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#HistoricalNegationism
HK Police Force is “fabricating and distorting history”: Media

Source: Apple Daily #Sept12

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HK Police Force is “fabricating and distorting history” : Media

Apple Daily called HK Police “the author of Hong Kong's unofficial history” as the Force has been found for incessantly downplaying their wrong doings with biased descriptions and excuses.

Read following 3 incidents, most recently happened.

#1
On Aug 31, 2020, Hong Kong police choked, pepper sprayed and pushed a pregnant woman on the ground during an operation.

Although the Force had released a statement claiming their concern for the woman, a newer modified statement was issued on September 12, responding to the public criticism of the police's excessive use of force.

In the latest statement, the violent incident of several police officers forcefully separating the 8-month pregnant woman from her husband, being pepper sprayed in close-range and pushed to the ground was diluted into a sentence with only 7 words, “A couple had fallen to the ground” ( 兩名男女曾跌倒).

Watch videos of the incident captured from 2 different angles:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24771
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24788

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#2
On September 6, 2020, a 12-year-old girl was on her way to a stationary shop but ended up being body slammed and subdued between the legs of several riot policemen.

The Force insisted that the 12-year-old had looked "suspicious", and their use of force was “based on enforcement responsibility” (基於執法責任) .

Read full story:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25058

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#3
On August 26, 2020, HK Police described the Yuen Long 7.21 attack as “an escalated conflict that arose by two evenly-matched parties of different views”. The Force also slammed the media for accusing police of colluding with white-clad assailants.

Related report:

Police Deny Turning Pro-dem Lawmaker from "plaintiff to defendant" Even after Arresting Him, Police: 7.21 Yuen Long Attack is Not Police-Triad Collusion

https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24533

Source: Apple Daily #Sept12

https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200912/5ICBELFL35AE5ND5QZMRBIFAXU/

#HistoricalNegationism #Whitewash #PoliceBrutality
#University
Assistant professor from mainland China picked offerings for dishes and soup, criticising students for calling themselves "Hongkongers" and "forgetting their ancestors".

Source: CUHK Campus Radio #Sept12

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#University
Assistant professor from mainland China picked offerings for dishes and soup, criticising students for calling themselves "Hongkongers" and "forgetting their ancestors".

According to students of the Government and Public Department in CUHK, Li Wei, an assistant professor from China, shared photos of offerings on the road to Facebook group on 4 Sept, and criticised people wasting food as they did not collect their food back after worship. On 6 Sep, she shared another photo of soup and 3 dishes made from those offerings collected from the road. She revealed stealing peanuts, bean curd and oranges for cooking, stating those food was "simple and delicious". Students of that department were shocked.

Li also replied a post about street booth against National Security Law in the Government and Public Department Facebook group, which was published on 6 Jun. In her reply, she questioned if there was any meaning to protest against “National Security Law” if it has been enacted already and derided students "doing something useless, wasting their time and shortening their lives" to sleep on the street and shouting slogans. She suggested students “observing and doing some researches.” Her speech has caused a dispute with students.

Moreover, Li Wei continued to criticised students, “Calling yourselves Hongkongers all the time and forget who your ancestor is. If you don’t support the Chinese Community Party (CCP), then run a better party in Hong Kong.”

Source: CUHK Campus Radio #Sept12

https://www.facebook.com/cuhkcampusradio/photos/a.1165390843647749/1484093405110823/

#CCP #Education
Chinese Government Lists "Homosexuality" and "Anal Sex" as "Unhealthy Sexual Behaviour" in Epidemiology Textbook

In a Chinese textbook of Epidemiology issued by the Chinese Communist Party government, under the definition of "unhealthy sexual behaviour", homosexuality was listed alongside "multiple sex partners" and "early exposure to sex".

In another version of the textbook, under the same category "unhealthy sexual behavior", "anal sex" replaces "homosexuality".

In sum, the Chinese state approved textbook has raised concern over the CCP's discrimination and misrepresentation of the GRSM groups.

Source: LIHKG #Sept12
https://lih.kg/2199337

#LGBT #GRSM
#CCP #Homophobia #Textbook
Hong Kong's #ColemanWong and France's #MaxWestphal Champion #USOpen Tennis Doubles

On September 12, 2021, Hong Kong tennis player Coleman Wong partnered with French player Max Westphal and won the US Open Junior Doubles.

Wong is the first Hong Kong athlete to win in the Grand Slams.

Source: Stand News #Sept12
https://thestandnews.page.link/ttyszyQ2C3wrHjbK8

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First Hong Kong Tennis Player to Enter Grand Slam Finals
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31021

#Hongkonger #HongKongAthlete #Tennis #TennisDoubles #GrandSlams #France
#HKElection #ChineseDemocracy
CE Election Committee Candidate Sets Up Promotion Booth, But Tells Citizens "Most People Don't Need to Participate"


Source: Stand News; #Sept12

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CE Election Committee Candidate Sets Up Promotion Booth, But Tells Citizens "Most People Don't Need to Participate"

An election for the election committee for the upcoming Chief Executive election will be held Sunday, September 19. This will be the first election after China revamped the city's election rules earlier this year.

Many seats are set to go uncontested, as their sectors only had a single candidate nominated per seat; nevertheless, it does not stop the candidates from setting up promotional street booths. Convenor of the Executive Council Bernard Chan, who is to be automatically elected onto the committee in the Social Welfare sector, handed out pamphlets at his street booth outside the Shek Tong Tsui Market.

Many seniors seemed puzzled by the new election rules. An elderly lady received a pamphlet from Chan and asked, "Why is there no [candidate] name?"

In response, Chan explained: "Most people - unless they're voters in the sector - don't need to participate next week."

#HKElection #ChineseDemocracy #NewElectionRule

Source: Stand News; #Sept12
https://thestandnews.page.link/MHXJmJ4VYchA61xi7
Tears shed at Premier of PolyU Siege Documentary in London

#PolyUseige #FightForFreedom #StandwithHK #Documentary #InsidetheRedBrickWall #HongKongCinema #Screening #London

Source: Stand News; #Sept12

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Tears Shed at Premier of PolyU Siege Documentary in London

The documentary "Inside the Red Brick Wall" was shown in the Open City documentary festival in London on September 11. The film captured one of the most aggressive crackdowns of Hongkonger's fight for democracy during the anti-Extradition movement in 2019, the police siege against protesters in Polytechnic University (#PolyU).

Many Hongkongers that have recently arrived in the UK went to see this documentary. Among them was a pro-democracy supporters, K, who said she took part in one of the demonstrations near the university. K told reporters that the documentary has brought back memories of the crackdown and her involvement in those demonstrations.

She was very saddened because she knew that those endured the sufferings during the siege were ordinary youngsters, real people with flesh and blood. She couldn't help but shed tears as she watched the documentary.

K acknowledged that the screening in UK did provide a platform for Hongkongers to get together, so that they knew they were not alone and can seek support when needed.

She hopes for the documentary to be shown in other countries, to let the world better understand what is happening in Hong Kong. She believes that the question-and-answer session at the end of the show helped local people understand what Hong Kong people has gone through during the movement.

#PolyUseige #FightForFreedom #StandwithHK #Documentary #InsidetheRedBrickWall #HongKongCinema #Screening #London

Source: Stand News; #Sept12
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/%E7%90%86%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%8D%E5%9F%8E%E8%8B%B1%E5%9C%8B%E9%A6%96%E6%94%BE%E6%98%A0-%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E8%A7%80%E5%BD%B1%E8%90%BD%E6%B7%9A