#Court
Teen Acquitted of Assualting Police Officer, Magistrate Doubts police officer's honesty and reliability

During one of the anti-ELAB protest activities on 3 August 2019, a male university student studying in England was charged for assaulting a police officer by hitting him with his head in a police car. Magistrate ruled on Monday (June 1) that the young protester was not guilty, while accusing the police officer being a dishonest and unreliable witness.

The Magistrate pointed out in his ruling that the witness statement provided by police officer was self-contradictory, and the prosecution could not explain the serious injuries on the defendant’s body and face, including fractured nose bones, which did not appear before the student got on the police car.

Source: Apple Daily #June3 #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality

Police denies access to information despite of Ombudsman Commission’s urge for open disclosure

Journalists of Citizen News asked the police in June last year to provide the titles of all chapters of the Police General Orders, citing the Code on Access to Information. However, the police refused to disclose the titles of each chapter on the grounds of impairing investigation, arrest, prosecution and maintaining public order.

In August 2019, the reporter lodged a complaint to the Ombudsman Commission. The Commission replied on May 13, nearly nine months after, and ruled the complaint case substantiated. The Commission noted that the title of the Police General Act only provided a general account of the subject matter of the relevant chapter and did not contain any specific content and would not lead to the situation described by the Police. The Police Force's statement was "far-fetched" and the Commission recommended the Police Force to reconsider the request for information from journalists in accordance with the Code.

However, the Police replied on May 27 that they were reviewing the Report by the Ombudsman Commission, without mentioning the expected completion time.

Source: Citizen News #June3
#Press #PoliceState #HongKongPolice

#June4Commemorations
Blossom Everywhere: Organiser of June 4 Vigil Calls on Citizens to Carry-on “Candle-lit” Tradition

Locking down a venue cannot lock down the hearts of Hong Kong citizens. Under the pretext of “Social distance and gathering ban”, HK Government banned, for the first-time in 31 years, the Victoria Park 64 vigil held annually in remembrance of the victims of Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989.

The Hong Kong Alliance, in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China called on the public to uphold the “candle-lit” tradition, letting the flame of remembrance blossom everywhere in Hong Kong so that the next generation will carry on seeking vindication of the movement.

The Hong Kong Catholic Community Federation of Support for the Patriotic and Democratic Movement of China (HKPF) also decided for the first time to hold a Mass in 7 churches in Hong Kong to pay tribute to the victims of June 4 Massacre and to pray for the people fighting for democracy.

Asked whether members would be afraid to attend the Mass, concerning introduction of the National Security Law, Chan Lok-shun recognised that some might be worried about political repression, but he also believes that many would hold on to the values they believe. Chan emphasised that the Church always pray for political stability, world peace and human rights, and he hoped to carry out “as much as they can.”

Further Reading:
Hong Kong Police Object Annual June 4th Vigil for Tiananmen Massacre,
Organizer calls for a new way to commemorate: Let candles be lit everywhere in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21900

Source: Apple Daily

#June3 #NationalSecurityLaw #June4Vigil #BlossomEverywhere

#FirstHand #June4Commemorations
Memories From Generation to Generation

Every year, young faces are sighted at the candlelight vigil to carry on the flame of remembrance to the next generation, to continue seeking vindication for the June 4 massacre.

#June3 #June4vigil

#FirstHand #3June
Citizens carry '6/4' Neon Lights

20:42 | #LaiChiKok Detention Centre

Citizens held up big neon lights, showing the Roman Numerals "VI IV", symbolizing "6 4", the date which the Tiananmen Square Massacre happened.

#June3 #June4Commemorations

#FirstHand
Police Officers Breaks Solemn Atmosphere, Yells Through Loudhailer

20:06 | #LaiChiKok Detention Centre

While citizens were closing their eyes, putting their hands together and taking a quiet moment to pray, police officers yelled through loudhailers, warning them that they were breaching the 8-person per gathering ban, without showing even the slightest respect to a solemn atmosphere.

