officer reiterated that Ventus Lau Wing-hong publicly supported Hong Kong independence four years ago. In June this year, he expressed his desire to establish an ideal country on social platforms. Lau was questioned whether he would continue to advocate and promote Hong Kong independence.
#Jul25 #LegCo #Election #FailedState
Source: NOW TV
https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=399317&home=1
#PoliticalOppression
Allegiance of pro-democracy candidates questioned by Returning Officer
Many pro-democracy legislators, including members of the Civic Party and Localist factions, received letters from the Returning Officer regarding their requests for foreign sanctions on Hong Kong, if they would veto the budget, the five demands, and whether they uphold the Basic Law and allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. These factors will decide the validity of the nominations.
Many candidates for the Civic Party, including Alvin Yeung , Tat Cheng , Kwok Ka-ki and Dennis Kwok Wing-hang of the Legal Sector, have received letters from the Returning Officer.
It was mentioned that the Civic Party visited the United States and proposed for the United States to pass the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" as soon as possible. The letters that were sent questioned if they still intend to continue to request of the United States to implement sanctions on Hong Kong, and for other countries to pass similar bills.
It was also mentioned that the Civic Party publicly stated in March and June that the Chief Executive must implement the five major demands in the policy address, otherwise it will veto all government bills, judge appointments, and budget proposals. The Returning Officer asked them to explain how the above-mentioned position complies with the nomination form which includes clauses for supporting the Basic Law and the substantive requirements of loyalty to the SAR.
In addition, many individual who enrolled in the election and had also participated in tge protests received enquiries. They included New Territories East Ventus Lau Wing-hong and Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam. In addition to asking about the use of parliamentary veto to respond to the five major demands, they also quoted the statement of the protest press conference to indicate that they have no hesitation in opposing the Hong Kong National Security Law. It shows that they oppose in principle the National People’s Congress Standing Committee’s inclusion of the “Hong Kong National Security Law” in Annex III of the “Basic Law” and they oppose the SAR’s constitutional responsibility to maintain national security.
The Returning Officer reiterated that Ventus Lau Wing-hong publicly supported Hong Kong independence four years ago. In June this year, he expressed his desire to establish an ideal country on social platforms. Lau was questioned whether he would continue to advocate and promote Hong Kong independence.
#Jul25 #LegCo #Election #FailedState
Source: NOW TV
https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=399317&home=1
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多名民主派參選人被選舉主任查詢是否效忠香港特區
【Now新聞台】多名民主派立法會參選人，包括多名公民黨成員及本土派分別接到選舉主任來函，針對他們曾要求外國制裁香港、利用否決預算案、爭取五大訴求等，查詢他們是否擁護基本法及效忠香港特區，並指會因應答覆決定提名是否有效。
#FailedState
Poly U student who was tried for possession of offensive weapons said he was tortured by police.
On the evening of September 21 last year, more than 100 citizens surrounded the Mong Kok Police Station. A PolyU student was accused of possession of lighter fuel, hammers, and other items. He denied the possession of offensive weapons in public places charge and alleged that he was tortured by police officers.
The case was resumed today (23rd). The police officer who arrested the defendant that night, Liu Zhenliang, confessed that when the defendant was escorted back to the police station, two police officers pressed the defendant's back hard to protect the defendant from being hit by debris. Liu also said that during the 11-minute period when the defendant was searched and arrested alone in the police station room, he did not pay attention to the defendant's appearance or whether he was injured because he was focused entirely on the search.
#Jul25 #PolyU
#policebrutality #HKProtest
https://bit.ly/39uuQdx
Poly U student who was tried for possession of offensive weapons said he was tortured by police.
On the evening of September 21 last year, more than 100 citizens surrounded the Mong Kok Police Station. A PolyU student was accused of possession of lighter fuel, hammers, and other items. He denied the possession of offensive weapons in public places charge and alleged that he was tortured by police officers.
The case was resumed today (23rd). The police officer who arrested the defendant that night, Liu Zhenliang, confessed that when the defendant was escorted back to the police station, two police officers pressed the defendant's back hard to protect the defendant from being hit by debris. Liu also said that during the 11-minute period when the defendant was searched and arrested alone in the police station room, he did not pay attention to the defendant's appearance or whether he was injured because he was focused entirely on the search.
