Police Arrested Civilian with Mental Illness and Accused them of "playing games” and “superfluous"
The Hong Kong Police Force website stated that "Mentally incapacitated persons (MIPs) are a vulnerable group of people who need care, respect and patience.” However, a complaint made by an arrested civilian reveals that the actual situation was different.
Ms. A, who had been suffering from mental illness for more than 20 years, was arrested by the police earlier. However, during detention, her request for taking medication and admission to hospital was rejected three times, even though she had shown her registration certificate for the disabled.
Police accused her of "playing games” and “superfluous” and making testimony "without the presence of an appropriate adult". Eventually, Ms. A delayed her medicine intake for more than 24 hours. She experienced anxiety, depression, and hand tremor. She needed a psychological counseling afterwards. Her doctor increased the dose for the second time after the incident.
Some lawyers alleged that the police had violated multiple codes and guidelines in the incident and ignored the rights of the MIPs.
Lawmaker Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung, who assisted the victim, said that he had not yet decided whether to file a complaint with the IPCC or the Complaints Against Police Office. He was not confident in the complaint mechanism. It was estimated that there were about 10 similar cases, but not everyone was willing to come forward to disclose the incident.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
The Hong Kong Police Force website stated that "Mentally incapacitated persons (MIPs) are a vulnerable group of people who need care, respect and patience.” However, a complaint made by an arrested civilian reveals that the actual situation was different.
Ms. A, who had been suffering from mental illness for more than 20 years, was arrested by the police earlier. However, during detention, her request for taking medication and admission to hospital was rejected three times, even though she had shown her registration certificate for the disabled.
Police accused her of "playing games” and “superfluous” and making testimony "without the presence of an appropriate adult". Eventually, Ms. A delayed her medicine intake for more than 24 hours. She experienced anxiety, depression, and hand tremor. She needed a psychological counseling afterwards. Her doctor increased the dose for the second time after the incident.
Some lawyers alleged that the police had violated multiple codes and guidelines in the incident and ignored the rights of the MIPs.
Lawmaker Fernando CHEUNG Chiu-hung, who assisted the victim, said that he had not yet decided whether to file a complaint with the IPCC or the Complaints Against Police Office. He was not confident in the complaint mechanism. It was estimated that there were about 10 similar cases, but not everyone was willing to come forward to disclose the incident.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
Hong Kong Police Wear Chinese Nation Flag on Their Uniform
At “Lunch with You” on Friday (#Jan3) at Kwun Tong, riot police station nearby the Tsun Yip Street Playground were spotted wearing accessories such as the Chinese National Flag and sticker reading "Kick-ass Police” on their uniforms.
Editor's note: Personalizing the police uniform is not allowed; however, the Hong Kong Police could be seen from time to time wearing ornaments but not their identification pin on their outfit.
Source: Cupid News
#3Jan #KwunTong #LunchWithYou
At “Lunch with You” on Friday (#Jan3) at Kwun Tong, riot police station nearby the Tsun Yip Street Playground were spotted wearing accessories such as the Chinese National Flag and sticker reading "Kick-ass Police” on their uniforms.
Editor's note: Personalizing the police uniform is not allowed; however, the Hong Kong Police could be seen from time to time wearing ornaments but not their identification pin on their outfit.
Source: Cupid News
#3Jan #KwunTong #LunchWithYou
#BringThemBack #Save12
Families of Jailed Hongkongers Attemp to Pay Visit to Chinese Prison Amidst Ambigious Rule Set Up by Chinese Authorities
Source: Apple Daily #Jan3
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Families of Jailed Hongkongers Attemp to Pay Visit to Chinese Prison Amidst Ambigious Rule Set Up by Chinese Authorities
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Families of Jailed Hongkongers Attemp to Pay Visit to Chinese Prison Amidst Ambigious Rule Set Up by Chinese Authorities
On Dec 30, 2020, the Chinese court in Yantian, Shenzhen sentenced 10 pro-democracy Hongkongers to Chinese prison for seven months to three years. Another two Hongkongers, who were also captured and detained with the rest of the group since August 2020, were repatriated to Hong Kong, for they were under 18 of age. During their detention so far, the Chinese authorities have barred the 12 Hongkongers from having any external contacts including family and lawyers' visits.
Some detainees' families set off to Shenzhen on the morning of Jan 3, 2021, hoping to complete the quarantine isolation procedure and visit the prisoned as soon as possible.
