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Being as a person facing court right now, I would like to warn you that even Spark Alliance HK is infiltrated

(1 Jun) Well, that is:
My younger brother was arrested in the scene last Sep; we sought legal assistance from lawyers from “Civil Human Rights Front” (CHRF) and “Spark Alliance HK” (612). Soon later, my family members referred another one to us, thus we changed the legal representative; who is a solicitor named Lee xx. Lee later claimed himself joined CHRF and 612. I am not going to publicize the full name of Lee here as my family members are still having good relationship with Lee. However, I will report Lee’s behavior to CHRF and 612.

Lee found a barrister to act on us, Kwong Man Cheong. All along the period, Kwong told us in all meetings that “our case would be lose, suggested pleading guilty to relieve the sentence.” Though I told Kwong that I won’t plead guilty to an offence in political nature; and I’d prepared for the jail. Kwong replied me throughout the period that: “I respect your choice. If you would like to have a trial, I would represent you to fight for it.”

It’s fine, I’m going to have the plea day tomorrow.

Today in the afternoon, I received a call from Lee who said: “Kwong (Gilbert Kwong) opined your case would not win, and you did not agree to plead guilty, Kwong now decided not to represent you. So that I have already helped you to find another barrister, will send his name card to you soon.”

When I read the name card, the barrister is Albert Luk’s Chambers, the fu*king Albert Luk!

I throwback, they (Lee and Kwong) in fact want to persuade me admitting the charges at the very beginning; and declined us right before the plea day.
Although Lee said Kwong could represent us the last time (tomorrow), we rejected. To be frank, How do I know if Kwong will not ask the court to remand me?! LOL.

This is a remind to everyone, infiltration is really serious, regardless of LIHKG, undercovers in the scene and teams; and even infiltrated into the process of seeking a legal representative.

Even they are not undercovers and infiltration, those heartless legal advisers, who have never thought to help the activists (us), sucked hard-earned money donated by the public to 612.

Last but not least, I would like to particularly thank for the legal advisors from CHRF; they had not abandoned us due to our initial rejection to their lawyers. They even worked overtimes at midnight to understand our situation before my plea day, and represent us on the next day.

Million thanks to you all, though I might be in jail at the end.

I will never forget your all’s sincere assistance.

Source: LIHKG
https://lih.kg/2046761

#SparkAllianceHK #Court #Lawyer #Chinainfiltration
#NOWTV
NOW TV chief Cheung Chi-kong will retire in August, former TVB Chinese team head Bill Chan takes his position

NOW TV has been one of the most credible news channels in Hong Kong. Its chief Cheung Chi-kong will retire in August 2020, and retired journalist Bill Chan will take his position. Cheung admitted in his interview with Stand News that he decided to retire before the anti-ELAB movement. He suggested that it is useless to worry if his departure will affect NOW’s credibility.

A NOW TV employee expressed his worry about Cheung’s departure. It still remains a question as to whether Chan’s new position will affect the TV station in any manner.

Another senior journalist from NOW TV suggested that Chan’s arrival was unexpected, because the position should have been given to Annie Cheng, Cheung’s subordinate who has been working with NOW for 15 years. He admitted that he was not confident about the personnel change because it may affect the freedom of press and the journalistic integrity of the NOW TV news team.

Source: Stand News
#Jun18 #TVB #PressFreedom #ChinaInfiltration
#Newspaper

Chinese military officer and researcher arrested at LAX is charged with visa fraud

// A scientific researcher and officer in the People’s Republic of China Liberation Army was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport as he tried to return to China. He is being charged with visa fraud.

//Xin Wang allegedly made fraudulent statements on a J1 non-immigrant visa application issued to him .If convicted, Wang faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

//Wang stated he was a “Level 9” technician with the PLA and received a stipend while he was also provided a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council.The district court statement equated the Level 9 status to the U.S. rank of major.

//“Wang stated he intentionally made false statements about his military service in his visa application in order to increase the likelihood that he would receive his J1 visa.”