#June3 #June4Commemorations #Rem8964

#FirstHand
Citizens Sing with Detainees in Commemoration of 8964

Although protesters of anti-ELAB movement being detained at the Lai Chi Kok Detention Center were banned from holding a mass ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of Tienanmen Massacre, they vowed to pray for the deceased and sing the “Flower of Freedom” in their prison cells this evening.

In supporting of the detainees' actions, citizens gathered right outside of the detention center to sing with the detainees.

#June3 #June4Commemorations

#FirstHand
Citizens Shout, Showing Support for Detained

Showing their support for the detained pro-democracy protesters, citizens shouted and chanted at the top of their lungs: “Fellas, we back you up!”

#June3 #June4Commemorations #Rem8964

#Smearing #June4
Hostile Banners Seen outside Churches in Hong Kong, Smearing June 4 Memorial Masses and Warning of National Security Breach

Photo: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/29886

Tomorrow, June 4, 2021, marks 32 years after June 4th Tiananmen Massacre, a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy civilians by the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, in 1989.

In Hong Kong, the annual candlelight vig has been banned by the police. Despite that, the Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese will continue to organize a Mass outside their seven churches in the evening.

However, on the morning of June 3, 2021, some hostile banners with words "Cult invades religion" were placed outside the churches, smearing the mass as a potential breach of the #NationalSecurityLaw.

Porson Chan, project officer of the Commission, responded that they had no intention to correlate the false accusations on the banner to the June 4 Mass, emphasizing that the Mass is a legal religious activity protected by Basic Law. Thus the event would be held as scheduled.

Image: Big
Text: InMedia HK #June3

#PoliticalSuppression #Masses #Church #TiananmenMassacre

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#FirstHand #June3
Hongkongers Insist on Remembering #June4th

In the past, #CandleVigil was held annually in Hong Kong on June 4 to commemorate the victims of 1989 #TiananmenMassacre in Beijing.

Starting from 11pm on June 3, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (#LCSD) of the Hong Kong SAR Government ordered to close the football pitches and the lawn area in #VictoriaPark, to "curb unauthorised assembly".

Over 100 police officers patrolled at all the entrances of the Park since 10:30pm. Some areas in the park were blocked by crowd control barriers.

Mr Sung, an artist who wore a black face mask, arrived at Victoria Park at 9:30pm. He sat on the ground with an umbrella and two e-candles, reading "The History of Modern Mime". The police stopped and searched him and asked him his purpose at the venue. He only answered "no comment".

Despite the heavy rain , Mr Sung didn't back down. He held up his umbrella and continued to sit-in until 11pm, the deadline given by the LCSD.

#Remembrance #PoliceState

As Hong Kong clamps down, ‘burden of remembering’ #TiananmenMassacre shifts overseas

Source: Globe and Mail #June3

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As Hong Kong clamps down, ‘burden of remembering’ #TiananmenMassacre shifts overseas

// In the decades since the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing on June 4, 1989, one of the most indelible images associated with the event, alongside “Tank Man” and the Goddess of Democracy statue, has been a sea of candles, lighting up the night.

Every year, tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to commemorate the dead and echo their calls for democracy in China.

No more. The 30th anniversary of the massacre in 2019 was the last time it was marked by a mass gathering in Hong Kong. Memorials since then have been banned on coronavirus grounds, as is the case this year, with public gatherings still limited to four people...

“With the last symbol of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Hong Kong being taken away it is crucial for Hong Kongers and all persons of conscience around the world to pick up the torch and make sure that the flame of freedom and democracy remain burning,” said Mabel Tung, chair of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement (#VSSDM), a group founded by Chinese Canadians in support of the 1989 protests.

...Amnesty International said it is arranging events in more than 20 cities this year, and will call on participants not only to remember those killed in Beijing, but also “stand in solidarity with those in Hong Kong whose peaceful acts of commemoration are now criminalized.”

In Asia, one of the largest memorials will be in Taipei, where organizers plan to unveil a replica of the “Pillar of Shame,” a statue commemorating the Tiananmen victims that was forcibly removed from Hong Kong last year...//

Source: Globe and Mail #June3

Read the full article:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-hong-kong-clamps-down-burden-of-remembering-tiananmen-massacre/

#Remembrance #Solidarity #Overseas #Resistance #Diaspora #Hongkongers