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Residents Frustrated by Government's Arbitrary Lockdown Measures Hurl Insults at Carrie Lam
On Feb 2, 2021, the Hong Kong government imposes mandatory lockdowns on Jordan, Shum Shui Po and Tin Shui Wei.
In the evening, government officials including Secretary for Food and Health #SophiaChan, Secretary for Home Affairs #CasperTsui Ying-wai, Secretary for the Environment #WongKamSing and assistant police commissioner #RupertDover were standing by at the site to receive Chief executive #CarrieLam for a visit at 11pm.
Lam, who stayed for 15 minutes, was followed around by over ten staff. Civilians who were lining up for mandatory #covid19 tests were asked to give way to Lam.
According to InMedia, a reporter asked Lam to comment on the effectiveness of the lockdown measures while discontent civilians at the scene shout "bixch". Lam did not react to the press nor the civilians.
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
Residents Frustrated by Government's Arbitrary Lockdown Measures Hurl Insults at Carrie Lam
On Feb 2, 2021, the Hong Kong government imposes mandatory lockdowns on Jordan, Shum Shui Po and Tin Shui Wei.
In the evening, government officials including Secretary for Food and Health #SophiaChan, Secretary for Home Affairs #CasperTsui Ying-wai, Secretary for the Environment #WongKamSing and assistant police commissioner #RupertDover were standing by at the site to receive Chief executive #CarrieLam for a visit at 11pm.
Lam, who stayed for 15 minutes, was followed around by over ten staff. Civilians who were lining up for mandatory #covid19 tests were asked to give way to Lam.
According to InMedia, a reporter asked Lam to comment on the effectiveness of the lockdown measures while discontent civilians at the scene shout "bixch". Lam did not react to the press nor the civilians.
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
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HK Authorities Refuses to Let Non-resident Leave the Lockdown Site: "You Hong Kong Citizens are Unreasonable!"
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HK Authorities Refuses to Let Non-resident Leave the Lockdown Site: "You Hong Kong Citizens are Unreasonable!"
A woman who worked in Shum Shui Po expressed her utmost frustration and disappointment towards the Hong Kong government's organization at the lockdown zone.
On the evening of Feb 2, 2021, the woman found herself suddenly in the "restricted area" after the government ambushed 17 buildings in Shum Shui Po for a mandatory lockdown.
She spent hours talking to different officers from the disciplinary force to the Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB), hoping to leave the site after being tested negative. After all, she is not a resident of the area and has nowhere to stay until the end of the government's operation at 7am the next day. Worse still, she has 2 hamsters to feed at home.
The woman recounted the mistreatment by the officers on site and the ridiculous conversations she had with different government officials:
One staff from HAB claimed that she can call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (#SPCA) and ask them to "go to her place and feed her pet".
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Moreover, a customs officer claimed that she can sue him if anything happened to her hamsters. While almost all government's staff she talked to refused to show their pass and give their name, a female staff from the HAB surnamed Cheng proclaimed as the head of the Bureau. In reality, the Secretary for Home Affairs is Casper Tsui Ying-wei.
At some point, the government staff yelled back at the woman, "you Hong Kong citizens are unreasonable!". The woman said to the press, "Who is the unreasonable one here? It is the Hong Kong government!"
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
#Hamster #Hate
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Residents Frustrated by Government's Arbitrary Lockdown Measures Hurl Insults at Carrie Lam
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28356
HK Authorities Refuses to Let Non-resident Leave the Lockdown Site: "You Hong Kong Citizens are Unreasonable!"
A woman who worked in Shum Shui Po expressed her utmost frustration and disappointment towards the Hong Kong government's organization at the lockdown zone.
On the evening of Feb 2, 2021, the woman found herself suddenly in the "restricted area" after the government ambushed 17 buildings in Shum Shui Po for a mandatory lockdown.