#Jul25 #PolyU
#policebrutality #HKProtest
https://bit.ly/39uuQdx
#Primary #DistrictCouncillor
Authorities Alleged Political Retaliation on Pro-democracy District Councilor
Kwok Chi-Chung, a
pro-democracy district councilor of the Eastern District, shared a post in his Facebook citing the message from the government's Eastern District Office. According to the authorities, if a councilor office has been used for the strike referendum and the pro-democracy primary election, the Home Affairs Department won't process its operating expenses for a month, including rental, staff salary, the bills for water, electricity, internet and internet access, etc.
Kwok criticized the decision, calling it ridiculous. He believed that organizing the strike referendum and the primary election could let civilians in different districts express their opinions as a result of influencing the welfare of people in this district. That was entirely in accord with the responsibility of the district council. Kwok expressed strong discontent that the authorites had bundled the expense of election and non-election days and pointed out that such unreasonable deduction of operating expenses by the authority constitutes administrative suppression.
Source: RTHK #Jul25
#KwokChiChung
Authorities Alleged Political Retaliation on Pro-democracy District Councilor
Kwok Chi-Chung, a
pro-democracy district councilor of the Eastern District, shared a post in his Facebook citing the message from the government's Eastern District Office. According to the authorities, if a councilor office has been used for the strike referendum and the pro-democracy primary election, the Home Affairs Department won't process its operating expenses for a month, including rental, staff salary, the bills for water, electricity, internet and internet access, etc.
Kwok criticized the decision, calling it ridiculous. He believed that organizing the strike referendum and the primary election could let civilians in different districts express their opinions as a result of influencing the welfare of people in this district. That was entirely in accord with the responsibility of the district council. Kwok expressed strong discontent that the authorites had bundled the expense of election and non-election days and pointed out that such unreasonable deduction of operating expenses by the authority constitutes administrative suppression.
Source: RTHK #Jul25
#KwokChiChung
#Court #US #China #Spy
Singaporean Pleads Guilty at U.S. Court to Collecting Intelligence for China
A Singaporean man named Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered a plea of guilty in a U.S. Federal Court to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence.
In a press release on July 24th, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that Yeo pleaded guilty to working for the Chinese government between 2015 and 2019, utilising his network in the U.S. to set up a false consulting firm and collect sensitive information for the Chinese government.
The statement wrote that Yeo had admitted to establishing a fake consulting company that disguised itself as a government and public relations firm on career networking sites to recruit individuals with ties to the U.S. military and government agencies. These individuals often had access to classified information on technology and policies that would help China advance its own interests. There was also evidence that Yeo recruited other potential targets working in the U.S. to support Chinese intelligence operations.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Yeo himself was recruited by Chinese intelligence agency when he was an employee at National University of Singapore.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2Egv0JR
Singaporean Pleads Guilty at U.S. Court to Collecting Intelligence for China
A Singaporean man named Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered a plea of guilty in a U.S. Federal Court to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence.
In a press release on July 24th, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that Yeo pleaded guilty to working for the Chinese government between 2015 and 2019, utilising his network in the U.S. to set up a false consulting firm and collect sensitive information for the Chinese government.
The statement wrote that Yeo had admitted to establishing a fake consulting company that disguised itself as a government and public relations firm on career networking sites to recruit individuals with ties to the U.S. military and government agencies. These individuals often had access to classified information on technology and policies that would help China advance its own interests. There was also evidence that Yeo recruited other potential targets working in the U.S. to support Chinese intelligence operations.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Yeo himself was recruited by Chinese intelligence agency when he was an employee at National University of Singapore.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2Egv0JR
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror #Censorship
Hong Kong Police Arrested Man for "spreading rumors"
The police announced on July 25, 2020 that according to "online patrols" and reports, a 39-year-old local man was arrested in the morning for transmission of false information on the internet, under the charge of "using wireless phones to send false information". Police refused to disclose what information the arrested person actually released on those platforms and only disclosed that it is related to the government's cash distribution plan, anti-epidemic measures, and other social issues.
The Superintendent of the Technology Crime Division of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, Wilson Tam, said that recently false information was widely reposted on the internet, convincing the public to believe. At the same time, police also received reports. The man involved was arrested this morning and a smartphone was seized. It is possible for more people to be arrested. As to whether the operation had monetary gains or caused losses, it is still under investigation.
