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Summon the dead to identify protester's mother
(27 Jun) At the end of September last year, a naked corpse of a 15-year old female were awkwardly floating in the ocean. The Hong Kong police declared no foul play suspected and the body was cremated and left no remnants to investigate. The Hong Kong Coroner's Court recently did a pre-inquest review on the case.
The deceased was Chan Yin-lam, a competitive swimmer. Whether it was a "suicide" or if she "was suicided" remains an issue rife with suspicions and doubts. Someone's daughter had gone missing. Tsz-ming, one of the people in her search team, learned that the news of her death came out during the hustle and bustle. Overnight, he lost contact with both Chan's mother and her maternal uncle. The two family members vanished without a trace...
Chan had participated in anti-extradition law amendment bill (anti-ELAB) activities many times. A lovely young girl was inexplicably reduced to ash. Afterwards, many young people from the protests disappeared, some suspect they were extradited to mainland China, killed or suicided. They became trapeze artists (that shed no blood when landing) and floating corpses in the ocean. The atrocities of public security and evil cops were covered up and indulged, so will they simply remain unpunished? To appease the mob, TVB news director set out to interview Chan's mother; her blurred out face could not have been any faker. Later, some scoundrel of [Confucian] propriety, righteousness, integrity and politics* wrote an open letter "on behalf of" Chan's mother. It came with no photo, no signature and no authorisation; no one in Hong Kong believed it. For the entirety of the court date, police officers surrounded and escorted her... Netizens examined old photos of Chan's mother, suspected photos of the deceased and the more recent images from her [mother's] court appearance. They made comparisons of her [Chan's] brow ridges, the birthmark on her neck, the part in her hair and the puffiness in her eyes. This "grand charade" could not end even if it wanted to. So this place does not have 300 taels?+ Who knows what is true or false? Display ID? Compare names? DNA testing? Which department is trustworthy?
This is why the best way to seek redress is by summoning the dead in a public trial just like the Hello Kitty murder case++ when the courtroom's halogen lights kept flashing and the victim's half-cooked head aired her own grievances. Only if [Chan's] departed soul cries out "Mom!" in the courtroom will we believe it.
Editor's Note:
* 禮義廉政 is a play on words of the proper phrase, 禮義廉恥, meaning propriety, righteousness, integrity and honour. This article replaced honour (恥) with politics (政).
+ This place does not have 300 taels is a Chinese idiom akin to one of Aesop's Fables. It refers to someone who believes that they are clever, but their attempt to cover something up only makes the situation more obvious.
++ The Hello Kitty murder case refers to the kidnapping, torture and death of night club hostess in 1999. The convicts boiled her head to hide evidence of the crime.
Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#ChanYinlam #antiELAB #Suicide #hongkongpolice #fake #mother #TVB
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Summon the dead to identify protester's mother
(27 Jun) At the end of September last year, a naked corpse of a 15-year old female were awkwardly floating in the ocean. The Hong Kong police declared no foul play suspected and the body was cremated and left no remnants to investigate. The Hong Kong Coroner's Court recently did a pre-inquest review on the case.
The deceased was Chan Yin-lam, a competitive swimmer. Whether it was a "suicide" or if she "was suicided" remains an issue rife with suspicions and doubts. Someone's daughter had gone missing. Tsz-ming, one of the people in her search team, learned that the news of her death came out during the hustle and bustle. Overnight, he lost contact with both Chan's mother and her maternal uncle. The two family members vanished without a trace...
Chan had participated in anti-extradition law amendment bill (anti-ELAB) activities many times. A lovely young girl was inexplicably reduced to ash. Afterwards, many young people from the protests disappeared, some suspect they were extradited to mainland China, killed or suicided. They became trapeze artists (that shed no blood when landing) and floating corpses in the ocean. The atrocities of public security and evil cops were covered up and indulged, so will they simply remain unpunished? To appease the mob, TVB news director set out to interview Chan's mother; her blurred out face could not have been any faker. Later, some scoundrel of [Confucian] propriety, righteousness, integrity and politics* wrote an open letter "on behalf of" Chan's mother. It came with no photo, no signature and no authorisation; no one in Hong Kong believed it. For the entirety of the court date, police officers surrounded and escorted her... Netizens examined old photos of Chan's mother, suspected photos of the deceased and the more recent images from her [mother's] court appearance. They made comparisons of her [Chan's] brow ridges, the birthmark on her neck, the part in her hair and the puffiness in her eyes. This "grand charade" could not end even if it wanted to. So this place does not have 300 taels?+ Who knows what is true or false? Display ID? Compare names? DNA testing? Which department is trustworthy?
