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Hongkongers in Toronto Present Flowers at Prince Edward MTR Display in Memory of 8.31 Attack; Frontliner Shares Experiences of Protests, Encourages Supporters to Remain United
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Hongkongers in Toronto Present Flowers at Prince Edward MTR Display in Memory of 8.31 Attack; Frontliner Shares Experiences of Protests, Encourages Supporters to Remain United
On August 31, 2021, Hongkongers gathered at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto, Canada to commemorate the #831PrinceEdwardAttack, which took place two years ago in Hong Kong.
The event was organized by Canada-Hong Kong Link (#CHKL), who had decorated a nearby wall to resemble an exit of Hong Kong's Prince Edward MTR station, and attendees presented flowers in memory of the terrifying attack by riot police officers against passengers inside the station that evening two years ago.
Also on display is a replica of a banner sign held up by a first-aider during the attack, demanding police to respect the humanitarian right for the injured to receive medical attention.
Videos of the first-aider pleading in tears with police - and the police ignoring him through locked gates - was among many that had gone viral on the night of the attack, stoking the city's anger against the escalating police brutality.
This video and others taken during the attack was also shown at the rally, as well as interviews with victims of the attack. CHKL president #GloriaFung said that they want to remind attendees of what happened in Hong Kong that night; more importantly, "We want to show all Hongkongers that we have never forgotten Hong Kong, and we will never give up speaking up for Hong Kong on the international stage."
In preparation for the upcoming Canadian federal election this month, CHKL had also organized a nationwide survey on foreign policy and national security issues, particularly towards China. The results is set to be announced next week, and Fung expects it to send a clear message to all political parties of the concerns shared among Canadian Hongkongers, as well as other groups under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party.
Also speaking at the meeting was Hei, A frontline protester who had moved to Canada, shared stories of his experience in the protests. He said that he felt unity in the city that he never felt before, even though he was a construction worker and assumed that he belonged to the lower class of society.
"That year was when I began to really identify with the label 'Hongkonger'," he said. "Hongkongers are actually still full of love, especially since the events of 2019; we care very much about the people around us."
Since the regime crushed the protests, however, Hei felt that the peaceful protesters thought the frontliners had gone missing. He hoped that they are not forgotten, even though they're no longer in the spotlight. "I hope all organizations and supporters of the movement can remain united," he said.
The title "frontliner" is sometimes a glorification, he says, but more often it's a responsibility. "This responsibility follows us for the rest of our lives," he says, "because we'll always be Hongkongers. We'll always stand in the frontline for all Hong Kong."
Photos: netizens
Full video of the rally: https://www.facebook.com/CHKLink/videos/457215711939067
#Aug31 #831PrinceEdward #PoliceBrutality #hkdarkage #speakup4hk #831hk
Hongkongers in Toronto Present Flowers at Prince Edward MTR Display in Memory of 8.31 Attack; Frontliner Shares Experiences of Protests, Encourages Supporters to Remain United
On August 31, 2021, Hongkongers gathered at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto, Canada to commemorate the #831PrinceEdwardAttack, which took place two years ago in Hong Kong.
The event was organized by Canada-Hong Kong Link (#CHKL), who had decorated a nearby wall to resemble an exit of Hong Kong's Prince Edward MTR station, and attendees presented flowers in memory of the terrifying attack by riot police officers against passengers inside the station that evening two years ago.
Also on display is a replica of a banner sign held up by a first-aider during the attack, demanding police to respect the humanitarian right for the injured to receive medical attention.
Videos of the first-aider pleading in tears with police - and the police ignoring him through locked gates - was among many that had gone viral on the night of the attack, stoking the city's anger against the escalating police brutality.
This video and others taken during the attack was also shown at the rally, as well as interviews with victims of the attack. CHKL president #GloriaFung said that they want to remind attendees of what happened in Hong Kong that night; more importantly, "We want to show all Hongkongers that we have never forgotten Hong Kong, and we will never give up speaking up for Hong Kong on the international stage."
In preparation for the upcoming Canadian federal election this month, CHKL had also organized a nationwide survey on foreign policy and national security issues, particularly towards China. The results is set to be announced next week, and Fung expects it to send a clear message to all political parties of the concerns shared among Canadian Hongkongers, as well as other groups under the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party.
