#AsiasFinest #Plagiarism
Hong Kong Police Force Allegedly Plagiarizes Popular Japanese Anime "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba"

Source: Stand News #Nov17

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#AsiasFinest #Plagiarism
Hong Kong Police Force Allegedly Plagiarizes Popular Japanese Anime "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba"

Katsunobu Kato, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan met the press on Nov 17, 2020 and was asked to comment on a Facebook post by the Hong Kong Police Force which was accused of plagiarising the Japanese anime "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba".

Kato stated that he wouldn't comment on the particular case but emphasised that Japan values the copyrights of animated works and will investigate any suspected plagiarism.

Earlier this month, the Hong Kong Police Force created an animated character to promote "fraud prevention". The character was named "Grape-jiro" and had similar appearance to the main character "Tanjiro" from the anime.

The Hong Kong police named their post as "13th form of Antifraud Breathing - Don't be greedy for cheap things", which was clearly plagiarising the expression used in the original anime.

After the claims of plagiarism were made, the Police Public Relation Branch (#PPRB) responded to Apple Daily's inquiry, claiming that the post did not plagiarise from any external source, and stated the character was created using the theme "grape".

The incident was quickly noticed by the Japanese media and TBS also reported the incident on the news. Many netizens critisized the act of plagiarism and claimed that "China lacks the idea of copyright".

[Editor's note:
"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" is a manga created by Koyoharu Gotōge. The anime film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" is Japan's highest grossing film in 2020.

As the Hong Kong police allegedly committed plagiarism in November 2020, it was also when the film was released in Hong Kong.]

Source: Stand News #Nov17

#DemonSlayer #KimetsuNoYaiba #CopyRight #JapaneseAnime #HongKongPolice

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#HikaruNoGo #ChineseCharacteristic
China's Adaptation of “Hikaru no Go” Causes Controversy with Hong Kong's Handover Storyline

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26811b

Nathan Law says the battle is not over in Hong Kong

Source: The Economist #Nov17

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Nathan Law says the battle is not over in Hong Kong

China views civil liberties and human rights as an existential threats. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s actions in Xinjiang and Tibet proof that China will stop at nothing to enforce its coercive control every corner of its territory.

Because of pandemic, China’s grown model and wealth distribution system may fail to generate sufficient economic power to keep the country going on the current path. Internal dissent is increasing.

After the enactment of a new National Security Law (NSL) on 30th June, street demonstration are now unlikely. However, protest is still alive, just in a more subtle and tenacious form. As expected, China continues to grip Hong Kong in its iron fist in the coming year, we will have to come up with new ways to resist.

Source: The Economist #Nov17

https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2020/11/17/nathan-law-says-the-battle-is-not-over-in-hong-kong?fbclid=IwAR3NTp819xn_XHmhG8iU_k8Izlf3ifLLvqQYvacBVT-BzeLa6NfIF_0QFFU

#CCP #HongKong #Hongkongers #HKProtest

#AsiasFinest #FailedState
Rape, Theft, Drug: Hong Kong Police

In the past 4 to 5 months in 2020, a total of 16 police officers were arrested. Police illegitimacies, such like drug trafficking, theft, rape and assault, were revealed.

From 2015 to 2018, at least 107 police officers were arrested and at least 6 officers were involved in rapes and sexual harrassement cases.

Examples of police illegitimacies include:

1. Drug

A sergeant was arrested for the possession of crystal methamphetamine totalling 25kg suspected to have been stolen from drugs seized.

2. Abduction and Rape

On 16 November 2020, several police officers went clubbing together. Two officers were suspected of abducting and raping a 20-year-old drunk woman at a love motel in Mong Kok.

One of the officers is a riot police while the other one has recently been transferred to the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau (#OCTB).

3. Theft

An officer of Police Public Relations Bureau (#PPRB) was arrested for stealing helmets, gloves, canned abalone, camera batteries among other items.

4. Credit Card and Identity Theft

A 28 year-old police officer was suspected of misappropriating credit card for the purchase of two iphones, worth a total of HK$25,000.

He was charged with one count of theft and two counts of obtaining property by deception.

Source: Stand News; Now News; Apple Daily #Nov17

https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20201117/IQ266DSLBFAPHNL6G5GHYQRVR4/

Australia and Japan Signed a Security Pact to Counter China's Threat, and Emphasise Importance of Hong Kong's Democratic Processes and Institutions

Source from: Apple Daily #Nov17

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Australia and Japan Signed a Security Pact to Counter China's Threat, and Emphasise Importance of Hong Kong's Democratic Processes and Institutions

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited Tokyo Japan, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday (17th November) and will stay for two days. In addition to discussing bilateral tourism and economic cooperation, the greater focus will be on military cooperation. After closed-door talks, the two announced that they had reached an agreement on bilateral military cooperation, to facilitate training and joint operations, strengthen the defence ties against China.

After the meeting they announced a joint statement, expressing their "serious concerns about the situation in the South China Sea and reconfirmed their strong opposition to any coercive or unilateral attempts to change the status quo and thereby increase tensions in the region." without directly mentioned China. They also shared "grave concerns" over the situation in Hong Kong, emphasised the "importance of upholding Hong Kong’s democratic processes and institutions, as well as the high degree of autonomy set out in the Basic Law and Sino-British Joint Declaration."