However, the Justice Bureau of Shenzhen in China amended the visit arrangement in Dec 2020, by "temporarily suspending" the acceptance of foreign personnel on-site visits.
Ms. Chow Hang-tung, a barrister who has assisted the Hong Kong youths’ families, predicted that the families would be considered as foreign personnel, while concrete arrangements need to be further understood.
Former pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, who has been supporting the 12 Hong Kong youths’ families, said that the family have departed and arrived in Shenzhen as of 5pm on Jan 3, 2021.
The “12 Hongkonger Concern Group” also stated on the same afternoon that three family members have arrived at Shenzhen and will undergo the 14-day quarantine period. They are going to seek for prison visit right after the first trial’s 10-day appeal period is over, and the judgement has taken effect.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210103/HOKT7YI6BVCKZN47OAXKO65UNA/
#Save12HKYouths #CCPRule #CCPCourt
Families of Jailed Hongkongers Attemp to Pay Visit to Chinese Prison Amidst Ambigious Rule Set Up by Chinese Authorities
On Dec 30, 2020, the Chinese court in Yantian, Shenzhen sentenced 10 pro-democracy Hongkongers to Chinese prison for seven months to three years. Another two Hongkongers, who were also captured and detained with the rest of the group since August 2020, were repatriated to Hong Kong, for they were under 18 of age. During their detention so far, the Chinese authorities have barred the 12 Hongkongers from having any external contacts including family and lawyers' visits.
Some detainees' families set off to Shenzhen on the morning of Jan 3, 2021, hoping to complete the quarantine isolation procedure and visit the prisoned as soon as possible.
However, the Justice Bureau of Shenzhen in China amended the visit arrangement in Dec 2020, by "temporarily suspending" the acceptance of foreign personnel on-site visits.
Ms. Chow Hang-tung, a barrister who has assisted the Hong Kong youths’ families, predicted that the families would be considered as foreign personnel, while concrete arrangements need to be further understood.
Former pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, who has been supporting the 12 Hong Kong youths’ families, said that the family have departed and arrived in Shenzhen as of 5pm on Jan 3, 2021.
The “12 Hongkonger Concern Group” also stated on the same afternoon that three family members have arrived at Shenzhen and will undergo the 14-day quarantine period. They are going to seek for prison visit right after the first trial’s 10-day appeal period is over, and the judgement has taken effect.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210103/HOKT7YI6BVCKZN47OAXKO65UNA/
#Save12HKYouths #CCPRule #CCPCourt
#FailedState
Hong Kong Government Will Not Arrange nor Accompany Families to Visit Jailed Hongkongers in China
Source: Stand News #Jan3
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Hong Kong Government Will Not Arrange nor Accompany Families to Visit Jailed Hongkongers in China
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Hong Kong Government Will Not Arrange nor Accompany Families to Visit Jailed Hongkongers in China
12 pro-democracy Hongkongers have been detained in China for more than a hundred days since August 2020. On Dec 30, 2020, ten of them were sentenced by the Chinese court from 7 months to 3 years.
On Jan 3, 2021, three members from two families headed to Shenzhen, China, seeking to visit the jailed Hong Kong youths.
The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government said on Jan 3, 2020 that they have contacted the Chinese authorities to understand the procedures. They claimed that the Hong Kong government would provide opinion and information, but would not arrange physical visit, nor accompany the relatives.
The 12 Hong Kong Youth Concern Group revealed that the mother of 19-year-old Kwok Tsz-lun and the mother and the aunt of 30-year-old Li Tsz-yin have arrived at Shenzhen to go through a 14-day quarantine.
Kwok Tsz-lun and Li Tsz-yin were both sentenced to 7 months in jail in China for "illegally crossing the border". Their families will try to contact different parties and seek possiblities to visit them.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
#Save12 #Save12HKYouths #SecurityBureau
Hong Kong Government Will Not Arrange nor Accompany Families to Visit Jailed Hongkongers in China
12 pro-democracy Hongkongers have been detained in China for more than a hundred days since August 2020. On Dec 30, 2020, ten of them were sentenced by the Chinese court from 7 months to 3 years.
On Jan 3, 2021, three members from two families headed to Shenzhen, China, seeking to visit the jailed Hong Kong youths.
