#FirstHand #Dec24
'Silent' Night: HK Police Muffle Citizens' Voice
On Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, heavy police presence were found every district not limited to Kwun Tong, Shatin, Yuen Long and Tsim Sha Shui.
After netizens called on mourning the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and praying for peace and freedom for Hongkongers, the police responded by their heavy deployment and a statement that they would "enforce the law with no hesitation", contrasting very much their absence in Yuen Long on July 21, 2019.
The photos were taken in Kwun Tong on the evening of December 24, 2020.
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'Silent' Night: HK Police Muffle Citizens' Voice
On Christmas Eve in Hong Kong, heavy police presence were found every district not limited to Kwun Tong, Shatin, Yuen Long and Tsim Sha Shui.
After netizens called on mourning the casualties in the pro-democracy movement and praying for peace and freedom for Hongkongers, the police responded by their heavy deployment and a statement that they would "enforce the law with no hesitation", contrasting very much their absence in Yuen Long on July 21, 2019.
The photos were taken in Kwun Tong on the evening of December 24, 2020.
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Related News:
Grandma Wong Speaks Hongkongers' Wishes for Freedom and Democracy on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27520
HK Police Set Up Road Blocks and Arrest Youngsters on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27514
HK Police Film and Closely Monitor #GrandmaWong on Christmas Eve
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27521
#Christmas2020 #PoliceState
#ChristmasEve2020 #SilentNight
#PoliceState #Christmas2020
HK Police Claim to Observe "Whether Reporters are Really Working"
On the eve of Christmas, Hong Kong Police were heavily deployed in Shatin's New Town Plaza.
Some citizens played Christmas songs at the officers with a loudspeaker from the upper levels of the shopping mall. Some of the lyrics in the songs were modified to mock the police.
In response, a group of officers tried to move towards where the music was played, by takinh shortcuts through a metal gate of the mall's access passages.
They stopped only when they were ordered not to enter the mall over their walkie-talkies; however, the police still opened the gate and called out to the press on the other side, warning them not to stand too close together or risk violating the two-person gathering ban.
When reporters cited the gathering ban's exemptions for journalists, the officer in charge agreed that both journalists and police officers were exempted, but they would be "closely observing whether the reporters are actually conducting journalism work".
The police emphasized that they were only "reminding" the reporters, but would enforce the ban if anyone does not heed their reminders.
Source: Stand News #Dec24
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3755516324533960/
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HK Police Claim to Observe "Whether Reporters are Really Working"
On the eve of Christmas, Hong Kong Police were heavily deployed in Shatin's New Town Plaza.
Some citizens played Christmas songs at the officers with a loudspeaker from the upper levels of the shopping mall. Some of the lyrics in the songs were modified to mock the police.
In response, a group of officers tried to move towards where the music was played, by takinh shortcuts through a metal gate of the mall's access passages.
They stopped only when they were ordered not to enter the mall over their walkie-talkies; however, the police still opened the gate and called out to the press on the other side, warning them not to stand too close together or risk violating the two-person gathering ban.
When reporters cited the gathering ban's exemptions for journalists, the officer in charge agreed that both journalists and police officers were exempted, but they would be "closely observing whether the reporters are actually conducting journalism work".
The police emphasized that they were only "reminding" the reporters, but would enforce the ban if anyone does not heed their reminders.
Source: Stand News #Dec24
https://www.facebook.com/710476795704610/posts/3755516324533960/
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'Silent' Night: HK Police Muffle Citizens' Voice
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27525
Candle Lights and Christmas Wishes for the 12 Detained Hongkongers
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27526
#ChristmasEve2020 #SilentNight
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