Also speaking at the meeting was Hei, A frontline protester who had moved to Canada, shared stories of his experience in the protests. He said that he felt unity in the city that he never felt before, even though he was a construction worker and assumed that he belonged to the lower class of society.
"That year was when I began to really identify with the label 'Hongkonger'," he said. "Hongkongers are actually still full of love, especially since the events of 2019; we care very much about the people around us."
Since the regime crushed the protests, however, Hei felt that the peaceful protesters thought the frontliners had gone missing. He hoped that they are not forgotten, even though they're no longer in the spotlight. "I hope all organizations and supporters of the movement can remain united," he said.
The title "frontliner" is sometimes a glorification, he says, but more often it's a responsibility. "This responsibility follows us for the rest of our lives," he says, "because we'll always be Hongkongers. We'll always stand in the frontline for all Hong Kong."
Photos: netizens
Full video of the rally: https://www.facebook.com/CHKLink/videos/457215711939067
#Aug31 #831PrinceEdward #PoliceBrutality #hkdarkage #speakup4hk #831hk
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Police "Investigates" Hong Kong Protesters' Fund of over National Security Breaches
Hong Kong Police cited the #NationalSecurityLaw to obtain a order of production from the court that demands the #612HumanitarianReliefFund and the Alliance for True Democracy to give out details on donors and recipients, its crowdfunding campaign and how the fund was used.
The police claim that it is to "investigate" the protesters fund over "suspected national security breaches" and "collusion with foreign powers".
Source: Stand News #Sept1
https://thestandnews.page.link/sYtr6a3i3WVV41bGA
#612Fund #HongKongProtesters
Police "Investigates" Hong Kong Protesters' Fund of over National Security Breaches
Hong Kong Police cited the #NationalSecurityLaw to obtain a order of production from the court that demands the #612HumanitarianReliefFund and the Alliance for True Democracy to give out details on donors and recipients, its crowdfunding campaign and how the fund was used.
The police claim that it is to "investigate" the protesters fund over "suspected national security breaches" and "collusion with foreign powers".
Source: Stand News #Sept1
https://thestandnews.page.link/sYtr6a3i3WVV41bGA
#612Fund #HongKongProtesters
AP News: the family members of the dissidents claimed to have been secretly detained by Chinese government in Dubai; may be the first evidence to establish a “black site” outside of China
Source: Stand News #Aug7
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AP News: the family members of the dissidents claimed to have been secretly detained by Chinese government in Dubai; may be the first evidence to establish a “black site” outside of China
AP News reported, Chinese dissidents Wang Jingyu’s fiancée Wu Huan stated, she was arrested by the local police in Dubai, a major city in UAE in June this year. Ans she was jailed in a detention facility which operates by Chinese government. The report stated, this could be the first evidence to prove China has operating “Black Site” outside the country, which reflected that China will arrest dissidents and minority overseas.
According to The Voice of Germany, Wu Huan’s fiancé Wang Jingyu was persecuted by police as he supports Hong Kong protest in 2019. Wang who was 17, was being sent oversea for security. Wang questioned the Chinese official media about the authenticity of reports on deaths and injuries in the Sino-Indian conflict in February this year, and criticized the CCP, which caused the wanted by Chinese police.
Source: Stand News #Aug17
https://bit.ly/3mKap4N
#China #Dubai #DetentionCamp #CCP #Dissidents #BlackSite #HongKongProtest #HumanRight #Arrest
AP News reported, Chinese dissidents Wang Jingyu’s fiancée Wu Huan stated, she was arrested by the local police in Dubai, a major city in UAE in June this year. Ans she was jailed in a detention facility which operates by Chinese government. The report stated, this could be the first evidence to prove China has operating “Black Site” outside the country, which reflected that China will arrest dissidents and minority overseas.
According to The Voice of Germany, Wu Huan’s fiancé Wang Jingyu was persecuted by police as he supports Hong Kong protest in 2019. Wang who was 17, was being sent oversea for security. Wang questioned the Chinese official media about the authenticity of reports on deaths and injuries in the Sino-Indian conflict in February this year, and criticized the CCP, which caused the wanted by Chinese police.