//Wang told customs agents he was ordered by Chinese military personnel to “observe the layout of the UCSF lab and bring back information on how to replicate it in China.”

Full Article: Los Angelas Times, (11-June)

#chinesemilitary #specialists #visafraud #PLA #Chinainfiltration
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Hollywood movie The Departed in real-life: youth nurtured into "gangster judges" serving as executioners in Hong Kong Judiciary

(13 Jun)As we all know, Hong Kong court magistrates have recently been making controversial decisions on cases arising from last year's Anti-ELAB (Extradition law amendment bill) movement. Examples include Judge Kwok Wai-kin praising the "noble qualities" of a stabbing case convict, Judge Heung [Lau] suk-han joining the interrogation of witnesses and Judge Chan wai-mun, who determined that a middle-aged man's "action may have led to the destruction of social order" when the police fired a teargas canister directly at him as he was getting off a minibus. He was sentenced to 200 hours of community service. Yesterday sparked even more outrage when Judge Debbie Ng Chung-yee not only ignored the inconsistencies in a police officer's testimonies but made unfounded claims that the defendant, despite being injured during the arrest, is not well-suited to be a teacher because the judge claimed he had a personality disorder [without a doctor’s diagnosis]. He is remanded to Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre to await his sentence...

This series of infuriating violations of common legal principles fully imbue one with the sense that district court magistrates and the police are buddies: no matter how ridiculous the charge, even with confessions extracted through torture, the judges will complement the police without any reservation. The conviction will stand and the sentence will be harsh.

Many years ago, when the typical citizen's impression of the court was based on a Hong Kong film, The Unwritten Law, the older generation would tell the young people, "Don't become a lawyer, bend the truth and send innocent people to jail. It has no merit." Looking back at the movie now, the many plot holes are obvious but people have always believed that sending someone [innocent] to jail is an extremely immoral act. People with morals have self-limitations that maintain their integrity and increase their merit. A tyrannical autocracy holds a different mentality when it comes to recruiting thugs to become their lackeys: a big fat government paycheck can hire a bunch of underqualified people to handle things. Precisely because they lack competitiveness and skill, such people cannot survive without depending on [political] power. They don't need any special orders to wantonly commit any morally atrocious act as a demonstration of their loyalty.

Full translation: https://telegra.ph/Hollywood-movie-The-Departed-in-real-life-youth-nurtured-into-gangster-judges-serving-as-executioners-in-Hong-Kong-Judiciary-06-23

Source: Edkin
https://bit.ly/2BAehQE

#ChinaInfiltration #Judges #RuleOfLaw #HongKongJudiciary #AntiELAB
#OpinionArticle #AllanAu

The “Evil Law Diary”: How to Destroy a News Department

(19 Jun)Clear skies, night-time in Mongkok, a lot of people queuing outside a small shop as though nothing has happened.

//I rushed back home to watch the last episode of Headliner...The Emperor’s Mother (a character in Headliner mocking Carrie Lam) said “we hope to meet again”, which was a lie. It would have been difficult to say “we will definitely come back" as it is highly uncertain.

//The world of media is wailing today.

//the show is in a dire situation and there is no specified date to meet again. Even if it does come back one day, it will for sure be under a harmonious but intolerable veneer. Perhaps, the personnel at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) will be completely different by then.


//Today was the 25th anniversary of the Apple Daily Newspaper. A special edition was issued. Editors understood that their boss, Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, is now a prime target of the power elites/gangsters. They celebrated the 25th anniversary because they cannot see a 30th anniversary celebration at this point. Someone proposed "The End of Apple Daily" as the title of the special edition. In the end, it was entitled "Not the End of Apple Daily". There is no reason to surrender. They will treat every day like it is the final one and persist.

//a retiree and former executive at TVB will be the new boss of the Now TV news department and he will bring in a team from CCTVB.

//What does an untrustworthy government which likes to lie and deceive its citizens hate the most? A credible news media for sure.

//how do you destroy a news department? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is good at this - by replacing management, manipulating an organization’s structure through personnel changes, setting new targets, and controlling daily operations

//it is natural selection; survival of those who are obedient; an elimination of the capable ones so that the inferior will survive.


Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/The-Evil-Law-Diary-How-to-Destroy-a-News-Department-06-25

Source: Stand News

Further reading:

Headliner Farewell Its Audience
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22738
NOW TV chief Cheung Chi-kong will retire in August, former TVB Chinese team head Bill Chan takes his position
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/22607

#Censorship #ChinaInfiltration #Headliner #TVB #FreedomOfPress #RTHK #NowTV #AppleDaily #ICable #NationalSecurityLaw
#ConfuciusInstitutes #CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #BrainWash #ShapePower
Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC

Source: Stand News #August13
#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24422
#ConfuciusInstitutes #CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #BrainWash #ShapePower
Bloomberg: Confucius Institutes to be designated as Foreign Mission of the PRC

Sources close to the U.S. Department of State told Bloomberg that the Confucius Institute U.S. Centre was to be designed as a foreign mission of the PRC. Shortly after the news was published, the State Department made the official announcement on Thursday, August 13. Such action further escalates the tension between China and the U.S.

Confucius Institutes with heavy presence in universities and colleges around the world, have been established for more than ten years, dedicated to promoting Chinese culture. However, many Western countries recently question the ulterior motive of the institutes using their teaching as a tool to expand political influence. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. released a report last year that the institutes are used as a propaganda tool controlled by China and have too much control over the institutes in America. Universities and colleges are called on to close their Confucius Institutes.

If the State Department of U.S. requires Confucius Institutes to register as “foreign missions”, it means that the institutes are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the Chinese government. According to the Foreign Missions Act, these organisations need to register all personnel roster and their property holdings in the U.S. with the U.S. State Department. They have to follow administrative requirements and to be ruled that similar to embassies and consulates.

Source: Stand News #August13

#ForeignMission #ForeignInterference #Spy
#CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #WhiteTerror #FreeSpeech
#Censorship Spreads to Overseas: Sing Tao Daily Refuses to Publish Statement Condemning the National Security Law in Canada

A group of Hong Kong people in Canada has planned to publish a statement on Sing Tao Daily (Canada) condemning the Hong Kong national security law, but the statement was rejected by the newspaper. The statement was eventually published on Ming Pao Daily News (Canada), but only after removing parts that criticize local Chinese leaders. The Canadian Hong Kongers suspected that the effects of the national security law have already extended to Canada.

Source: Apple Daily #Aug12

#NationalSecurityLaw #SingTaoDaily #MingPao

https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200812/XENR3OJRL5DGTI7YZCAW5DJ3DA/
#CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #BigData #PersonalPrivacy

#Japan Should Not Ignore #TikTok Data Security Risks
Liberal Democratic Party Proposal on Restricting the Use as early as September


Source: Stand News #Aug16
#LiberalDemocraticParty

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24453
#CCPControl #ChinaInfiltration #BigData #PersonalPrivacy

#Japan Should Not Ignore #TikTok Data Security Risks
Liberal Democratic Party Proposal on Restricting the Use as early as September


Followed by the ban on the use of TikTok in India and the request from the U.S. on the parent company of TikTok for selling the local business of ByteDance, the Ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s Tax Panel Chief of Japan Akira Amari, said that Japan should not ignore the data security risks from the use of TikTok.

During the interview on Fuji Television Network on Aug 16, Amari pointed that other countries such as the United Kingdom, India and the U.S. are aware of the data security risks of TikTok, which the Japanese government should not ignore. “Japan cannot just stand beside and watch because many countries have pointed out the risks,” he said.

Amari added, Japanese companies should assume that partnerships with Chinese firms would lead to data leakage. If Japan compromised on data security, other countries, who supported freedom, democracy and the rule of law, might rule out Japan, which posed a crisis to Japan. “Japan is the country with the least sense of crisis,” said Amari.

#TikTok #Japan #Amari #AkiraAmari #Security #DataSecurity #LiberalDemocraticParty

Source: Stand News #Aug16