The Security Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government said on Jan 3, 2020 that they have contacted the Chinese authorities to understand the procedures. They claimed that the Hong Kong government would provide opinion and information, but would not arrange physical visit, nor accompany the relatives.
The 12 Hong Kong Youth Concern Group revealed that the mother of 19-year-old Kwok Tsz-lun and the mother and the aunt of 30-year-old Li Tsz-yin have arrived at Shenzhen to go through a 14-day quarantine.
Kwok Tsz-lun and Li Tsz-yin were both sentenced to 7 months in jail in China for "illegally crossing the border". Their families will try to contact different parties and seek possiblities to visit them.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
#Save12 #Save12HKYouths #SecurityBureau
#PressFreedom #RightoKnow
Journalist Unions Condemn HK Government for Limiting the Right to Know, As Press Briefing Goes Online Without Consultation
Source: Stand News #Jan3
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Journalist Unions Condemn HK Government for Limiting the Right to Know, As Press Briefing Goes Online Without Consultation
Source: Stand News #Jan3
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Journalist Unions Condemn HK Government for Limiting the Right to Know, As Press Briefing Goes Online Without Consultation
On Jan 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government's Department of Health suddenly announced that, in order to "reduce risk of spreading the coronavirus", the daily COVID press briefing will be held as a live broadcast beginning on Jan 4, 2021. All questions by the press would only be accepted in written format.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association and 8 other press unions issued a statement later that evening, criticizing the government's intention to filter and avoid sensitive questions and infringe the journalists’ right to raise further questions and the public’s right to know.
The journalists' associations also demanded the government to revert the decision and hold the press briefing as the way it used to be.
In the statement, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (#HKJA) together with other unions that represented Stand News, RTHK, hkCNews, Next Digital, Mingpao, the Independent Commentators Association, and the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association criticised the government's unreasonable and sudden decision before consulting the press.
They worried that sensitive questions would be filtered and avoided from now on, further eroding the freedom of the press in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
#FailedState #Coronavirus #PressBriefing #Whitewash
Journalist Unions Condemn HK Government for Limiting the Right to Know, As Press Briefing Goes Online Without Consultation
On Jan 3, 2021, the Hong Kong government's Department of Health suddenly announced that, in order to "reduce risk of spreading the coronavirus", the daily COVID press briefing will be held as a live broadcast beginning on Jan 4, 2021. All questions by the press would only be accepted in written format.
The Hong Kong Journalists Association and 8 other press unions issued a statement later that evening, criticizing the government's intention to filter and avoid sensitive questions and infringe the journalists’ right to raise further questions and the public’s right to know.
The journalists' associations also demanded the government to revert the decision and hold the press briefing as the way it used to be.
In the statement, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (#HKJA) together with other unions that represented Stand News, RTHK, hkCNews, Next Digital, Mingpao, the Independent Commentators Association, and the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association criticised the government's unreasonable and sudden decision before consulting the press.
They worried that sensitive questions would be filtered and avoided from now on, further eroding the freedom of the press in Hong Kong.
Source: Stand News #Jan3
#FailedState #Coronavirus #PressBriefing #Whitewash
#Poll
Nearly 90% of Hong Kong Students Have No Trust in the Government
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) has interviewed 250 high school students in Hong Kong during the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. The project was funded by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office and the findings were published on Jan 3, 2021.
Results show that nearly 90% of the students have no confidence in the Hong Kong government. Some scholars directly pointed out that it is an alarm and urged the government to listen to the opinions of the youths.
Apple Daily has also interviewed a number of students and youths on the streets. They also criticized the government for rejecting public opinion, and believed that the government did not show goodwill to the young people.
They said to a large extent, the government had completely abandoned repairing the relationship with young people. As for whether the cracks could be mended, the interviewees frankly said: “I think it will never happen in the next eight to ten years”.
Form 6 students Kay and Yun stated that they do not support the government. In particular, Yun pointed out the government has ignored the demands of the citizens, and make them lose trust: “Have they ever reflected on their own problems? They only accuse us of violent acts, but how about themselves? They have never admitted their mistakes ever”.
When asked for the reason for their mistrust toward the government, Yun and Kay showed hesitation in expressing their views due to the concern over retribution: “are we really allowed to speak?” and “I’m afraid I cannot say in this way”.