Source: Stand News #Aug17
https://bit.ly/3mKap4N
#China #Dubai #DetentionCamp #CCP #Dissidents #BlackSite #HongKongProtest #HumanRight #Arrest
Spies for Hire: China’s New Breed of Hackers Blends Espionage and Entrepreneurship
China’s buzzy high-tech companies don’t usually recruit Cambodian speakers, so the job ads for three well-paid positions with those language skills stood out. The ad, seeking writers of research reports, was placed by an internet security start-up in China’s tropical island-province of Hainan.
That start-up was more than it seemed, according to American law enforcement. Hainan Xiandun Technology was part of a web of front companies controlled by China’s secretive state security ministry, according to a federal indictment from May. They hacked computers from the United States to Cambodia to Saudi Arabia, seeking sensitive government data as well as less-obvious spy stuff, like details of a New Jersey company’s fire-suppression system, according to prosecutors.
Source: NY Times #Aug26
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html
#China #Spy #Hacker #UnitedStates #Cambodia #Saudi #Arabia
China’s buzzy high-tech companies don’t usually recruit Cambodian speakers, so the job ads for three well-paid positions with those language skills stood out. The ad, seeking writers of research reports, was placed by an internet security start-up in China’s tropical island-province of Hainan.
That start-up was more than it seemed, according to American law enforcement. Hainan Xiandun Technology was part of a web of front companies controlled by China’s secretive state security ministry, according to a federal indictment from May. They hacked computers from the United States to Cambodia to Saudi Arabia, seeking sensitive government data as well as less-obvious spy stuff, like details of a New Jersey company’s fire-suppression system, according to prosecutors.
Source: NY Times #Aug26
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/technology/china-hackers.html
#China #Spy #Hacker #UnitedStates #Cambodia #Saudi #Arabia
‘They Have My Sister’: As Uyghurs Speak Out, China Targets Their Families
She was a gifted agricultural scientist educated at prestigious universities in Shanghai and Tokyo. She said she wanted to help farmers in poor areas, like her hometown in Xinjiang, in western China. But because of her uncle’s activism for China’s oppressed Muslim Uyghurs, her family and friends said, the Chinese state made her a security target.
At first they took away her father. Then they pressed her to return home from Japan. Last year, at age 30, Mihriay Erkin, the scientist, died in Xinjiang, under mysterious circumstances.
Source: NY Times #Jul27
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/world/asia/xinjiang-china-crackdown.html
#China #Crackdown #Xinjiang #Uyghur
She was a gifted agricultural scientist educated at prestigious universities in Shanghai and Tokyo. She said she wanted to help farmers in poor areas, like her hometown in Xinjiang, in western China. But because of her uncle’s activism for China’s oppressed Muslim Uyghurs, her family and friends said, the Chinese state made her a security target.
At first they took away her father. Then they pressed her to return home from Japan. Last year, at age 30, Mihriay Erkin, the scientist, died in Xinjiang, under mysterious circumstances.
Source: NY Times #Jul27
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/world/asia/xinjiang-china-crackdown.html
#China #Crackdown #Xinjiang #Uyghur
Pro-CCP organisation found in UK BNO policy Taskforce, triggering safety concerns for Hongkongers
#BNO #HongkongersInBritain #LOTR #immigration
Source: Stand News; #Aug18
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Pro-CCP organisation found in UK BNO policy Taskforce, triggering safety concerns for Hongkongers
British government's BNO policy consultation taskforce includes prominent members of the London China Town Chinese Association, says Hongkongers in Britain, a pro-democracy advocacy group for newcomers from Hong Kong.
The Chinese Association had pledged support to the implementation of National Security Law in Hong Kong, as well as having only the “patriots to rule Hong Kong.”
Hongkongers in Britain worried that involvement of pro-CCP organization members in these policies could cause safety concerns to Hong Kong people in the UK, many of whom had recently immigrated to the UK on their British Nationals Overseas (BNO) passports. The advocacy group urged the British government to prohibit those pro-CCP organizations from entering official BNO policy committees.
The London China Town Chinese Association, however, did not respond to media inquiry on this matter.
Hongkongers in Britain's website noted that Consultation Taskforce was formed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to tackle BNO-related policies. The Taskforce does not have representatives from new Hong Kong immigrants, but does include members of the pro-CCP Chinese Association.