She spent hours talking to different officers from the disciplinary force to the Home Affairs Bureau (#HAB), hoping to leave the site after being tested negative. After all, she is not a resident of the area and has nowhere to stay until the end of the government's operation at 7am the next day. Worse still, she has 2 hamsters to feed at home.
The woman recounted the mistreatment by the officers on site and the ridiculous conversations she had with different government officials:
One staff from HAB claimed that she can call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (#SPCA) and ask them to "go to her place and feed her pet".
Video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/28357
Moreover, a customs officer claimed that she can sue him if anything happened to her hamsters. While almost all government's staff she talked to refused to show their pass and give their name, a female staff from the HAB surnamed Cheng proclaimed as the head of the Bureau. In reality, the Secretary for Home Affairs is Casper Tsui Ying-wei.
At some point, the government staff yelled back at the woman, "you Hong Kong citizens are unreasonable!". The woman said to the press, "Who is the unreasonable one here? It is the Hong Kong government!"
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
#Hamster #Hate
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HK Gov't Commissions China-owned Gene Testing Company #BGI to Collect Samples from the Locals
On Feb 2, 2021, the Hong Kong government enforced multi-district lockdowns for consecutive days, despite a record of zero positive rate in its last six operation.
Just like one day ago in Yuen Long, the China-owned company Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), which has been sanctioned by the US for collecting genetic information of the Uighur population in Xinjiang for the Chinese Communist Party government, was again sighted in the lockdown site in Tin Shui Wai.
The HK government has commissioned the Chinese company to conduct #Covid19 test on the local population.
#FailedState #MassSurveillance #BigData #CCP
HK Gov't Commissions China-owned Gene Testing Company #BGI to Collect Samples from the Locals
On Feb 2, 2021, the Hong Kong government enforced multi-district lockdowns for consecutive days, despite a record of zero positive rate in its last six operation.
Just like one day ago in Yuen Long, the China-owned company Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), which has been sanctioned by the US for collecting genetic information of the Uighur population in Xinjiang for the Chinese Communist Party government, was again sighted in the lockdown site in Tin Shui Wai.
The HK government has commissioned the Chinese company to conduct #Covid19 test on the local population.
#FailedState #MassSurveillance #BigData #CCP
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#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
#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
#FailedState #ShumShuiPoLockdown
HK Authorities Force Clients at Hair Salon to Undergo Immediate #Covid19 Test
During the Hong Kong government's "ambush-style" lockdown on Feb 2, 2021, civilians who were having their hair dyed in hair salon in Shum Shui Po were forced out on the street to undergo mandatory #covid19 test.
Source: Stand News #Feb2
#HairDye
HK Authorities Force Clients at Hair Salon to Undergo Immediate #Covid19 Test
During the Hong Kong government's "ambush-style" lockdown on Feb 2, 2021, civilians who were having their hair dyed in hair salon in Shum Shui Po were forced out on the street to undergo mandatory #covid19 test.
Source: Stand News #Feb2
#HairDye
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Human Rights Watchdog on #GrandmaWong's Arrest: Another assault on democracy and free expression in Hong Kong
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
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Human Rights Watchdog on #GrandmaWong's Arrest: Another assault on democracy and free expression in Hong Kong
January 22, 2021 marked the 16th month of the death of 15-year-old pro-democracy student #ChanYinLam.
Flouting National Security Law and social distancing restriction, some citizens continued their monthly remembrance ritual in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.
'Grandma Wong' Wong Fan-yiu showed up at the scene with several handbills in her hands. She was later arrested on suspicion of obstructing police officer in execution of their duties.
Commenting on the incident, #BenedictRogers, Hong Kong Watch’s Chief Executive said, “The arrest of Grandma Wong, who is one of the most prominent pro-democracy protestors, is the latest assault on democracy and free expression in Hong Kong. It appears it is now a crime for pensioners to hold a protest sign at a pedestrian crossing.”
He urged the Hong Kong Authorities to release Grandma Wong.
