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#FirstHand #Jun25

Guitarist Plays Protest Anthem to Remind Hongkongers to Fight On

19:30 | Prince Edward MTR Station, #Mongkok

A disabled guitarist plays “Glory to Hong Kong” outside Prince Edward Station MTR Station.

#GlorytoHK #PrinceEdward
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#FirstHand #Jul31 #PrinceEdward831
Police Take Unarmed Young Man Holding a Camera To Police Station

2216 | MTR Station Exit B1, #PrinceEdward

An unarmed young man in yellow-shirt holding a camera is surrounded by at least three police officers in gear. He was stopped and searched and was later taken to the police station.

In spite of the quiet atmosphere and absence of protest, police have arrested several civilians on the monthly commemorative day of the 8.31 terror attack.

Police Take Away a Man with Take-away and Bicycle on 8.31 Monthly Commemorative Day

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/23873

Police Intercept Teenage Girl Holding White Flowers
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Police Arrest At Least 5 Young People inside Prince Edward Station
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/23872

Despite Cat. 3 Tropical Depression, Man Alone Insists on Remembering 831 Remembering 8.31 Terror Attack at Prince Edward Station
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/23877
#PrinceEdward831
Blue Flag Outside Citibank, Female Passerby Shoved Into Bank For Reasons Unclear

1908 - 1910 | Citibank, Prince Edward
Police raised the blue flag outside of Citibank for reasons unclear. A female passerby was shoved into Citibank by riot police for unknown reasons, sparking outrage among citizens present.

Source: LocalPressHK.com
#31Aug #PrinceEdward #FailedState #PoliceState
#PrinceEdward831
Elderly Arrested for Not Wearing Mask

Today marks one year since the 831 attack at Prince Edward. Many people were seen offering flowers and laying their tributes outside of Prince Edward Station. After being issued warning from the police, an elderly was arrested for not wearing her mask, and was taken to the police station by two police officers.

Source: Stand News
#31Aug #FailedState #PrinceEdward #PoliceState #Elderly
#PrinceEdward831

1929 | #PrinceEdward #PioneerCentre
A large number of riot police drove civilians at the scene away and asked for the journalists to move towards Mong Kok East Station.

A group of civilians were detained outside of Sasa located at Pioneer Centre

1938 |
The gate of Pioneer Centre at Sai Yeung Choi Street was closed. Police released civilians who were previously detained after being stopped and searched.

1945 |
Riot polices at the junction of Bute Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street announced that they were cordoning off Sai Yeung Choi Street South. A few people were hesrd shouting “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times.”

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Nearly a hundred civilians gathered at the junction of Sai Yeung Choi Street at Prince Edward and were shouting slogans, like “Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of our Times”, “Death to the family of the corrupt police”, etc. Police hoisted a purple flag and dispersed journalists at the scene.

Source: Stand News #Aug31 #PoliceState
#FirstHand
Heavy police presence in Mong Kok; Stop and search targeting youths

2040 | #PrinceEdward, Fa Yuen Street
Off Prince Edward, police armed with shields and pepper guns were seen patrolling the streets of Mong Kok in large numbers.

They were also seen conducting stop and search, and a large number of the people being intercepted by them were youths.

#Aug31 #PrinceEdward831 #PoliceState
#PrinceEdward831 #PoliceState
Woman Persuades Police to Destroy Personal Information for Personal Data Protection

2146 | #PrinceEdward Rd West, Fa Yuen St, Nullah Rd Garden

Miss Lam said that she and her boyfriend were charged for violating the group gathering ban, but she was only with her boyfriend only. She said that she was not going to pay the fine.

Police officers copied her personal information on a notebook before copying it onto a ticket and issuing it to her. She repeatedly asked the police officers to destroy her personal information that was wrirten down in the notebook.

After much persuasion, the police officers finally tore off that page.

She expressed her hopes for more people to be aware of her experience, and take this as a lesson to learn how to protect their personal information well.

Source: RTHK
#Aug31 #FailedState
#PrinceEdward831 #PoliceState #FailedState
Hong Kong Police Announces the Upcoming Arrest of All Civilians Paying Tribute to Police Brutality Victims

On August 31, 2019, riot police barged into the subway trains in Prince Edward station and indiscrimately assaulted passengers and pro-democracy protesters on their way home.

Many civilians were gravely injured, and many others were seen went down on their knees, or begging the police to stop pepper-spraying and hitting them. Known as the 831 Prince Edward Incident, this was one of the most brutal incidents during the Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong.