#BNO #HongkongersInBritain #LOTR #immigration
Source: Stand News; #Aug18
https://bit.ly/3Bpqi4H
British government's BNO policy consultation taskforce includes prominent members of the London China Town Chinese Association, says Hongkongers in Britain, a pro-democracy advocacy group for newcomers from Hong Kong.
The Chinese Association had pledged support to the implementation of National Security Law in Hong Kong, as well as having only the “patriots to rule Hong Kong.”
Hongkongers in Britain worried that involvement of pro-CCP organization members in these policies could cause safety concerns to Hong Kong people in the UK, many of whom had recently immigrated to the UK on their British Nationals Overseas (BNO) passports. The advocacy group urged the British government to prohibit those pro-CCP organizations from entering official BNO policy committees.
The London China Town Chinese Association, however, did not respond to media inquiry on this matter.
Hongkongers in Britain's website noted that Consultation Taskforce was formed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to tackle BNO-related policies. The Taskforce does not have representatives from new Hong Kong immigrants, but does include members of the pro-CCP Chinese Association.
#BNO #HongkongersInBritain #LOTR #immigration
Source: Stand News; #Aug18
https://bit.ly/3Bpqi4H
#PoliticalSuppression
#HongKongArtsCentre Cancels Concert of Pro-democracy Singer #DeniseHo
The Hong Kong Arts Centre announced on August 31, 2021 that it has cancelled the venue booking for the concert of singer Denise Ho, an artist known for her pro-democracy stance. The Centre accused Ho and her team for "breaching a clause of the terms and conditions of hire" by allegedly creating "circumstances where public order or public safety would be endangered during the course of the performance".
Ho released a statement the next day, telling Hongkongers that she will not give up holding the concert. She announced that she will perform her concert via online streaming at the originally-scheduled time of the concert, September 12, 2021 at HKT20:00.
"There might be limitations with the venue, but the Stage is limitless," she wrote.
Source: Goomusic #Sept1
#HOCC #Music #Cantopop
#HongKongArtsCentre Cancels Concert of Pro-democracy Singer #DeniseHo
The Hong Kong Arts Centre announced on August 31, 2021 that it has cancelled the venue booking for the concert of singer Denise Ho, an artist known for her pro-democracy stance. The Centre accused Ho and her team for "breaching a clause of the terms and conditions of hire" by allegedly creating "circumstances where public order or public safety would be endangered during the course of the performance".
Ho released a statement the next day, telling Hongkongers that she will not give up holding the concert. She announced that she will perform her concert via online streaming at the originally-scheduled time of the concert, September 12, 2021 at HKT20:00.
"There might be limitations with the venue, but the Stage is limitless," she wrote.
Source: Goomusic #Sept1
#HOCC #Music #Cantopop
When newspaper becomes luxury
As I hold a copy of the paper, I think of the young people who just joined this family, their conviction of the truth, their conviction of the responsibility borne upon their shoulders. Yet in an instant, they were relieved of their duties. Not reasoned regarding their performance, but being told that “you are still young, there are certain troubles you shouldn’t get involved in”. When one's way to protect oneself is to run away, the valuable lesson in life would be to boldly accept one’s own weaknesses. If you manage to stay positive, then I’m happy for you; but at least for today, allow me to have a brief moment of despair.
May we meet again
I know full well that life must go on, so I made two wishes.
I could hardly expect people in a decade from now to understand the feelings of waiting for the publication of a newspaper overnight until daybreak, though I do hope that they would know that such a thing happened. I could also hardly expect karma after a decade to be repaid, but if the words “until we meet again” are written in this last newspaper, I hope that I could at least live until then to witness that day. Some people tell me not to romanticize the whole thing - I guess you could call me an old romantic.
Elements of youth
To take away a newspaper, and to declare some truth to be more "true" than others; some opinions to be more "neutral" than others; some lies to be more trustworthy than the truth. These have all become a part of the youth of this generation - a dash of depression in the dark corner of a soul and a piercing desire for justice in the back of the eyeballs. One can choose to tolerate pain, to choose joy over sorrow, or to risk over certain danger, but once all has come to an end, what follows is the struggle between memories and forgetting.