Wilson Tam said that citizens should not trust online rumors, "Many people saying the same thing doesn’t mean it’s true." He urged citizens to pay attention to official government channels and police messages posted on social platforms if they have doubts about online information. "To receive the correct information," he said.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
Hong Kong Police Arrested Man for "spreading rumors"
The police announced on July 25, 2020 that according to "online patrols" and reports, a 39-year-old local man was arrested in the morning for transmission of false information on the internet, under the charge of "using wireless phones to send false information". Police refused to disclose what information the arrested person actually released on those platforms and only disclosed that it is related to the government's cash distribution plan, anti-epidemic measures, and other social issues.
The Superintendent of the Technology Crime Division of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau, Wilson Tam, said that recently false information was widely reposted on the internet, convincing the public to believe. At the same time, police also received reports. The man involved was arrested this morning and a smartphone was seized. It is possible for more people to be arrested. As to whether the operation had monetary gains or caused losses, it is still under investigation.
Wilson Tam said that citizens should not trust online rumors, "Many people saying the same thing doesn’t mean it’s true." He urged citizens to pay attention to official government channels and police messages posted on social platforms if they have doubts about online information. "To receive the correct information," he said.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
#HSBC #Huawei
Chinese State Media Outlet Accuses HSBC for Framing Huawei. HSBC Denies the Accusation: We Bear No Malice towards Huawei
People’s Daily Online, an official media outlet of the CCP, had accused HSBC of framing Huawei’s deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou. In an article published on July 24th, the state media outlet claimed that the bank took part in entrapping Meng in order to evade US charges of money laundering.
HSBC issued a statement on Weibo on July 25th, saying that it bears no malice towards Huawei and had not framed the company. The material disclosed to the US Department of Justice, the statement said, was provided upon formal requests. It added that all HSBC had provided was factual information and that it had never entrapped Huawei.
The People’s Daily Online article accused HSBC of taking part in a plot against Huawei and having played a shameful role in setting traps, weaving tales and fabricating evidence. It further claimed that the bank worked with the US in framing the tech giant and testifying as a victim against Meng in exchange for a pardon for the bank’s money laundering crimes.
The article described the Meng affair as reflective of the way US and Canada were colluding in the interest of American hegemony. Under the pretence of justice, it wrote, the two North American countries were carrying out “political assassinations” of Chinese tech firms using state apparatuses.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2WWi2aP
Chinese State Media Outlet Accuses HSBC for Framing Huawei. HSBC Denies the Accusation: We Bear No Malice towards Huawei
People’s Daily Online, an official media outlet of the CCP, had accused HSBC of framing Huawei’s deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou. In an article published on July 24th, the state media outlet claimed that the bank took part in entrapping Meng in order to evade US charges of money laundering.
HSBC issued a statement on Weibo on July 25th, saying that it bears no malice towards Huawei and had not framed the company. The material disclosed to the US Department of Justice, the statement said, was provided upon formal requests. It added that all HSBC had provided was factual information and that it had never entrapped Huawei.
The People’s Daily Online article accused HSBC of taking part in a plot against Huawei and having played a shameful role in setting traps, weaving tales and fabricating evidence. It further claimed that the bank worked with the US in framing the tech giant and testifying as a victim against Meng in exchange for a pardon for the bank’s money laundering crimes.
The article described the Meng affair as reflective of the way US and Canada were colluding in the interest of American hegemony. Under the pretence of justice, it wrote, the two North American countries were carrying out “political assassinations” of Chinese tech firms using state apparatuses.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2WWi2aP
#TokyoOlympics
Hong Kong Athlete Attacked by Pro-China Camp for Wearing Black
Badminton athlete Ng Ka-long, who represents Hong Kong in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was attacked by the pro-Beijing camp for wearing black, although he has won against Lino Munoz, an athlete representing Mexico on July 24, 2021.
The pro-Beijing camp also reprimanded the winning athlete for not showing the emblem of the Hong Kong SAR on his sportswear.
Ng explained on his Instagram page that he had no sponsor for his jersey and did not receive any authorization to print the official emblem on the clothes he prepared for himself. Ng called on people in general to look at the situation before firing critiques.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
#BeijingLoyalist #Defamation #HongKongAthletes #Sport #Badminton #Black #WhiteTerror
Hong Kong Athlete Attacked by Pro-China Camp for Wearing Black
Badminton athlete Ng Ka-long, who represents Hong Kong in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was attacked by the pro-Beijing camp for wearing black, although he has won against Lino Munoz, an athlete representing Mexico on July 24, 2021.
