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When the Power Authorities Rewrite History: Police Claim They Have No Intention to Siege University in the Battle of CUHK

November 2020 marks the one-year mark of the two battles in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU) during the 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement.

As the authorities had notoriously altered the course of events during 7.21 Yuen Long Triad Attack, many were worried that the same would happen to more and more events in the city.

The Facebook page "No Stake Medical Student" refuted an interview with the police published by Ming Pao Daily point by point with news footages.

The following is a translation of this report by "No Stake Medical Student":

"Today, Ming Pao published a long piece of interview with police officer, with the alias 'X', who stated that the police had never intended to attack CUHK.

In turn, did the tear gas grenades that shown in photod fly to the university's stadium by themselves?

Officer X also claimed that “someone threw petrol bomb and it exploded right in front of the [university] president”.

To retort this with evidence: it was literally the Hong Kong Police Force who first shot tear gas grenades toward the university president Rocky Tuan Sung-chi on that day. After this, a petrol bomb was tossed. The protestors did not provoke the conflict aa it was depicted by officer X.

i-Cable News: "Rocky Tuan did not move forward anymore. Suddenly, the police shot at least two tear gas grenades. (A few seconds later), someone on the hillside threw back a molotov cocktail.

https://youtu.be/SNk9gWJWv58?t=42

The following video clips also recorded the police launching the siege by shooting tear gas grenades for no reason. The police were suspected to have been “attacked by laser gun”.

https://youtu.be/ditOvMqvZKU?t=108

https://youtu.be/bMN0YbVy2pk?t=96

The Ming Pao article also mentioned that “Dover urged to retreat”, “No death record because of the police was very restrained”. All are nothing but fallacy.

In face of rewriting history by the opponent, we can only rely on one and all to spread the truth.

By the way, all these police officer “X”, “Y” and “Z” are vividly proved to be false content, would Facebook make a clear tag as “misleading information”?

Related reports:
First Anniversary of University War, Police Officer: Never Intended To Break-in CUHK, It Was Just A False Proportion as Defense War
https://bit.ly/2GFAYFJ

Source: No Stake Medical Student #Nov9

https://www.facebook.com/nostakemedicalstudent/photos/a.140123600705521/416328729751672/?type=3

#RewritingHistory #FakeNews
#FakeNews #PoliceState
Pro-Beijing media claim first aider shot by police in the eye in Hong Kong protests is “completely healthy”; HK Police refuses to comment

Recently, multiple pro-Beijing media published an "update" on the female first aider who was shot by the Hong Kong police in the eye during the 2019 Anti-ELAB movement.

The horrific injury inflicted by the police on the woman had fueled public anger and sparked a round of #Eye4HK protests in 2019.

However, pro-China media claimed that she was “completely healthy with no eye injury”. Their reports also alleged that she had left Hong Kong in 2020 and that the Hong Kong police is now investigating whether the first aider participated in rioting.

On May 25, 2021, Stand News sent an media inquiry to the police regarding the progress of the said investigation. These questions include the exact happening during the clash; information on the officer who shot the girl; verification of the shot being the direct caused of the girl's eye injury; the police's knowledge of the whereabouts of the girl; and confirmation of the police's request of the girl to take part in their investigation.

The only response from the police is that they "declined to comment on particular media reports."

Source: Stand News #May25

https://beta.thestandnews.com/politics/%E7%8B%99%E6%93%8A%E7%88%86%E7%9C%BC%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3-%E7%AB%8B%E5%A0%B4%E8%BF%BD%E5%95%8F%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E6%9F%A5%E6%B8%85%E7%B6%93%E9%81%8E-%E5%82%B7%E5%8B%A2%E6%98%AF%E5%90%A6%E8%AD%A6%E9%96%8B%E6%A7%8D%E9%80%A0%E6%88%90-%E8%AD%A6-%E4%B8%8D%E8%A9%95%E8%AB%96%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94%E5%A0%B1%E9%81%93

#Eye4HK #PoliceBrutality #RewritingHistory
#HongKong Government publishes "correct" view of Hong Kong #History, claims 1997 was not a "#handover"

In the name of reforming the secondary school curriculum, the Hong Kong government had replaced Liberal Studies with “Civic and Social Development”. The textbook content has also been changed to explicitly state that Hong Kong was never a British colony.

In an article uploaded to its website on August 2, 2022, the Education Bureau (#EDB) explained the government's official version of history, saying that the ceremony on 1st July 1997 was not a “handover of Hong Kong” but a “transfer of sovereignty”. The education bureau argues that denying Hong Kong being a former British colony doesn’t mean it rejects Hong Kong’s history of being occupied by Britain, but stresses that the word “colony” was inappropriate.

The 1,500-word article is available in Chinese only.

Source: In-Media #Aug02
https://bit.ly/3OMSxRr

#Education #CCP #EducationBureau #BritishColony #NationalSecurityEducation #RewritingHistory
"Politically corrected" textbooks in the New Hong Kong Era

Source: InMedia #Sep04

#NationalSecurityLaw #NationalEducation #RewritingHistory

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"Politically corrected" textbooks in the New Hong Kong Era

6 publishing companies amended their #LiberalStudies textbooks after "inquiring" the #EducationBureau for comments in August 2020. Journalists discovered that some contents are removed, including #June4th, #CulturalRevolution, #MongKokCivilUnrest, #LocalConsciousness and #HongKongIndependenceClaims.

In November 2020, then-Secretary of Education, Kevin Yeung, announced to reform the Senior Secondary Liberal Studies (LS) syllabus. Course content was re-organised, and some were removed in order to grow students’ national identity with a mainland visit opportunity.

Less than a year later, the new subject “Citizenship and Social Development” replaced LS in school curricula. However, its textbooks were only approved in June 2022. Journalists discovered that the new books did not only modify a few photos or comics, but completely overthrew statements made in past textbooks. Notable changes include stating that Hong Kong was “not a #colony”, and the #AntiELAB movement was “an illegal incident that is violent and endangers national security”.

In the new era of Hong Kong, are the textbooks becoming "politically correct"? InMedia found #LiberalStudies textbooks published between 2014 and 2020, and compared them to the new #CitizenshipandSocialDevelopment textbooks.

Under the new syllabus, concepts including "#CivilDisobedience", "Separation of Powers", "4 levels of the Rule of Law" and "Multiple identities" are removed. Topics that took their place are #NationalSecurity, #NationalIdentity, and #NationalAchievement. The topic of Rule of Law no longer covered #RestrictionofLaw, #HumanRightProtection without affecting others’ rights, social order and national security.

Additional materials are taken mainly from official government sources, such as Information Service Department and blogs of government officials. Students are no longer required to discuss topics with controversial views. They only need to answer questions such as “Why does the National People's Congress interpreting the law not affect judiciary independence?”

Source: InMedia #Sep04

https://bit.ly/3wUtMww

See also:
Hong Kong Schools Schedule National Security Education Activities, Mainland Exchange Tours
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/1006

#NationalSecurityLaw #NationalEducation #RewritingHistory