This is why the best way to seek redress is by summoning the dead in a public trial just like the Hello Kitty murder case++ when the courtroom's halogen lights kept flashing and the victim's half-cooked head aired her own grievances. Only if [Chan's] departed soul cries out "Mom!" in the courtroom will we believe it.
Editor's Note:
* 禮義廉政 is a play on words of the proper phrase, 禮義廉恥, meaning propriety, righteousness, integrity and honour. This article replaced honour (恥) with politics (政).
+ This place does not have 300 taels is a Chinese idiom akin to one of Aesop's Fables. It refers to someone who believes that they are clever, but their attempt to cover something up only makes the situation more obvious.
++ The Hello Kitty murder case refers to the kidnapping, torture and death of night club hostess in 1999. The convicts boiled her head to hide evidence of the crime.
Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#ChanYinlam #antiELAB #Suicide #hongkongpolice #fake #mother #TVB
#HongKongChronicles #11Aug2019
What Happened in Hong Kong on 11 August 2019
Watch video:
https://youtu.be/DzrQPFuo7FU
Hong Kongers would never forget the day of 11 August in 2019, when police ignore civilians' lives and public safety to frighten citizens.
The free-to-air Television Boadcast Channel (TVB) even tried to conceal police brutality by editing video before broadcasting.
"Bullets can punch through helmets, but they cannot destroy justice and ethics."
Video source: Citizens Press Con
#TVB #CCTVB #PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #NeverForgive
What Happened in Hong Kong on 11 August 2019
Watch video:
https://youtu.be/DzrQPFuo7FU
Hong Kongers would never forget the day of 11 August in 2019, when police ignore civilians' lives and public safety to frighten citizens.
The free-to-air Television Boadcast Channel (TVB) even tried to conceal police brutality by editing video before broadcasting.
"Bullets can punch through helmets, but they cannot destroy justice and ethics."
Video source: Citizens Press Con
#TVB #CCTVB #PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #NeverForgive
#TVB #CCTVB
"#FakeNews": Pro-Beijing TV Channel Broadcast Misleading Report of Postponed Elections Overseas
Sources: Patrick Yeh's Facebook; Joshua Wong's Facebook; Kau Yim Media #Aug18
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"#FakeNews": Pro-Beijing TV Channel Broadcast Misleading Report of Postponed Elections Overseas
Sources: Patrick Yeh's Facebook; Joshua Wong's Facebook; Kau Yim Media #Aug18
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#TVB #CCTVB #WhiteWash #Election
"#FakeNews": Pro-Beijing TV Channel Broadcast Misleading Report of Postponed Elections Overseas
Beijing-friendly TVB reported on 17 August 2020 on several postponed elections in other countries. However, its graphic titled "Five Eyes Alliance Postpones Elections" quickly angered netizens, who accused the TV station for whitewashing Beijing's forceful postponement of Hong Kong's legislative elections.
The report was seen as portraying other nations' election delay to legitimize what happened in Hong Kong. Some netizens outright called it "fake news".
In fact, out of the five countries listed, New Zealand is the only one postponing a federal-level election, and that only by one month. Britain's parliamentary elections was last held in 2019, and the next one will not be held until 2024. The elections cited by TVB were for a number local councils and mayors. Australia's is for the provincial government of New South Wales, and it is only delayed by four weeks. In Canada's case, the dates were for municipal elections in the single province of New Brunswick.
Joshua Wong noted that, most significantly, the decision to delay these elections were made by democratically-elected governments, who are voted in and can be voted out by their citizens. In contrast, Hong Kong's postponement was singlehandedly decided by China's National Congress, precluding and overruling any decision the Hong Kong Legislature might make, thus giving Hongkongers no say in the matter.