The two youths directly stated that they are “afraid of bearing consequences”. They are also very sensitive to the government’s suppression in education, by indicating their pressure of taking the HKDSE, a public university entrance exam in Hong Kong. They said they would be cautious in expressing their stance when answering exam questions and will try to avoid sensitive issues. They denounced the government for politicizing education, and asked why the government cannot let students freely express opinions.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210103/72BSM34LOJFIXA4JEDDPFOJVWM/
#HongKongYouths #NextGeneration #HKDSE #Students #FailedState
Nearly 90% of Hong Kong Students Have No Trust in the Government
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (#CUHK) has interviewed 250 high school students in Hong Kong during the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. The project was funded by the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office and the findings were published on Jan 3, 2021.
Results show that nearly 90% of the students have no confidence in the Hong Kong government. Some scholars directly pointed out that it is an alarm and urged the government to listen to the opinions of the youths.
Apple Daily has also interviewed a number of students and youths on the streets. They also criticized the government for rejecting public opinion, and believed that the government did not show goodwill to the young people.
They said to a large extent, the government had completely abandoned repairing the relationship with young people. As for whether the cracks could be mended, the interviewees frankly said: “I think it will never happen in the next eight to ten years”.
Form 6 students Kay and Yun stated that they do not support the government. In particular, Yun pointed out the government has ignored the demands of the citizens, and make them lose trust: “Have they ever reflected on their own problems? They only accuse us of violent acts, but how about themselves? They have never admitted their mistakes ever”.
When asked for the reason for their mistrust toward the government, Yun and Kay showed hesitation in expressing their views due to the concern over retribution: “are we really allowed to speak?” and “I’m afraid I cannot say in this way”.
The two youths directly stated that they are “afraid of bearing consequences”. They are also very sensitive to the government’s suppression in education, by indicating their pressure of taking the HKDSE, a public university entrance exam in Hong Kong. They said they would be cautious in expressing their stance when answering exam questions and will try to avoid sensitive issues. They denounced the government for politicizing education, and asked why the government cannot let students freely express opinions.
Source: Apple Daily #Jan3
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210103/72BSM34LOJFIXA4JEDDPFOJVWM/
#HongKongYouths #NextGeneration #HKDSE #Students #FailedState
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中大早前獲政策創新與統籌辦事處撥款，在疫情期間訪問了250名高中生，發現近9成學生對政府無信心，有學者直指是警號，籲政府應聽取年輕人的意見。《蘋果》亦在街頭訪問了多位學生及年輕人，他們都坦言對政府拒聽民意、只顧譴責年輕人、違反承諾等做法感失望；並批評政府已成中共傀儡，認為若要...
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Prosecution of #StandNews by HK Authorities Causes #CitizenNews to Close; Chief Editors: Do Not Give Up
On January 2, 2022, Hong Kong Citizen News annouced the closure of the indepedent news outlet starting from January 4, 2022.
On the morning of January 3, chief editor Daisy LEE Yuet Wah and chief writer Chris YEUNG Kin Hing explained their decision. Yeung in a broken voice mentioned the authorities' prosecution of Stand News management was one of the causes. Yeung said their priority is the safety of their journalists; however, Yeung himself will not stop writing.
Lee added that Citizen News has always been professional since its establishment in 2017, "we haven't changed." Lee asked young journalists not to give up and not to be affected by their decision.
Photo: #FirstHand
Source: HKCNews; InMedia #Jan3
https://bit.ly/3qB5nrO
https://bit.ly/3zkrWor
#PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #Media #PoliticalProsecution #WhiteTerror
Prosecution of #StandNews by HK Authorities Causes #CitizenNews to Close; Chief Editors: Do Not Give Up
On January 2, 2022, Hong Kong Citizen News annouced the closure of the indepedent news outlet starting from January 4, 2022.
On the morning of January 3, chief editor Daisy LEE Yuet Wah and chief writer Chris YEUNG Kin Hing explained their decision. Yeung in a broken voice mentioned the authorities' prosecution of Stand News management was one of the causes. Yeung said their priority is the safety of their journalists; however, Yeung himself will not stop writing.
Lee added that Citizen News has always been professional since its establishment in 2017, "we haven't changed." Lee asked young journalists not to give up and not to be affected by their decision.
Photo: #FirstHand
Source: HKCNews; InMedia #Jan3
https://bit.ly/3qB5nrO
https://bit.ly/3zkrWor
#PressFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #Media #PoliticalProsecution #WhiteTerror