Source: Stand News #Jun22
https://bit.ly/3AWFwhD
#AppleDaily #LeeLamFung
As I hold a copy of the paper, I think of the young people who just joined this family, their conviction of the truth, their conviction of the responsibility borne upon their shoulders. Yet in an instant, they were relieved of their duties. Not reasoned regarding their performance, but being told that “you are still young, there are certain troubles you shouldn’t get involved in”. When one's way to protect oneself is to run away, the valuable lesson in life would be to boldly accept one’s own weaknesses. If you manage to stay positive, then I’m happy for you; but at least for today, allow me to have a brief moment of despair.
May we meet again
I know full well that life must go on, so I made two wishes.
I could hardly expect people in a decade from now to understand the feelings of waiting for the publication of a newspaper overnight until daybreak, though I do hope that they would know that such a thing happened. I could also hardly expect karma after a decade to be repaid, but if the words “until we meet again” are written in this last newspaper, I hope that I could at least live until then to witness that day. Some people tell me not to romanticize the whole thing - I guess you could call me an old romantic.
Elements of youth
To take away a newspaper, and to declare some truth to be more "true" than others; some opinions to be more "neutral" than others; some lies to be more trustworthy than the truth. These have all become a part of the youth of this generation - a dash of depression in the dark corner of a soul and a piercing desire for justice in the back of the eyeballs. One can choose to tolerate pain, to choose joy over sorrow, or to risk over certain danger, but once all has come to an end, what follows is the struggle between memories and forgetting.
Source: Stand News #Jun22
https://bit.ly/3AWFwhD
#AppleDaily #LeeLamFung
State Media Calls on Hong Kong to Compensate For Tide of Emigration
Net departures from Hong Kong hit nearly 90,000 in the year following the imposition of the national security law by Beijing, according to recent figures from the city's census and statistics department.
In the biggest decline in the city's population since records began in 1961, Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 89,200 residents in June 2021. The departures have led to a 1.2 percent drop in the city's population, the Census and Statistics Department reported.
Until now, Hong Kong and Chinese officials have sought to play down the scale of the exodus, brushing aside the impact on the city's economic and professional life.
But on Monday, a Chinese state media organization, CRNTT, was the first to acknowledge that highly skilled people are leaving in large numbers.
Source: RFA #Aug20
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/emigrate-08302021135106.html
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing #CRNTT
Net departures from Hong Kong hit nearly 90,000 in the year following the imposition of the national security law by Beijing, according to recent figures from the city's census and statistics department.
In the biggest decline in the city's population since records began in 1961, Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 89,200 residents in June 2021. The departures have led to a 1.2 percent drop in the city's population, the Census and Statistics Department reported.
Until now, Hong Kong and Chinese officials have sought to play down the scale of the exodus, brushing aside the impact on the city's economic and professional life.
But on Monday, a Chinese state media organization, CRNTT, was the first to acknowledge that highly skilled people are leaving in large numbers.
Source: RFA #Aug20
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/emigrate-08302021135106.html
#HongKong #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing #CRNTT
House lawmakers push for diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is introducing a measure to trigger a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China, over allegations that the country is committing genocide against its Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minority groups.
The proposed amendment to the annual State Department funding bill, under consideration by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, comes from Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., and is cosponsored by Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey.
"It would have a significant impact on the United States sending an official delegation" to the Beijing Olympics next year, Waltz told ABC News on Tuesday.
Source: ABC News #Jul27
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-lawmakers-push-diplomatic-boycott-2022-winter-olympics/story?id=79073390
#Boycott #Winter #Olympics #China #Beijing #Uyghur
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is introducing a measure to trigger a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China, over allegations that the country is committing genocide against its Uyghur and other Turkic Muslim minority groups.
The proposed amendment to the annual State Department funding bill, under consideration by the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, comes from Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., and is cosponsored by Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski of New Jersey.
"It would have a significant impact on the United States sending an official delegation" to the Beijing Olympics next year, Waltz told ABC News on Tuesday.
