#Restrospective #2021HongKong
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate

Source: Stand News #2021Sept24

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#Restrospective
Committee Members Imprisoned: The Dilemma of #HongKongAlliance and Beginning of the #June4th Debate

[The following article was originally published by #StandNews on September 24, 2021. The news outlet was forced to close down in December that year.]

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Today, the Hong Kong Alliance faces a reversal of destiny. In addition to facing interrogation, their venue has also been seized, funds have been frozen, and social media accounts have been asked to be deleted (except for the website "8964Museum" which is independently operated by the curatorial team).

In the past 32 years, whenever the Hong Kong Alliance faced difficulties, they would refer to the contingency plan drawn up in the early years by the deceased chairman Szeto Wah, who once estimated that after the change in sovereignty in 1997, the Hong Kong Alliance would “Bear the Brunt of the Blow, become the target of repression and persecution". Therefore, as early as 1996, the organization had come up with ten contingency measures regarding situations such as deregistration and members being arrested, and listed in detail in the general declaration of the Victoria Park Candlelight Gathering, one of which is as follows:

"The Hong Kong Alliance has been characterized as a ‘Subversive Organization', what should we do? […] We firmly do not accept the characterization of a ‘Subversive Organization', and Hong Kong citizens will not accept it ... If a bad law is to be enacted after 1997 and unreasonable prosecutions are to be proposed, the Hong Kong Alliance would only be the first to bear the brunt of the prosecution, followed by other organizations and individuals, who would also be characterized as “Subversive Organizations" and “Subversives”. This will be marked as a dark age of human rights and freedoms in Hong Kong…”

"The storm that Uncle Wah predicted has finally arrived, just twenty years late." Tsang Kin-Shing, the former standing committee said.

At present, all the current standing members of the Hong Kong Alliance are imprisoned. In the future, the company registration may be removed, and the group members will vote on whether to pass the dissolution at the general meeting on September 25th. The chairman and vice-chairman Li Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan, who are in prison recently, issued a joint open letter pointing out that the best solution for the Hong Kong Alliance is to dissolve voluntarily; another vice-chairman, Tonyee Chow Hang-tung, later sent a letter to member groups calling for their opposition to the dissolution, "I trust their experience and judgment, but I still can't convince myself that voluntary dissolution is a "good option”, let alone a "best solution.”

Source: Stand News #2021Sept24

https://web.archive.org/web/20211229140614/https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E6%88%B0%E5%BD%B94-%E5%B8%B8%E5%A7%94%E5%85%A8%E9%99%B7%E5%9B%B9%E5%9C%84-%E6%94%AF%E8%81%AF%E6%9C%83%E7%9A%84%E5%AD%98%E6%95%A3%E5%85%A9%E9%9B%A3-%E4%B8%80%E5%A0%B4%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E8%BE%AF%E8%AB%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%A7%8B

#FailedState
Hong Kong gov’t officer among 5 arrested over prostitution syndicate

//Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.

Local media reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office.

Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.

Local media including Ming Pao and HK01first reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office. The police later confirmed that Lam was the 30-year-old male released on bail.

Lam was recognised by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in the government’s annual honours list in 2021, when he received the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Government/Public Service.//

Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May6
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/06/hong-kong-govt-officer-among-5-arrested-over-prostitution-syndicate-reports/

‘‘Pretty Gross’: How a Network of Retired Lawmakers Boosts CCP Influence in Washington

As Beltway institutions cut ties with Chinese Communist Party front groups, a group of former congressmen has kept a close relationship with a think tank that oversees Beijing’s foreign influence efforts.

The Association of Former Members of Congress, a networking hub for former lawmakers, has hosted multiple events since 2020 for the China-United States Exchange Foundation, the CCP’s leading foreign influence think tank. The Exchange Foundation sponsors the association’s annual awards gala, which will be held next month, and it has worked hand-in-glove with the Exchange Foundation’s lobbyist to host policy events where pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have been blamed on "foreign forces" and the United States has been accused of directing "vitriol" toward China.

Source: Washington Free Beacon #May06

https://t.co/sBRHo5wS5o

#CCP #Network #Beijing #China

A 612 trustee was taken away at the HK airport

Source: Inmedia #May11

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A 612 trustee was taken away at the HK airport

Dr Po-Keung Hui, one of the Trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund (which had ceased its operations), was allegedly taken away by the Hong Kong Police at the Hong Kong International Airport when he was leaving Hong Kong. Inmedia is inquiring the police about the incident. Denise Ho, who is another trustee of the fund, said she is currently safe upon Inmedia’s inquiry through her assistant.

The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund was established on 15 June 2019. Its aim was to provide humanitarian support, such as medical, mental, psychological, legal assistance, to those injured or arrested during the anti-extradition bill movement.

