Street busker arrested for singing “Do You Hear the People Sing”
Street busker Oliver Ma, of Chinese-Filipino descent, was surrounded by police officers while busking in Central on August 8. He was arrested when he sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”. Legislative Council Member, Ted Hui, said on Facebook that Oliver Ma was charged for obstructing police, and he has contacted a team of lawyers to follow up.
Oliver Ma was seen in online videos dressed in a black and white striped shirt and sang the English version of “Glory to Hong Kong” on Theater Lane, Central, while four police officers observed nearby. After a while, when Oliver Ma sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”, the other police officers moved forward to surround him and turned off his speaker. A citizen filming the incident asked the police, “What crime did he commit?” when Oliver Ma was in handcuffs.
Previously on July 28, Oliver Ma was arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation, alleging that he argued with a 65-year-old woman on the street in Central because of noise problems. He was released on bail pending the investigation. He explained the incident on his Facebook, stating that the old woman suddenly snatched away his microphone stand while he was performing, and kicked his guitar case on the ground. Police arrested him on suspicion of criminal intimidation against the old lady, even though they did not any record voice or video evidence of him doing so. He denied having committed any crimes, believing that he was a victim of false accusations.
He suspected that his latest arrest was the police punishing him for his persistence in singing “Glory to Hong Kong”.
Source: Stand News #Aug8 #PoliceState #Busking #Music #GloryToHongKong #OliverMa #NationalSecurityLaw #FailedState
Street busker Oliver Ma, of Chinese-Filipino descent, was surrounded by police officers while busking in Central on August 8. He was arrested when he sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”. Legislative Council Member, Ted Hui, said on Facebook that Oliver Ma was charged for obstructing police, and he has contacted a team of lawyers to follow up.
Oliver Ma was seen in online videos dressed in a black and white striped shirt and sang the English version of “Glory to Hong Kong” on Theater Lane, Central, while four police officers observed nearby. After a while, when Oliver Ma sang “Do You Hear the People Sing”, the other police officers moved forward to surround him and turned off his speaker. A citizen filming the incident asked the police, “What crime did he commit?” when Oliver Ma was in handcuffs.
Previously on July 28, Oliver Ma was arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation, alleging that he argued with a 65-year-old woman on the street in Central because of noise problems. He was released on bail pending the investigation. He explained the incident on his Facebook, stating that the old woman suddenly snatched away his microphone stand while he was performing, and kicked his guitar case on the ground. Police arrested him on suspicion of criminal intimidation against the old lady, even though they did not any record voice or video evidence of him doing so. He denied having committed any crimes, believing that he was a victim of false accusations.
He suspected that his latest arrest was the police punishing him for his persistence in singing “Glory to Hong Kong”.
Source: Stand News #Aug8 #PoliceState #Busking #Music #GloryToHongKong #OliverMa #NationalSecurityLaw #FailedState
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Busker arrested for the third time for singing “May glory be to Hong Kong”
#OliverMa, a Filipino Hong Konger, was arrested for the third time while singing “May glory be to Hong Kong” on the street.
On May 21, 2021, the police arrested Ma for “disorderly conduct in a public place” and confiscated his guitar, speaker and mic stand.
A video showed that the police turned off Ma's speaker soon after they warned him when he was singing “May glory be to Hong Kong”.
Ma has mentioned on his personal page previously that the reason he sang “May glory be to Hong Kong” was because of audiences’ requests, but he has never been receiving such requests since the #NationalSecurityLaw has passed and that he has never sung the song himself.
He said he will sing the song in the future as a call for help when he fears for his safety or when he is randomly arrested by the police.
Source: In Media HK #May23
https://bit.ly/3yAmgpy
Busker arrested for the third time for singing “May glory be to Hong Kong”
#OliverMa, a Filipino Hong Konger, was arrested for the third time while singing “May glory be to Hong Kong” on the street.
On May 21, 2021, the police arrested Ma for “disorderly conduct in a public place” and confiscated his guitar, speaker and mic stand.
A video showed that the police turned off Ma's speaker soon after they warned him when he was singing “May glory be to Hong Kong”.
Ma has mentioned on his personal page previously that the reason he sang “May glory be to Hong Kong” was because of audiences’ requests, but he has never been receiving such requests since the #NationalSecurityLaw has passed and that he has never sung the song himself.
He said he will sing the song in the future as a call for help when he fears for his safety or when he is randomly arrested by the police.
Source: In Media HK #May23
https://bit.ly/3yAmgpy
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（獨媒報導）曾在街頭演唱英文版《願榮光歸香港》，被兩度拘捕的港菲混血兒馬賦馳（Oliver Ma），前日（21）再被警方以「在公眾地方作出擾亂秩序的行為」拘捕，用以表演的結他、音箱和咪架都被沒收。片段可見，Oliver唱起英文版《願榮光》時，警員發出警告，未幾便關掉他的音箱。Oliver曾發文解釋，以往唱《願榮光》英文版是因為有聽眾要求，但《國安法