Source from: Apple Daily #Nov17

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20201117/WQE2OJKKXZFEZOQB32UIYXXZQA/

Hong Kong is Back to Square One- Only This Time It’s Worse

Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov17

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Hong Kong is Back to Square One- Only This Time It’s Worse

The mass resignation of pan-democratic legislators in process against the disqualification of four legislators takes Hong Kong back 23 years.

After disqualifying 12 opposition candidates, Chief Executive Carrie Lam sought approval from Beijing regarding the postponement of the Legislative Council Elections. While the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) announced to extend all current Hong Kong Legislators for at least a year, Beijing did not mention the four legislators disqualified by Lam later. It implied Beijing was fine with allowing all members of all the legislature to continue for another year.

Only upon Lam’s request, NPCSC passed a resolution to disqualify “legislators who promote Hong Kong independence, ask external forces to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs or commit other acts that threaten national security”.

Carrie Lam “has created a path for the executive to remove legislators at will, without the involvement of the legislature itself or the judiciary. The Hong Kong Bar Association pointed out the government’s approach to ‘violates the basic principles of fairness and due process inherent in the rule of law.’

China now ranks Hong Kong’s importance behind Shenzhen.

Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov17

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-after-23-years-hong-kong-is-back-to-square-one-only-this-time-its/

#HongKong #LegCoElection #LegCoHK

#Censorship
Sports Event Organisers Ban "Hong Kong Add Oil" in Upcoming Events

Source: Stand News; #Nov17

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Sports Event Organisers in Hong Kong Ban "Hong Kong Add Oil" in Upcoming Events

The Hong Kong Cycling Festival and the Cross-harbour Swimming Competition announced on November 16, 2021 that their events will resume after the cancellations due to the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement and the subsequent #COVID19 pandemic in 2020.

However, the organizers are banning the participants from displaying slogans such as “Hong Kong Add Oil” (meaning, "Go for it, Hong Kong") at the upcoming events. They called it a "political slogan."

The organisers warned they will involve the police if people refuse to cooperate.

Manson Hung, director of event & product development at the Hong Kong Tourism Board said that, if the cyclists show political slogans on their outfit or bicycles, the organisers will demand them to remove them. If this is to no avail, then the organizer will involve the “appropriate law enforcement departments.”

When asked if "Hong Kong add oil” was a so-called "inappropriate" Cantonese phrase, Hung gave a vague response, “I think you understand.”

Source: Stand News; #Nov17
https://thestandnews.page.link/7FWZmNQ6j69MdtbY8

#CrossHarbourSwim #CyclingFestival #HongKongTourism #FailedState #NationalSecurityLaw #Oppression #AddOil

#AnimalRights #WildBoar
Hong Kong government refuses to listen, costing the lives of wild animal: concern group

Source: #FirstHand; #Nov17

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Hong Kong government refuses to listen, costing the lives of wild animal: concern group

In mid-November 2021, the Hong Kong SAR Government put in place the “catch-and-kill” policy towards wild boars, replacing the long-standing "trap, neuter, return" (#TNR) policy, under which wild boars were captured and returned to wild areas.

The government changed the policy after a wild boar injured an auxiliary force officer.

In the video, Mr Wong of the Hong Kong Wild Boar Concern Group said that the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (#AFCD) had refused their request for a meeting.

The concern group objected the Government's decision to kill wild boars, calling it "uncivilized.”

The concern group discourages people from feeding the boars and advocates benign coexistence between human and wild animals and a “cooling-off period”.

“The root cause of the issue is that the government did not provide more resources for conservation and the NTR plan, or to change the designs of rubbish bins, and most importantly, to teach people not to feed wild pigs,” said Wong.

He continued, “These are the main reasons leading to the government pushing all responsibilities onto the wild animals and threatening those who care about the rights of wild animals with criminal offence.”

“Even though we cannot stop the government from enforcing the catch-and-kill rule, we refuse to be silenced. We will continue to make our voices heard till the end,” Wong concluded the interview in anguish.

#Wilderness #ConcernGroup #FailedState

Source: #FirstHand; #Nov17
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#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31792

2 Years After PolyUsiege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

On November 17, 2019, a fierce police-civilian collision broke out at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU). The campus were surrounded by armed police. It is the most tragic fight in the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, carving an indelible wound in countless Hongkongers' hearts.

Two years have passed, a large number of pro-democracy #protesters were subjected to reprisal one after another. As a result, some of them were #exiled #overseas without a returning date, including the 19-year-old Ivan

After escaping from the #PolyUSiege, Ivan, like many young protesters, has been facing the "guilt of survivors" and the unknown future.

"I have been thinking for a long time and finally decided to speak out as I would like to overcomd the fear with everyone," Ivan said.

After s year of exile in the #UK, Ivan chooses to "come out of the closet politically", which is different from when he first arrived.

In the past, he participated in the UK rallies anoymously by donning black. Today, he would not cover his face, rather, he would speak in front of a camera in order to let the world hear their voice.