Fund trustees included Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, the Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Dr. Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, practising barista, Dr. Po-Keung Hui, the Adjunct Associate Professor in the Departure of Cultural Studies at the Lingnan University, Cyd Ho Sau-Lan, a former LegCo member, and singer Denise Ho. Cyd Ho is currently serving time in jail.

The Fund announced in 2021 August that since the Alliance for True Democracy was about to dissolve, they no longer had a valid bank account, and would cease operation. The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force then announced that the Fund was under investigation due to violating the National Security Law. The department issued an order to make material available as well as demanded both the Fund and the Alliance to hand over a source of income and donor information.

Source: Inmedia #May11

https://bit.ly/3L4K22f

#HuiPoKeung #612Funds #612HumanitarianReliefFund #AntiELABmovement #NSL #NationalSecurityLaw #colludingwithforeignforces

All 5 Trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund arrested and accused of collusion with foreign powers, source says

Dr. Po-Keung Hui, a former Adjunct Associate Professor in the Departure of Cultural Studies at the Lingnan University, as well as the trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, was arrested yesterday (10/5) night at the airport and was accused of colluding with foreign powers, violating the National Security Law. The remaining four trustees of the Fund, including Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, Dr. Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee, a practicing barrister, former LegCo member Cyd Ho Sau-Lan (who is still serving in jail) and singer Denise Ho, had all been arrested today (11/5).

Source: In-Media HK
https://bit.ly/3FDPGY8

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A 612 trustee was taken away at the HK airport
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‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work

Source: New York Times #May5

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‘I’m Very Anxious’: China’s #Lockdowns Leave Millions Out of Work

//Migrant workers and recent college graduates have been hit hardest by shuttered factories, closed construction sites and an anemic job market.

As China battles its worst coronavirus outbreaks, its uncompromising determination to eliminate infections has left millions unable to work. Stringent lockdowns, hitting city after city, have forced factories and businesses to shut, sometimes for weeks, including in some of the country’s most important economic centers.

Two groups have been especially hard-hit: migrant workers — the roughly 280 million laborers who travel from rural areas to cities to work in sectors such as manufacturing and construction — and recent college graduates. Nearly 11 million college students, a record, are expected to graduate this year...

Yang Jiwei, a 21-year-old from Anhui Province, worked as a waiter in Shanghai when the lockdown began. His residence, shared with four other people, had no kitchen supplies, so they could not cook the few packages of vegetables and meat that local officials had provided. He had been eating a dwindling supply of instant noodles...

But the official unemployment figures are widely considered an undercount. They do not capture many migrant workers, and they also count people as unemployed only if they are able to start working within two weeks. That would exclude people under extended lockdowns or the growing numbers of young people deferring job searches...//

Read the full article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/business/china-shanghai-covid-lockdown-economy.html

Source: New York Times #May5

#Unemployment #Discontent #Pandemic #ShanghaiLockdown #Covid19

The membership number of Hong Kong uniformed Groups fall significantly after the legislative proposal of Hong Kong youths' mandatory participation.

#Scout #GirlGuides #BoysBrigade #RoadSafetyPatrol #GoHKgraphics

 [After Resignation] 20 resigned district councillors find new approaches to serve the community amidst sustainability issues

By Translated by Guardians of Hong Kong, October 10, 2021 • 3 January 2022

In July, the government imposed a new mandate of oath-taking for District Council members (DC Members) already in offices. This led to a wave of massive resignations. Some of the resigned DC Members left Hong Kong but some stayed. Many former DC Members want to stay and serve the community, however, how could they live without government subsidies and salaries of a DC Member?

Some former DC Members discovered a new approach. Risks are everywhere but it is most important to try. 

Source: The Stand News #Sep05

#DistrictCouncillor #Community

Full Story：

https://telegra.ph/After-Resignation-20-resigned-district-councillors-find-new-approaches-to-serve-the-community-amidst-sustainability-issues-01-03

Chinese Spies Violate U.S. Sovereignty and Americans’ Rights

A Chinese immigrant found a note stuck in the door of his New Jersey home in September 2018: “If you are willing to go back to mainland [China] and spend 10 years in prison, your wife and children will be all right. That’s the end of this matter!” Welcome to Operation Sky Net, a campaign launched by the Chinese government in 2015 to repatriate overseas “fugitives” through any means.

Under this program, Chinese police and security personnel routinely conduct illegal operations in other countries. Their activities in the U.S. violate their victims’ constitutional rights and make a mockery of our nation’s sovereignty. The U.S. government and law-enforcement community rarely speak out about these acts, much less prosecute the perpetrators. That has to change.

Source: WSJ #May06

https://t.co/KDIz292YOm

#China #Spy #American #US