The pro-Beijing camp also reprimanded the winning athlete for not showing the emblem of the Hong Kong SAR on his sportswear.
Ng explained on his Instagram page that he had no sponsor for his jersey and did not receive any authorization to print the official emblem on the clothes he prepared for himself. Ng called on people in general to look at the situation before firing critiques.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
#BeijingLoyalist #Defamation #HongKongAthletes #Sport #Badminton #Black #WhiteTerror
#Creativity #LocalCulture
Local Cafe Promotes Alternative Culture in Hong Kong Despite 229 Fine Tickets
On July 17, 2021, over 200 people in Hong Kong joined the Basketball Music Bazaar that took place in an alley.
The police surrounded the alley and ticker 229 civilians for violating the gathering ban, amounting to a fine of around HKD1.15 million.
The bazzaar organizer is a music cafe where local indie music is played. Outside their store there is a neon light that writes "In need of" and a wall full of graffiti.
The owner Ah Fung said, "I want to bring the so-called "non-mainstream" or "underground" to mainstream platforms."
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2WikNFX
Local Cafe Promotes Alternative Culture in Hong Kong Despite 229 Fine Tickets
On July 17, 2021, over 200 people in Hong Kong joined the Basketball Music Bazaar that took place in an alley.
The police surrounded the alley and ticker 229 civilians for violating the gathering ban, amounting to a fine of around HKD1.15 million.
The bazzaar organizer is a music cafe where local indie music is played. Outside their store there is a neon light that writes "In need of" and a wall full of graffiti.
The owner Ah Fung said, "I want to bring the so-called "non-mainstream" or "underground" to mainstream platforms."
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/2WikNFX
#Solidarity #HongKongProtest
Detained Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Receives a Marriage Proposal from Activist Boyfriend
Source: Stand News #Jul25
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Detained Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Receives a Marriage Proposal from Activist Boyfriend
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#Solidarity #HongKongProtest
Detained Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Receives a Marriage Proposal from Activist Boyfriend
The vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, who is a barrister, was refused bail and was remanded.
She was accused of "inciting others to participate in an unapproved assembly" for promoting the June 4th Tiananmen Massacre commemorative event in 2021.
Chow's partner Ye Du, a Chinese human rights activist and writer, sent his marriage proposal in a letter.
He expressed his feelings of longing. He saying the darkest time before the dawn can be more remarkable in their hearts. Hw also mentioned that this big wave of time disrupted their original imagination to the future, bringing an expected development.
The proposal letter by Ye Du was published in MingPao today.
The letter was written on July 13th, the anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Ye Du proposed marriage by letter to Tonyee, mentioning, "You said you want to have a romantic proposal. There always has a strange way to propose. But what is compatible with you being in a small jail and me being in a large jail... What is compatible with having a mutual memory on a special date, the anniversary of the death of Liu Xiaobo? What is compatible and more remarkable to the romantic moment under this darkness before the dawn? Tung, would you marry me?"
Ye Du indicated, "For my soul singing songs as a testimony, for those friends sending you this letter as a testimony, for the prison censors of this letter as a testimony, for whoever reading this letter and caring your situation as a testimony", proposing marriage to Tonyee. "Since now, you are the wind and snow, Spring and Summer. You are the world. Only hope to hold your hands for a lifetime".
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/3zMwOlz
#TonyeeChow #ChowHangTung #YeDu #MarriageProposal #LiuXiaobo #June4th
Detained Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Receives a Marriage Proposal from Activist Boyfriend
The vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, who is a barrister, was refused bail and was remanded.
She was accused of "inciting others to participate in an unapproved assembly" for promoting the June 4th Tiananmen Massacre commemorative event in 2021.
Chow's partner Ye Du, a Chinese human rights activist and writer, sent his marriage proposal in a letter.
He expressed his feelings of longing. He saying the darkest time before the dawn can be more remarkable in their hearts. Hw also mentioned that this big wave of time disrupted their original imagination to the future, bringing an expected development.
The proposal letter by Ye Du was published in MingPao today.
The letter was written on July 13th, the anniversary of the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Ye Du proposed marriage by letter to Tonyee, mentioning, "You said you want to have a romantic proposal. There always has a strange way to propose. But what is compatible with you being in a small jail and me being in a large jail... What is compatible with having a mutual memory on a special date, the anniversary of the death of Liu Xiaobo? What is compatible and more remarkable to the romantic moment under this darkness before the dawn? Tung, would you marry me?"