Since then, members of the public voluntarily go to the #PrinceEdward train station on the last day of every month, bringing white flowers to pay tribute to the casualties and the victims of #PoliceBrutality in the pro-democracy movement.

On Nov 28, 2020, it was reported that Hong Kong police will arrest any civilians paying tribute outside the Prince Edward Station starting from Nov 30, 2020.

District Councilor Lam Siu-ben told reporters that since beginning of 2020, police officers often sweep away white flowers as soon as civilians put them down. Other police officers were seen closely monitoring onlookers from nearby Mong Kok Police Station. When a civilian put down a flower, they would immediately be threatened for committing littering.

Lam quoted a source saying the police will tighten enforcement from this month to disperse citizens gathering nearby Prince Edward Station and arrest those refuse to leave.

Lam said that from his observation, “police do not want to see white flowers being placed at Prince Edward station and around the area of Mong Kok Police Station".

Source: Apple Daily #Nov28
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20201128/ZGJXCIEIEJD7XKMNCZ2NWM4SMU/
#FirstHand #Nov30
Grandma Wong Holding Flowers High Despite Threat of Arrest by the Police

1937 | #PrinceEdward

Yesterday (29 Nov), it was reported that Hong Kong police will arrest any civilians paying tribute outside the Prince Edward Station starting from Nov 30, 2020.

A large amount of uniformed police were deployed near Prince Edward Station, blocking civilians' way to pay tribute and commemorate to victims of the 8.31 Attack outside.

Despite the hindrance, Grandma Wong, an active participant of the pro-democracy protests, was seen holding a yellow umbrella and the flowers high.

#831PrinceEdward #GrandmaWong #NeverForget #PoliceState #Remembrance #15Months
#FirstHand #NeverForget #NeverForgive
Citizens Continue Monthly Tribute in Remembrance of Police Brutality Victims Despite Mounting Oppression

Today is the last day of 2020, which also marks the 16th month of the 8.31 incident where Hong Kong police forced themselves onto a train landed at Prince Edward MTR station and attacked indiscriminately passengers on the train, pepper-sprayed innocent civilians, and stopped medics from aiding those being injured.

Many pro-democracy protesters, on their way home after a day of peaceful rally, had fallen victim to police brutality on August 31 last year. Known as the 8.31 Prince Edward Incident, this is also remembered as one of the most brutal incidents during the Anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong last year.

Since then, members of the public have voluntarily been going to #PrinceEdward station on the last day of every month, bringing white flowers to pay tribute to the rumoured casualties and the victims of #PoliceBrutality during the pro-democracy movement.

In a bid to silence opposing voices in the city, Hong Kong Police announced that they will arrest citizens going Prince Edward station to lay white flowers in remembrance of this incident, citing COVID-19 and social distancing as excuses.

Although police set up a long cordon line this afternoon as early as 4pm, Granny Wong was sighted near Prince Edward station with white flowers in late evening, holding a light sign that read “#Save12”.

In defiance of stringent police control, some citizens came to show their respect to pro-democracy protesters, bringing a prominent signage that read, “ICAC investigate proactively, arresting the plaintiff Lam Cheuk-ting instead”.

#Dec31
3 Years of #August31Incident, HKers in Britain not to Give Up

HKers gathered at no less than 12 British cities for the three years of the August 31 incident. Participants condemned the Hong Kong police for helping the regime to suppress citizens. They continue to ask for the truth and request the authority and the MTR company to make the CCTV recording public.

Around a thousand participants mourned the incident in front of Parliament Square in London. The host read out the names who gave their lives to the #AntiELAB movement. Names include Leung Ling Kit, the first to jump off from Pacific Place after hanging the slogan next to the building, Leung Kin-Fai, who stabbed a police officer on #Jul01 last year, Chan Yin-lam and Chow Chi-Lok, who still have an unknown cause of death up til now.

On the night of Aug 31, 2019, a group of protesters had arguments with the passengers who opposed the protests inside Prince Edward Station. Many riot police and Special Tactical Squad members then rushed into the station and had an indiscriminate attack on citizens with batons, guns and pepper spray both on the platform and in the train.

The police force even locked the station for more than 30 hours afterwards, obstructing journalists' interviews and rescue work. No one can understand the factual situation inside the station, nor can hold Hong Kong police accountable for using excessive force.

#PrinceEdward #LeungLingKit #LeungKinFai #ChanYinLam #ChowTszLok #ParliamentSquare

Source: RFA #Sep01
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/uk-831-09012022095619.html