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
#HongKongWatch #Arrest
Human Rights Watchdog on #GrandmaWong's Arrest: Another assault on democracy and free expression in Hong Kong
January 22, 2021 marked the 16th month of the death of 15-year-old pro-democracy student #ChanYinLam.
Flouting National Security Law and social distancing restriction, some citizens continued their monthly remembrance ritual in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong.
'Grandma Wong' Wong Fan-yiu showed up at the scene with several handbills in her hands. She was later arrested on suspicion of obstructing police officer in execution of their duties.
Commenting on the incident, #BenedictRogers, Hong Kong Watch’s Chief Executive said, “The arrest of Grandma Wong, who is one of the most prominent pro-democracy protestors, is the latest assault on democracy and free expression in Hong Kong. It appears it is now a crime for pensioners to hold a protest sign at a pedestrian crossing.”
He urged the Hong Kong Authorities to release Grandma Wong.
Source: Stand News, #Jan22
#HongKongWatch #Arrest
Block 5 and 7 of Laguna City were in lockdown surprisingly 3 days after no new cases recorded. From this, no new cases were detected among 460 people but arrested a man as he shouted: "You are using us as lab rats".
#COVID19 #MandatoryTest #LagunaCity #GoHKgraphics
#COVID19 #MandatoryTest #LagunaCity #GoHKgraphics
Twitter blocks account of the China Embassy in the U.S., accusing Xinjiang posts of violating user rules.
Source: Stand News #Jan21
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Twitter blocks account of the China Embassy in the U.S., accusing Xinjiang posts of violating user rules.
On Thursday (21), Twitter had blocked the Chinese Embassy’s account in the U.S. for a post that it said violated the company’s user code against “dehumanisation” by defending the Xinjiang region.
In a post this month, the Chinese Embassy in the United States said that Uighur women in Xinjiang had been “liberated” and that “gender equality has improved” under the Xinjiang policy, citing a report in China Daily, a newspaper sponsored by the Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department, that women there were no longer reproductive machines and could be more independent. That post was deleted by Twitter and labelled “not existed anymore”. The post has been removed from Twitter and tagged as no longer existing. While Twitter automatically hides posts that violate its policies, it requires account owners to manually delete such posts. No new posts have been posted to the Chinese Embassy’s account since January 9 of this year.
In response to media inquiries on Thursday, a Twitter spokesperson said Twitter took action against the account for violating the user policy, stating, “We prohibit dehumanisation based on religion, caste, age, disability, serious illness, national origin or race.”
#ChineseEmbassy #US #Uighyr #Xinjiang #Twitter
Source: Stand News #Jan21
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On Thursday (21), Twitter had blocked the Chinese Embassy’s account in the U.S. for a post that it said violated the company’s user code against “dehumanisation” by defending the Xinjiang region.
In a post this month, the Chinese Embassy in the United States said that Uighur women in Xinjiang had been “liberated” and that “gender equality has improved” under the Xinjiang policy, citing a report in China Daily, a newspaper sponsored by the Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department, that women there were no longer reproductive machines and could be more independent. That post was deleted by Twitter and labelled “not existed anymore”. The post has been removed from Twitter and tagged as no longer existing. While Twitter automatically hides posts that violate its policies, it requires account owners to manually delete such posts. No new posts have been posted to the Chinese Embassy’s account since January 9 of this year.
In response to media inquiries on Thursday, a Twitter spokesperson said Twitter took action against the account for violating the user policy, stating, “We prohibit dehumanisation based on religion, caste, age, disability, serious illness, national origin or race.”
#ChineseEmbassy #US #Uighyr #Xinjiang #Twitter
Source: Stand News #Jan21
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‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
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‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
Before joining the first pollical political protest during the Umbrella Movement, Peter, anonym, was a typica bystander. He was in Hong Kong in the 1980s and had a good career and a comfortable living , like many his generation.