Ye Du indicated, "For my soul singing songs as a testimony, for those friends sending you this letter as a testimony, for the prison censors of this letter as a testimony, for whoever reading this letter and caring your situation as a testimony", proposing marriage to Tonyee. "Since now, you are the wind and snow, Spring and Summer. You are the world. Only hope to hold your hands for a lifetime".
Source: Stand News #Jul25
https://bit.ly/3zMwOlz
#TonyeeChow #ChowHangTung #YeDu #MarriageProposal #LiuXiaobo #June4th
Fauci says it's 'negligent' not to fund research at Wuhan lab, suggests collaboration with China continue
Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that it would’ve been “negligent” for the National Institutes of Health not to fund bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and declined to commit not to collaborate with Chinese government scientists in the future, insisting that “we have always been careful.”
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul requested Attorney General Merrick Garland criminally investigate Fauci over his Senate testimony, during which he said the NIH never funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, which the Kentucky Republican says is a lie. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, insists the NIH grants did not fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.
Source: Washington examiner #Jul25
https://washex.am/3jnU3wP
#China #Wuhan #Lab #Covid19 #AnthonyFauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested that it would’ve been “negligent” for the National Institutes of Health not to fund bat coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and declined to commit not to collaborate with Chinese government scientists in the future, insisting that “we have always been careful.”
Last week, Sen. Rand Paul requested Attorney General Merrick Garland criminally investigate Fauci over his Senate testimony, during which he said the NIH never funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, which the Kentucky Republican says is a lie. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, insists the NIH grants did not fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.
Source: Washington examiner #Jul25
https://washex.am/3jnU3wP
#China #Wuhan #Lab #Covid19 #AnthonyFauci
#HongKong Bashes #GlobalMedia With Hundreds of Complaint Letters
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#HongKong Bashes #GlobalMedia With Hundreds of Complaint Letters
//From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters in 2022 blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.
At least 174 media outlets in almost 30 countries received missives from city leaders -- including its now chief executive, #JohnLee -- since China announced in May 2020 that it would impose a national security law on the former British colony. The correspondence, often written both in English and the publication’s native language, was uploaded to the “Clarifications” tab of the government’s communications platform known as Brand Hong Kong.
About half of the letters, which responded to a mix of reports and editorials, hit back at criticism of Beijing’s sweeping security law, while roughly a third defended a mandate that only Communist Party loyalists can hold office in the city. Neighboring Asian nations got 42% of the complaints, led by Japan and South Korea, while business publications including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist got the most letters. Bloomberg received seven...
Hong Kong’s crackdown on freedoms has eroded the city’s reputation among many foreign governments...
Hong Kong’s press freedom ranking has plummeted since the security law clamped down on free speech. The city came 148 in the Reporters Without Borders 2022 World Press Freedom Index, representing a fall of 68 places from last year.//
Source: Bloomberg #Jul25
https://t.co/OHZN4fVjye
#Whitewash #Censorship #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #Authoritarianism
//From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters in 2022 blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.
At least 174 media outlets in almost 30 countries received missives from city leaders -- including its now chief executive, #JohnLee -- since China announced in May 2020 that it would impose a national security law on the former British colony. The correspondence, often written both in English and the publication’s native language, was uploaded to the “Clarifications” tab of the government’s communications platform known as Brand Hong Kong.
About half of the letters, which responded to a mix of reports and editorials, hit back at criticism of Beijing’s sweeping security law, while roughly a third defended a mandate that only Communist Party loyalists can hold office in the city. Neighboring Asian nations got 42% of the complaints, led by Japan and South Korea, while business publications including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Economist got the most letters. Bloomberg received seven...
Hong Kong’s crackdown on freedoms has eroded the city’s reputation among many foreign governments...
Hong Kong’s press freedom ranking has plummeted since the security law clamped down on free speech. The city came 148 in the Reporters Without Borders 2022 World Press Freedom Index, representing a fall of 68 places from last year.//
Source: Bloomberg #Jul25
https://t.co/OHZN4fVjye
#Whitewash #Censorship #PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #Authoritarianism
Bloomberg.com
Hong Kong Bashes Global Media With Hundreds of Complaint Letters
From Slovakia to Japan, top Hong Kong officials have fired off at least 500 letters blasting critical foreign media coverage, as the city wages a global battle to safeguard its reputation as a liberal financial hub.