Source: ABC News #Jul27
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-lawmakers-push-diplomatic-boycott-2022-winter-olympics/story?id=79073390
#Boycott #Winter #Olympics #China #Beijing #Uyghur
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#Frontliner in Hong Kong Protest Speaks Up in #Canada:
"Don't forget the frontliners even though they're no longer in the spotlight"
Photo: Netizen #Aug31
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#Frontliner in Hong Kong Protest Speaks Up in #Canada: "Don't forget the frontliners even though they're no longer in the spotlight"
Part 1
On August 31, 2021, many Hongkongers assembled in a rally in Toronto, Canada, commemorating the police brutality victims of the 8.31 Prince Edward Station Attack by the police during the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30945
At the rally, Hei, a frontliner who fled Hong Kong in 2020, shared his experiences and thoughts of his part in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
"The 2019 Anti-ELAB movement happened very suddenly. Hongkongers did not learn how to protest when growing up," Hei said. "We the younger generation, in particular, were not taught about protests in school. Hong Kong did not have any violent protests before. Hongkongers are actually still full of love, especially after the events of 2019; we care very much about the people around us."
After all, the pro-democracy movement reflects Hongkongers' belonging to the city. Hei is one of them. "That year was also when I began to really identify with the name 'Hongkonger''," Hei recounted.
"Before that, I didn't really feel a sense of belonging, or feel any 'Hong Kong spirit' that was often mentioned on TV. Hong Kong people were all strangers going to school or work; we would never say hello."
"I couldn't represent all frontliners, though I could say that I had barely missed any protests in 2019," Hei looked back and said. "I was on Lion Rock. I went to the airport. Before the movement, I never thought going on a hike could be so meaningful."
Yet, the authorities' crackdown on pro-democracy protesters never stop. "Many of us, the frontliners who went on the streets over these 2 years, are now in prison," Hei said.
"Some escaped police and are have returned to their studies or work. Some have moved away from Hong Kong. Many peaceful-nonviolent protesters seem to think we've gone missing, and now pay attention only to political commentators, many of whom I don't know."
Hei urged Hongkongers not to forget why frontliners have to go into hiding, whether they want it or not. "Although we're no longer in the spotlight, I hope you haven't forgotten about us. Some of us are even sitting here right next to you. We had all been frontliners."
Photo: Netizens #Aug31
Full video of the rally: https://www.facebook.com/CHKLink/videos/457215711939067
#Aug31 #831PrinceEdward #PoliceBrutality #hkdarkage #speakup4hk #831hk
Part 2 coming up next
#Frontliner in Hong Kong Protest Speaks Up in #Canada: "Don't forget the frontliners even though they're no longer in the spotlight"
Part 1
On August 31, 2021, many Hongkongers assembled in a rally in Toronto, Canada, commemorating the police brutality victims of the 8.31 Prince Edward Station Attack by the police during the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
Read more:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30945
At the rally, Hei, a frontliner who fled Hong Kong in 2020, shared his experiences and thoughts of his part in the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
"The 2019 Anti-ELAB movement happened very suddenly. Hongkongers did not learn how to protest when growing up," Hei said. "We the younger generation, in particular, were not taught about protests in school. Hong Kong did not have any violent protests before. Hongkongers are actually still full of love, especially after the events of 2019; we care very much about the people around us."
After all, the pro-democracy movement reflects Hongkongers' belonging to the city. Hei is one of them. "That year was also when I began to really identify with the name 'Hongkonger''," Hei recounted.
"Before that, I didn't really feel a sense of belonging, or feel any 'Hong Kong spirit' that was often mentioned on TV. Hong Kong people were all strangers going to school or work; we would never say hello."
"I couldn't represent all frontliners, though I could say that I had barely missed any protests in 2019," Hei looked back and said. "I was on Lion Rock. I went to the airport. Before the movement, I never thought going on a hike could be so meaningful."
Yet, the authorities' crackdown on pro-democracy protesters never stop. "Many of us, the frontliners who went on the streets over these 2 years, are now in prison," Hei said.
"Some escaped police and are have returned to their studies or work. Some have moved away from Hong Kong. Many peaceful-nonviolent protesters seem to think we've gone missing, and now pay attention only to political commentators, many of whom I don't know."
Hei urged Hongkongers not to forget why frontliners have to go into hiding, whether they want it or not. "Although we're no longer in the spotlight, I hope you haven't forgotten about us. Some of us are even sitting here right next to you. We had all been frontliners."