The screenshot of the TVB graphic was widely circulated in a Facebook post since yesterday. As citizens from the countries concerned confirmed that no federal elections were scheduled, netizens accused TVB for using the information to mislead and justify China postponing Hong Kong's legislative election, which is indeed a top-level election. Some are calling for the TV station to immediately issue a correction and clarification.
Sources: Patrick Yeh's Facebook; Joshua Wong's Facebook; Kau Yim Media #Aug18
Actual News on Election Postponements:
Britain:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/coronavirus-faqs-on-postponed-election/
Australia:
https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/Local-government-elections/Local-Government-Elections-2021
Canada:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/municipal-elections-postponed-covid-1.5500648
#FiveEyesAlliance
"#FakeNews": Pro-Beijing TV Channel Broadcast Misleading Report of Postponed Elections Overseas
Beijing-friendly TVB reported on 17 August 2020 on several postponed elections in other countries. However, its graphic titled "Five Eyes Alliance Postpones Elections" quickly angered netizens, who accused the TV station for whitewashing Beijing's forceful postponement of Hong Kong's legislative elections.
The report was seen as portraying other nations' election delay to legitimize what happened in Hong Kong. Some netizens outright called it "fake news".
In fact, out of the five countries listed, New Zealand is the only one postponing a federal-level election, and that only by one month. Britain's parliamentary elections was last held in 2019, and the next one will not be held until 2024. The elections cited by TVB were for a number local councils and mayors. Australia's is for the provincial government of New South Wales, and it is only delayed by four weeks. In Canada's case, the dates were for municipal elections in the single province of New Brunswick.
Joshua Wong noted that, most significantly, the decision to delay these elections were made by democratically-elected governments, who are voted in and can be voted out by their citizens. In contrast, Hong Kong's postponement was singlehandedly decided by China's National Congress, precluding and overruling any decision the Hong Kong Legislature might make, thus giving Hongkongers no say in the matter.
The screenshot of the TVB graphic was widely circulated in a Facebook post since yesterday. As citizens from the countries concerned confirmed that no federal elections were scheduled, netizens accused TVB for using the information to mislead and justify China postponing Hong Kong's legislative election, which is indeed a top-level election. Some are calling for the TV station to immediately issue a correction and clarification.
Sources: Patrick Yeh's Facebook; Joshua Wong's Facebook; Kau Yim Media #Aug18
Actual News on Election Postponements:
Britain:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/coronavirus-faqs-on-postponed-election/
Australia:
https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/Elections/Local-government-elections/Local-Government-Elections-2021
Canada:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/municipal-elections-postponed-covid-1.5500648
#FiveEyesAlliance
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Source: Stand News #Aug25
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Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
Over 400 Former Staff Demand iCable Management to Stop Sacking Employees and Tarnishing the Channel's Credibility
Over 240 staff from Cable News petitioned to condemn the management for unreasonably sacking 3 senior supervisors of the Engineering Department at the news channel.
Read more about the petition:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24432
On August 25, a joint statement signed by 406 former staff was published on Stand News, Apple Daily and Mingpao Daily through crowdfunding, demanding the iCable management to stop making unreasonable personnel changes.
The collective statement pointed out that the reputation and credibility of Cable News were not built overnight. Seeing its impending decline, former staff members could not stay in silence.
Read more about the management's response:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24406
According to Stand News, at least 2 former Cable News staff who are now working at the free-to-air pro-Establishment channel TVB, were pressured by the management of the news department to remove their signature from the petition.
Source: Stand News #Aug25
#TVB #Suppression #FreeSpeech
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200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
200+ employees petition for i-Cable management to reveal reasons behind dismissal of engineering team heads
More than 200 employees from the Public Information of i-Cable petitioned, requesting for the management to reveal their…
Oscars Dumped by Hong Kong’s TVB After China Censorship Order
The city’s largest TV network TVB, has broadcast the Academy Awards on its English-language channel every year since 1969, when musical ‘Oliver!’ won Best Picture. However, other local broadcasters in Hong Kong including Now TV, Viu TV and Cable TV also don’t have the broadcast rights.
The awards will take place in Los Angeles on April 25. “Do Not Split,” which chronicles the 2019 demonstrations against China’s tightening grip over the former British territory, was nominated for best short documentary.
The Communist Party’s propaganda department told all local media outlets to scrap live broadcasts of the Oscars.
