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Police Conducts Clearance Operation; Orders Press to Keep Their Distance

2248 | #Mongkok

The police were conducting a clearance operation on Nathan Road. While reporters were following behind the police to report news about the protest, two police officers detached themselves from the team and threatened the reporters with pepper spray, shouting at them to keep a distance and to not approach the cordon.

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2249 | Nathan Road, #Mongkok

Night falls, but police hostility towards reporters does not cease. One of our reporters was shoved and shone with large flashlights. On Nathan Road, their aggression is at full display.

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Police Points Pepper Spray at Reporters and Civilians While Arresting Youth

2313 | #Mongkok

A youth was arrested at the intersection of Dundas Street and Portland Street in Mongkok.

He was pinned to the ground by a police officer, and had his hands zip-tied. All this while while he was being arrested and searched, another police officer could be seen pointing pepper spray and the reporters and civilians around the area as they asked him for his full name and his HKID Number, so that his family members can be informed of his arrest.

Continue with Part 2 of the Video:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21706

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Police Points Pepper Spray at Reporters and Civilians While Arresting Youth

2313 | #Mongkok

Earlier: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21705

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Police Officer Shoves District Councilor; Media Liaison Officer, "I did not push you, you hit me when you fell!"

23:43 | Mong Kok
Police shoved Sha Tin district councillor Li Chi-Wang onto the ground. His phone was damaged.

The Media Liaison police officer then shouted, "I did not push you, you hit me when you fell!"

Source: Cupid News #27May
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How Far Can the Police Go to Suppress People's Voice?

1509 | Admiralty/Wanchai

On May 27, police and "special constables" were deoloyed excessively in Hong Kong. The armed forces did not restrain themselves from violating civilians' and journalists' rights of expression and reporting. On top of firing in the city's financial district, the police arrested over 360 civilians, making it the highest day record in 2020.

This video taken at 1509 shows one of these scenes: Riot police set up cordon and surrounded civilians between Admiralty and Wan Chai. As this slowly turned into the daily nightmares of Hong Kong, we implore you, our readers: never get used to suppresion.

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5.27 Protest Against 'Evil Laws': National Anthem Law and National Security Law

On May 27, the Hong Kong Legislative Council resumed the second reading of the National Anthem Law, which was forcefully inserted by China to Hong Kong's Basic Law demanding "respect" to the PRC's national anthem in Hong Kong.

In response to the pro-democracy fraction's call for protests, the authorites showcased its attempt to police its population and their opinions thoroughly, even before another 'evil law', the National Secutity Law, is officially imposed by Beijing by bypassing Hong Kong's legislature.

Since early morning of May 27, police and "special constables" were on alert in different districts to suppress protest activities and make arbitrary arrests. In the area of the Legislative Council Building, civil servants and office workers queued up to be checked by the police.

Nevertheless, Hongkongers, decrying authoritarianism, gathered at shopping malls and on the streets to chant protest slogans and gestured "5 Demands Not 1 Less".

At lunchtime, over 1,000 civilians participated in the flash mob protest in Central. Armed police responded by shooting civilians in an execution-style manner in the city's key financial district.

In Mongkok, a march was formed but cracked down by thd police. All these events sent on into midnight.

Police arrested over 360 civilians in a day.

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Source: Chinese University Press; Stand News; Apple Daily; Real Time News HK; Internet #27May