Photo: Netizens #Aug31
Full video of the rally: https://www.facebook.com/CHKLink/videos/457215711939067
#Aug31 #831PrinceEdward #PoliceBrutality #hkdarkage #speakup4hk #831hk
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Hongkongers in Toronto Present Flowers at Prince Edward MTR Display in Memory of 8.31 Attack; Frontliner Shares Experiences of Protests, Encourages Supporters to Remain United
On August 31, 2021, Hongkongers gathered at Mel Lastman Square in…
Hongkongers in Toronto Present Flowers at Prince Edward MTR Display in Memory of 8.31 Attack; Frontliner Shares Experiences of Protests, Encourages Supporters to Remain United
On August 31, 2021, Hongkongers gathered at Mel Lastman Square in…
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#Vitasoy requests personal info of staff's family and affiliations in order to pay their wages
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Aug28
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#Vitasoy requests personal info of staff's family and affiliations in order to pay their wages
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man #LeungKinFai killed himself after stabbing a policeman. It later came to public attention that Leung was an employee at the beverage maker Vitasoy.
In August 2021, a union group expressed concern over reports that Vitasoy is asking its staff to declare any links they and their relatives have with various organisations.
Vitasoy has reportedly asked its workers in mid-August 2021 to sign an agreement to allow the company to collect their personal information as well as that of their family members, including any membership of associations or affiliation with different organisations.
According to the reports, the manufacturer also stated that it might not be able to pay workers if they decline to submit the information, and that such data would be handed over to law enforcement departments if required.
A worker who spoke to Stand News says he could not understand why the company
would want to collect information on their family members. "I'm the one working here, not my family. I feel like they're stripping me naked." Another worker said that it put him in a dilemma: "if I agree, I'd worry my personal information would be leaked. If I don't, I might not be able to feed my family."
According to RTHK reports, Confederation of Trade Unions' chief executive Mung Siu-tat said it is rare for companies to require information that is irrelevant to a person's job. "It's not just collecting the staff members' information, but also their families’. It makes people question if the practice has violated the privacy ordinance because it'd be collecting excessive data," he told an RTHK programme.
Mung said he was not convinced by Vitasoy's explanation that it was merely digitalising its human resources system. "Whether it's for salary payment or for signing them up for medical plans, it should already have got sufficient information to do so," he said. "It's not just updating [its system], it has changed the scope of the personal data it collects. It's collecting more private information that is irrelevant to the employment."
Mung said that it is not difficult to imagine that the move was linked to the stabbing incident on July 1.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Aug28
https://thestandnews.page.link/isaoEeDhpy8KDmxs6
#PoliticalSuppression #Privacy #Censorship
#Vitasoy requests personal info of staff's family and affiliations in order to pay their wages
On July 1, 2021, a 50-year-old Hong Kong man #LeungKinFai killed himself after stabbing a policeman. It later came to public attention that Leung was an employee at the beverage maker Vitasoy.
In August 2021, a union group expressed concern over reports that Vitasoy is asking its staff to declare any links they and their relatives have with various organisations.
Vitasoy has reportedly asked its workers in mid-August 2021 to sign an agreement to allow the company to collect their personal information as well as that of their family members, including any membership of associations or affiliation with different organisations.
According to the reports, the manufacturer also stated that it might not be able to pay workers if they decline to submit the information, and that such data would be handed over to law enforcement departments if required.
A worker who spoke to Stand News says he could not understand why the company
would want to collect information on their family members. "I'm the one working here, not my family. I feel like they're stripping me naked." Another worker said that it put him in a dilemma: "if I agree, I'd worry my personal information would be leaked. If I don't, I might not be able to feed my family."
According to RTHK reports, Confederation of Trade Unions' chief executive Mung Siu-tat said it is rare for companies to require information that is irrelevant to a person's job. "It's not just collecting the staff members' information, but also their families’. It makes people question if the practice has violated the privacy ordinance because it'd be collecting excessive data," he told an RTHK programme.
Mung said he was not convinced by Vitasoy's explanation that it was merely digitalising its human resources system. "Whether it's for salary payment or for signing them up for medical plans, it should already have got sufficient information to do so," he said. "It's not just updating [its system], it has changed the scope of the personal data it collects. It's collecting more private information that is irrelevant to the employment."
Mung said that it is not difficult to imagine that the move was linked to the stabbing incident on July 1.
Source: RTHK; Stand News #Aug28
https://thestandnews.page.link/isaoEeDhpy8KDmxs6
#PoliticalSuppression #Privacy #Censorship
CCTV Network’s video released to play down Taliban's ties to terrorism, deleted after criticism.