Source: Bloomberg #Mar29
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-29/oscars-dumped-by-hong-kong-s-tvb-after-china-censorship-order #uk
#Oscars #TVB #HongKong #DoNotSplit #ChinaPropaganda
The city’s largest TV network TVB, has broadcast the Academy Awards on its English-language channel every year since 1969, when musical ‘Oliver!’ won Best Picture. However, other local broadcasters in Hong Kong including Now TV, Viu TV and Cable TV also don’t have the broadcast rights.
The awards will take place in Los Angeles on April 25. “Do Not Split,” which chronicles the 2019 demonstrations against China’s tightening grip over the former British territory, was nominated for best short documentary.
The Communist Party’s propaganda department told all local media outlets to scrap live broadcasts of the Oscars.
Source: Bloomberg #Mar29
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-29/oscars-dumped-by-hong-kong-s-tvb-after-china-censorship-order #uk
#Oscars #TVB #HongKong #DoNotSplit #ChinaPropaganda
#Journalism #Professionalism
Resigned News Anchor Encourage Hongkongers to Take Care in Challenging Times
Wong Chun-yin, a news anchor in Hong Kong working for the TV station TVB, resigned on March 24, 2021.
At the end of his last newscast, Wong bidded farewell to his audiences, “This is my last time to present news here. Hongkongers, take care and goodbye.”
After that, Wong wrote a post on Instagram, in which he described his feelings and experience since joining the journalism industry in Hong Kong.
Wong said he was once struck by excitement when he for the first time rode on the press vehicle of TVB news as a reporter many years ago.
Wong said he used to take pride in being part of the the once well-respected “TVB News” in his profession.
“However, when doing news in the field today, we have to cover up the logo on the news vehicle with a piece of white cloth and take off logo clips on the microphone in order to hide our identity,” Wong wrote.
Reflecting from his years of experience in TVB news team, Wong expressed deep disappointment in the management, which has been regarded a cause of self censorship and the station's deteriorating integrety.
“I faced absurdity every day as a reporter, which I found it torturous," Wong wtote. "Years later, I was promoted from a front-line reporter to a news anchor, which was another eye-opening experience."
"Although I was slightly away from the field, my role as a reporter has never been changed despite the different work positions. I thenrealised that there is, in fact, no cure for in-your-face absurdity.”
Wong quoted what Chris Pattern, the former governor of Hong Kong, said to the Chinese officials when he departed Hong Kong in 1997:
“Hong Kong was like a Rolls-Royce. All you had to do was to take charge of the ignition key, get in, turn on the engine. And the car would go.”
Wong lamented, “Today, the Rolls-Royce probably has become a HengChi. It is unfortunate that the same situation has happened to the TVB news team. It is sad and a lost cause.”
In closing, Wong thanked his colleagues and friends, saying that he will certainly miss the excitement in the journalist's work and the persistence in always looking for the right words to say.
Wong sighed that “the toughest question is that times has changed and it cannot be crawled back to the old days.”
Source: Instagram of Wong Chun-yin; Smart Post #Mar24
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=261981228903048&set=a.246817660419405
#WongChunYin #NewsAnchor #TVB
Resigned News Anchor Encourage Hongkongers to Take Care in Challenging Times
Wong Chun-yin, a news anchor in Hong Kong working for the TV station TVB, resigned on March 24, 2021.
At the end of his last newscast, Wong bidded farewell to his audiences, “This is my last time to present news here. Hongkongers, take care and goodbye.”
After that, Wong wrote a post on Instagram, in which he described his feelings and experience since joining the journalism industry in Hong Kong.
Wong said he was once struck by excitement when he for the first time rode on the press vehicle of TVB news as a reporter many years ago.
Wong said he used to take pride in being part of the the once well-respected “TVB News” in his profession.
“However, when doing news in the field today, we have to cover up the logo on the news vehicle with a piece of white cloth and take off logo clips on the microphone in order to hide our identity,” Wong wrote.
Reflecting from his years of experience in TVB news team, Wong expressed deep disappointment in the management, which has been regarded a cause of self censorship and the station's deteriorating integrety.
“I faced absurdity every day as a reporter, which I found it torturous," Wong wtote. "Years later, I was promoted from a front-line reporter to a news anchor, which was another eye-opening experience."