“Peaceful rallies are meaningless. They are like going to karaoke. When you are done, everyone just goes home, with little accomplished,” says Peter.
He began joining calls to cause local “disruptions” against the Mainland Chinese shoppers jamming Hong Kong streets and driving up prices of necessities, and volunteered in the political campaigns to support “localist candidates.”
Peter, an activist in exile and granted asylum lately in Canada said, “I’m physically here but my heart is still with Hong Kong.” He’s going to school in this country and would like to pursue a higher education. He believes a collaborative international community can stop an emboldened China.
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
#Canada #HongKongAsylum #HongKong
Before joining the first pollical political protest during the Umbrella Movement, Peter, anonym, was a typica bystander. He was in Hong Kong in the 1980s and had a good career and a comfortable living , like many his generation.
“Peaceful rallies are meaningless. They are like going to karaoke. When you are done, everyone just goes home, with little accomplished,” says Peter.
He began joining calls to cause local “disruptions” against the Mainland Chinese shoppers jamming Hong Kong streets and driving up prices of necessities, and volunteered in the political campaigns to support “localist candidates.”
Peter, an activist in exile and granted asylum lately in Canada said, “I’m physically here but my heart is still with Hong Kong.” He’s going to school in this country and would like to pursue a higher education. He believes a collaborative international community can stop an emboldened China.
Source: Toronto Star #Jan24
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/24/my-heart-is-still-with-hong-kong-activists-in-exile-make-lives-in-canada-but-many-still-live-in-fear.html
#Canada #HongKongAsylum #HongKong
thestar.com
‘My heart is still with Hong Kong’: Activists in exile make lives in Canada, but many still live in fear
With Beijing tightening its grip on Hong Kong, pro-democracy and pro-independence activists have made their ways to Canada for asylum. In exile, they worry about their families back home and their own future here.
Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
In the beginning of this year, a thousand police officers armed with China’s tough new national security law arrested dozens of opposition legislators, lawyers and activists, who had organized and participated in an unofficial “primary” vote to select candidates for the 70-seat Legislative Council.
One minute after President Biden took office, China announced sanctions against 28 departing and former Trump administration officials, including Mr. Pompeo declaring that China's policies against Muslims in its Xinjiang region constitute a “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
Hong Kong is intolerable to the Chinese Communists not only as a gadfly, but as a standing rebuttal to Mr. Xi’s illiberal ideology.
Whatever signal China may have been trying to send by its crackdown on dissenters, the Biden administration should continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong.
Source: New York Times #Jan24
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/opinion/hong-kong-arrests.html?fbclid=IwAR2wCs5zIj60Qkj0zZRE0Sr9FqkUNNyeH260Te6fA1dpTBQiR8UraOLuRPA
#BidenEraChinaApproach #HongKong #China
In the beginning of this year, a thousand police officers armed with China’s tough new national security law arrested dozens of opposition legislators, lawyers and activists, who had organized and participated in an unofficial “primary” vote to select candidates for the 70-seat Legislative Council.
One minute after President Biden took office, China announced sanctions against 28 departing and former Trump administration officials, including Mr. Pompeo declaring that China's policies against Muslims in its Xinjiang region constitute a “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
Hong Kong is intolerable to the Chinese Communists not only as a gadfly, but as a standing rebuttal to Mr. Xi’s illiberal ideology.
Whatever signal China may have been trying to send by its crackdown on dissenters, the Biden administration should continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong.
Source: New York Times #Jan24
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/opinion/hong-kong-arrests.html?fbclid=IwAR2wCs5zIj60Qkj0zZRE0Sr9FqkUNNyeH260Te6fA1dpTBQiR8UraOLuRPA
#BidenEraChinaApproach #HongKong #China
NY Times
Opinion | Hong Kong Crackdown Is an Early Test for Biden
Even with Trump out of office, prospects seem dim for rapprochement between China and the United States.