Source: RFI #Aug18
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CCTV Network’s video released to play down Taliban's ties to terrorism, deleted after criticism.
Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported today (18th August 2021) that China’s China Central Television (CCTV) Network released a video introducing the Taliban on 16th, which downplayed the relationship between the Taliban and terrorism, triggering criticism from Chinese netizens. According to the online backup video, CCTV said the Taliban was born during the civil war in Afghanistan, and its members were mainly students from refugee camps, initially there were only 800 people, because of the support of the Afghan poor, their strength expanded rapidly. The film also said that the Taliban armed forces captured Kabul in 1996 to establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; after 9/11, the Taliban regime was overthrown by the United States, starting a 20-year war.
The video was once ranked fifth on Weibo's top ten search list, and prompted many netizens to question it. Some people criticized the film for not mentioning terrorism, while others asked the Taliban, "Is that the one who blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas?"
A Beijing resident surnamed Guo said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on the 17th that his impression was that the Taliban in Afghanistan had provided a hideout for Osama bin Laden, the fugitive mastermind of 9/11, and not a refugee organization. He said, "In my early image, the Taliban is an international terrorist organization, and there are terrorist activities on the border and within Afghanistan."
Source: RFI #Aug18
https://rfi.my/7fQo.f
#Taliban #Terrorrism #IslamicEmirateofAfghanistan #InternationalTerroristOrganization #AfghanCivilWar #ChineseStateMedia #CCTVNetwork #OsamabinLaden #Afghanistan
Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported today (18th August 2021) that China’s China Central Television (CCTV) Network released a video introducing the Taliban on 16th, which downplayed the relationship between the Taliban and terrorism, triggering criticism from Chinese netizens. According to the online backup video, CCTV said the Taliban was born during the civil war in Afghanistan, and its members were mainly students from refugee camps, initially there were only 800 people, because of the support of the Afghan poor, their strength expanded rapidly. The film also said that the Taliban armed forces captured Kabul in 1996 to establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; after 9/11, the Taliban regime was overthrown by the United States, starting a 20-year war.
The video was once ranked fifth on Weibo's top ten search list, and prompted many netizens to question it. Some people criticized the film for not mentioning terrorism, while others asked the Taliban, "Is that the one who blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas?"
A Beijing resident surnamed Guo said in an interview with Radio Free Asia on the 17th that his impression was that the Taliban in Afghanistan had provided a hideout for Osama bin Laden, the fugitive mastermind of 9/11, and not a refugee organization. He said, "In my early image, the Taliban is an international terrorist organization, and there are terrorist activities on the border and within Afghanistan."
Source: RFI #Aug18
https://rfi.my/7fQo.f
#Taliban #Terrorrism #IslamicEmirateofAfghanistan #InternationalTerroristOrganization #AfghanCivilWar #ChineseStateMedia #CCTVNetwork #OsamabinLaden #Afghanistan
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央視發塔利班影片淡化恐怖主義關係 遭批後刪除
阿富汗民兵組織塔利班奪下政權後，中國官媒央視網16日在微博上傳題為“60秒了解塔利班的前世今生”的影片，內容淡化塔利班與恐怖主義關係，近……
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HK #Boccia Team Earns Silver at #TokyoParalympics
At the Tokyo Paralympics on September 4, 2021, the Hong Kong boccia players faced Sloakia in the BC4 final.
The BC4 team from Hong Kong consists of Leung Yuk-wing, Vivian Lau and Wong Kwan-hang. In the gold medal match, they lost one game to their opponents, earning the first silver medal for the Hong Kong team in this paralympic.
Source: Stand News #Sept4
https://thestandnews.page.link/8kEXUM8FRuD5DTgL6
HK #Boccia Team Earns Silver at #TokyoParalympics
At the Tokyo Paralympics on September 4, 2021, the Hong Kong boccia players faced Sloakia in the BC4 final.
The BC4 team from Hong Kong consists of Leung Yuk-wing, Vivian Lau and Wong Kwan-hang. In the gold medal match, they lost one game to their opponents, earning the first silver medal for the Hong Kong team in this paralympic.
Source: Stand News #Sept4
https://thestandnews.page.link/8kEXUM8FRuD5DTgL6