"Although I was slightly away from the field, my role as a reporter has never been changed despite the different work positions. I thenrealised that there is, in fact, no cure for in-your-face absurdity.”
Wong quoted what Chris Pattern, the former governor of Hong Kong, said to the Chinese officials when he departed Hong Kong in 1997:
“Hong Kong was like a Rolls-Royce. All you had to do was to take charge of the ignition key, get in, turn on the engine. And the car would go.”
Wong lamented, “Today, the Rolls-Royce probably has become a HengChi. It is unfortunate that the same situation has happened to the TVB news team. It is sad and a lost cause.”
In closing, Wong thanked his colleagues and friends, saying that he will certainly miss the excitement in the journalist's work and the persistence in always looking for the right words to say.
Wong sighed that “the toughest question is that times has changed and it cannot be crawled back to the old days.”
Source: Instagram of Wong Chun-yin; Smart Post #Mar24
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=261981228903048&set=a.246817660419405
#WongChunYin #NewsAnchor #TVB
Young men arrested for “sending angry emoji” targeting pro-China media outlet in Hong Kong
Source: Inmedia HK #Jul29
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror #TVB #BoycottTVB #FreeSpeech
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Source: Inmedia HK #Jul29
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Young men arrested for “sending angry emoji” targeting pro-China media outlet in Hong Kong
On July 29, Hong Kong police arrested two men over a suspected media boycott campaign. The 18-year-old and 26-year-old were allegedly connected to a Facebook group that contained intimidating messages against a media firm and the Police Force.
The two men were accused of inciting others to attack staff from the firm, police officers and their relatives, as well as on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation and inciting others to take part in unlawful assembly.
Reporters questioned whether “boycott” and “sending angry emoji” are criminal offences.
Superintendent Wilson Tam, from the force's Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau claimed officers had gone through all the posts, targeting over 100 entities. The particular Facebook group had pressurised them to withdraw advertisements on that media organization, which could cause financial losses to the media company, or damage its reputation.
The Facebook page, “Boycott TVB”, responded to the case in the afternoon, stating that they are not connected to the those being arrested. The page reiterated that they have always been advocating via “peaceful, rational and non-violent” means for advertises to stop partnering with controversial media and oppose any means to damage media organizations, advertisers' personal or property.
Source: Inmedia HK #Jul29
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror #TVB #BoycottTVB #FreeSpeech
On July 29, Hong Kong police arrested two men over a suspected media boycott campaign. The 18-year-old and 26-year-old were allegedly connected to a Facebook group that contained intimidating messages against a media firm and the Police Force.
The two men were accused of inciting others to attack staff from the firm, police officers and their relatives, as well as on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation and inciting others to take part in unlawful assembly.
Reporters questioned whether “boycott” and “sending angry emoji” are criminal offences.
Superintendent Wilson Tam, from the force's Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau claimed officers had gone through all the posts, targeting over 100 entities. The particular Facebook group had pressurised them to withdraw advertisements on that media organization, which could cause financial losses to the media company, or damage its reputation.
The Facebook page, “Boycott TVB”, responded to the case in the afternoon, stating that they are not connected to the those being arrested. The page reiterated that they have always been advocating via “peaceful, rational and non-violent” means for advertises to stop partnering with controversial media and oppose any means to damage media organizations, advertisers' personal or property.
Source: Inmedia HK #Jul29
#PoliceState #WhiteTerror #TVB #BoycottTVB #FreeSpeech
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Excerpted from archived news footage from Hong Kong news station #TVB, the video recorded one of the chaotic scenes of the Tiananmen Massacre near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
The sound of gunfire is incessant.
Today, many youngsters in China have never heard about the June 4 massacre, due to the Chinese government's censorship.
Take a good look of this video.
Keep it.
Share it, and
Remember it.
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre
Excerpted from archived news footage from Hong Kong news station #TVB, the video recorded one of the chaotic scenes of the Tiananmen Massacre near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
The sound of gunfire is incessant.
Today, many youngsters in China have never heard about the June 4 massacre, due to the Chinese government's censorship.
Take a good look of this video.
Keep it.
Share it, and
Remember it.
#June4 #TiananmenMassacre