Ivan said, "I would like to tell the world what we are thinking and what we are doing in a new perspective, as well as the reasons behind, including Why I need to taje it to the street, instead of being a "#HongKongPig" [the one who does not care about politics]?"

So "Hong Kong Pig" went on the street.

Before the movement, Ivan was a "Hong Kong pig", who did not care about the happenings in societyn. But then he chose to protest on the street, entering PolyU campus during the siege, even when he was still a secondary school student.

Ten hours later, he tried to escape from the campus but was arrested.

Although he refused to enter into further bail and was released unconditionally, due to the further reprisal by the Hong Kong Police Force, Ivan had been living in fear before leaving HK.

He then left for the UK with his HKSAR Passport and a single flight ticket on November 5, 2020, going on an exile on his own. At the time of leaving, his parents were also kept in the dark.

He avoids mentioning his family and denies recalling the experiences in the protests, but emphasising "not to get the light spot".

Struggling at the edge of the political #asylum after the exile

Not long after Ivan's departure, the police went to his home to arrest him, accusing him of "perverting the course of public justice".

Just a line to the imprisonment, he becomes a #fugitive at the age of19, struggling to survive alone in a new country.

Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html

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#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31808

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31792

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As he was born after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, he does not have a #BNO passport. He can only seek #PoliticalAsylum in the UK.

During the waiting process, he could not work for a living, resulting in a difficult time. He revealed that when he first arrived in the UK, he was a "hard labour" for his "parents" in the UK from HK, limiting his freedom.

After a while, he got rid of them and stayed at a temporary dormitory provided by the UK government.

Ivan said, "the accommodation is very disrespectful nor feeling staying alone. I don't think they treat me like a person. Throughout the time, there was one fellow staying with me but left. The rest were asylums from other countries. Only a few of us are from Asia, and I am the only person from Hong Kong.

Going with the psychological shadow

The accommodation for asylum is lonely and with occasional sudden room-check by the staff at the outsourcing company of management. This action recalls Ivan's fear of police arresting him at his home's door before leaving HK after the siege.

In addition, he had his first political asylum interview in June this year. However, he couldn't finish the interview due to emotional problems after 6 hours of examination. The application is still yet to be approved after a year.

He has only recently received £8 each week from the British #HomeOffice.

Ivan stated, "life is obviously not too well financially, but the most difficult is to face the uncertain future. Applying for political asylum is complicated, with many interviews and evidence preparations. The waiting duration increases asylum's mental health burden as we can't work and may need to sign in with the police frequently."

The guilt of a "survivor"

Ivan and his friends founded "#HongKongAidUK" for HKers in the UK, supporting other political asylum seekers from Hong Kong with his own experience, providing suggestions and referrals. The organisation recently provides winter clothes for financially tight people.

Apart from helping UK HKers, he continues to speak out for democracy - calling to boycott #Beijing2022 Olympics with #Tibetan and #Uyghur groups, as well as setting up a street exhibition about HK on the #RemembranceDay. He also reminds the foreign HKers not to forget the November in 2019, full of blood.

Despite his work for HK, Ivan can hardly get away from his contradiction and guilt from his heart, and he uses it as a self-sarcasm.

He indicated, "I always say that there should have no separation between myself and the place, but then I left. It makes me feel guilty for being a survivor and think about what I can do more for HK.

If I go into imprisonment, I will not be able to come out in a short term, which means I will spend a lot of time in jail. Yet, since I arrived in a foreign country, I can use this time to do things according to my will."

Contnue Reading Part 3

Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31813

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31791

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31807

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People inside the city want to escape; people outside want to return

#HongKongWatch, a UK #HumanRights organisation, estimates that there are 120 political asylum seekers from HK at the moment and 200 to 300 HKers with a temporary or expired tourist visa in the UK.

Some UK #MPs suggested amending BNO application terms and conditions that a Hker could have the right to stay in the UK if one of the parents qualified for a #BNOvisa, including HK young people born after 1997.

The amendment bill is an aid for people like Ivan, whose parents do not want to leave for the UK and need to be political asylums.

The total amount of these people are estimated to be 100 thousand, expanding HKer groups in the UK. However, the #parliament rejects the decision after a 2-days discussion on Dec 8 due to the scale of expansion.

While people in the city try to get out very hard, people outside the city earnestly want to get back. Ivan hopes to see HKers can have shumai (a traditional Cantonese dim sum) at home together.

"I really want to return to Hong Kong"

Ivan sees Hong Kong as his home even though he is in the UK now. When he saw people giving applause welcoming the soldiers on Remembrance Day, he wished to have another Liberation Day for Hong Kong, the day when he could go back to Hong Kong.

He expressed, "I would like to say to everyone one day: let's return to HK. An ethnic group has nothing wrong to go back to their origin. Hong Kong was colonised by the UK and is colonised by the #CCP. I feel very unwilling as HKers have fought for a long term but can't make any decision for themselves. If Hong Kong is liberated one day, do still I have a chance to travel, or am I "lying in a box covered by a blanket"?"

No one can predict when it will be, but Ivan will continue to embrace this hope to survive in a foreign country.

#LOTR

Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html