#PoliceState
Hong Kong Police Arrest Middle Eastern and Dutch Civilians during 831 memorial event

This past Saturday, February 29, marked the 6th month of the 831 incident when riot police stormed onto subway trains at Prince Edward Station and indiscriminately attacked passengers who were on their way home last August. A large group of civilians gathered outside the station in remembrance of the victims and the memorial event later evolved into clashes with riot police deploying tear gas during the dispersal operation.

A 19-year-old Middle Eastern man was charged for assaulting police after he and more than a dozen men hurled objects at plainclothes. Since the court hearing has been postponed, the defendant will be remanded in custody till May 11.

Furthermore, a 42-year-old buyer and a 31-year-old Dutch teacher were charged with arson for burning debris in a roadblock and throwing paper into a fire. Both men will be in custody till April 27 before taken to court for hearing.

Source: InMedia #Mar3

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Police Inflict Violence and Sexual Assault on Street Sleepers,
District councillors and catholic communities demand apologies

Around Seven black-clad police officers stroke on street sleepers' properties and canned food in Tung Chau Street Park, Sham Shui Po on February 24. They threatened to wipe out the homeless communities in Hong Kong.

A policewomen pushed a man with chronic disease to the ground, tore his hair and even stepped on his intimate part.

A witness Shan, who was living in the rainshelter of the park, said that the police destroyed all of their tables and boxes while bags of rice were stabbed and scattered. The witness was forced to press on a knife's handle and slandered as possession of offensive weapon. He further added that the police may target to search for illegal drugs to charge them. He felt helpless since he needed to repurchase food and cleaned up the glass shatters amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

Rev. Timothy Lam, Rev. Franco Mella, Shiu Ka Chun Legislative Councillor's office and district councillor from ADPL condemned such shameful behaviour and criticised the government downplayed the homelessness issue. They urged the police to apologize and explain above case in the coming district council meeting.

Source: Inmedia #Mar3
https://bit.ly/3amurZL

#HomeStudy #ClassSuspension
Parenting During Coronavirus Outbreak: Parents Find Children Easily Distracted Studying at home

As all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools are suspended during the Coronavirus outbreak, over 70% of kindergarten parents and over 80% of primary school parents said that their children had difficulties studying at home, according to a survey conducted by the Education University of Hong Kong.

Some upper kindergarten parents worried that even with online teaching material, they might not be able to teach children correct pronunciation. At home, parents also need to check if their children wrote correctly and quiz them repeatedly to enhance children's memories. Some parents said they tried their best to allot studying time from play time, but children were easily distracted at home. Parents were exhausted supervising them all day.

In views of the varying amount of homework, parents urged the Education Bureau to issue uniform guidelines.

Source: RTHK #Mar3
#Education

#ChinesePneumonia #GlobalOutbreak
One seasame-sized droplet can contain 100,000 coronavirus

Head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, Dr. Ho Pak-leung and leading microbiologist Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung jointly analysed the viral load of the first 23 confirmed infection cases in Hong Kong.

Ho pointed out that the viral volume of confirmed patients reached peak level on admission day. “One sesame-sized droplet contains 100,000 viruses; one tenth of a sesame seed has as many as 10,000 viruses.” Since the general public does not have antibodies to Wuhan pneumonia, exposure to only a few would cause infection.

Ho reminded medical staff to wash their face and immediately after handling a patient, and wash their hair after returning home. Meanwhile, it is better to buy takeaway rather than eating in. Masks removed during meals should not be worn again.

The public shall refrain from chatting during meals, and keep a distance of around 6 floor tiles (around 6 ft) from each other.

#Mar3

#PoliceState
When Police Officers Are only “Reprimanded” For Inflicting Physical and Verbal Violence on Civilians; Pro-democracy Legislators: An Insufficient Deterrent

Police Commissioner, Chris Tang Ping-keung told media on Monday, March 2 that the Complaints Against Police Office had received 1639 complaints related to the anti-extradition protests, of which 125 have been investigated.

Related officers had been "reprimanded" in 21 incidents: These include the traffic police who rammed into the crowd with his motocycle in November 2019 and the two officers showing a journalist's identity card on live broadcast. However, nothing from the Yuen Long 721 attack was covered.

The Police Force claimed that in view of the long time required for investigation, verbal warning can deter other officers from following suit, stressing that the reprimand would not affect subsequent investigation.

Looking through past records, "reprimands" were commonly used for mild offences such as police officers found watching World Cup or browsing pornographic websites during duty sessions.

Pro-democracy legislator, To Kun-sin pointed out that if a civilian had done the same thing as the traffic police did, they would be charged with criminal offences such as “reckless driving”. In any case, he considered “reprimands” insufficient to deter the police. He asked the Force to give further account of the cases, including arrangements of the final disciplinary action.

Likewise, member of the Civil Rights Watch, Wong Hau-yin urged the police to give details of the 21 cases and the allegations of excessive use of force.

Source: Ming Pao #Mar3
https://tinyurl.com/wdno32t

#StateTerrorism #CPAO #PoliceBrutality

#StandwithMyanmar
The picture above was published on Myanmar Information with a caption that wrote, “While the military treats the police force as cannon fodder, a dog is standing behind the soldiers and watching their deeds” in Burmese.

Source: Stand News; #Mar3

#HongKong #Thailand #military #crackdown #Protests #Funerals

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Although the military roiled a deadly crackdown on February 28 which killed 20 people and arrested over 1,200 civilians, more protesters took to the street on March 1 and March 2 to rally against the military rule.

As the military’s crackdown became increasingly violent and deadly, determined pro-democracy protesters put their names, blood type and contact details on their arms before part-taking in a rally. In the face of tear gas and gunfire, young protesters relied barely on debris, iron bars, wet towels, and plastic water bags for protection and defence.

Very few protesters were wearing proper gas masks. Construction site helmets were not able to protect them from live ammunition.

Funerals were seen in multiple places around the nation. Saddened citizens gathered to pay respect to the victims of military brutality at these funerals. They were gathered at the funerals to mourn them at places where the protester was shot and died.

The courage of young protesters and the violence of military oppression in Myanmar have recalled memories of the civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong in 2019.

A columnist of Stand News picked the news up and wrote on the paper with a hearty closing remark, “The animals in Animal Farm surrendered. But the people in Hong Kong, Thailand and Myanmar did not.

Source: Stand News; #Mar3
https://bit.ly/2PRcgX9

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