Mack Horton's family detail horror fallout from Sun Yang saga
The family of Australian swimmer Mack Horton have detailed the alarming backlash they copped as a result of their son’s protests against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
Sun Yang, a six-time Olympic medalist and the first Chinese man to win a swimming gold medal at the Games, is a national hero for many Chinese. However, Horton’s public stance against Sun has prompted severe backlash from Chinese fans, it even triggered a horrible toll on his family.
Numerous horrible death threats and harassment started almost immediately after Horton’s ‘drug cheat’ comment at the 2016 Olympics. Even Horton’s younger brother Chad was targeted as well, as Chad’s school reported threats directed at Horton’s brother.
Horton and his family were once again targeted after the Aussie star’s refusal to share the podium with Sun at the 2019 World Championships in South Korea.
The business of Horton’s father Andrew was also under attacked, with the only method of preventing online attacks was to completely deny access to the website from China. A normal day for Horton family was to deal with dog faeces thrown at their house, to find shattered glass thrown into their family pool, and to bear with cadres of unidentifiable figures banging pots and pans around their home in the middle of the night.
After the Court of Arbitration for Sport had handed down its ruling in February, months of harassment on Horton family were fading away with Sun’s eight-year-suspension of competition for a drug-test violation.
What has happened to Mack Horton’s family sounds like a movie plot. However, for a #totalitarian state like #China, those are some normal tactics to "fix" an opponent.
#Australia #Swimmers #SunYang #DeathThreats #harassment
Source:
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/mack-hortons-family-detail-horror-fallout-from-sun-yang-saga-000649435.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/sports/olympics/sun-yang-doping-ban.amp.html
The family of Australian swimmer Mack Horton have detailed the alarming backlash they copped as a result of their son’s protests against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
Sun Yang, a six-time Olympic medalist and the first Chinese man to win a swimming gold medal at the Games, is a national hero for many Chinese. However, Horton’s public stance against Sun has prompted severe backlash from Chinese fans, it even triggered a horrible toll on his family.
Numerous horrible death threats and harassment started almost immediately after Horton’s ‘drug cheat’ comment at the 2016 Olympics. Even Horton’s younger brother Chad was targeted as well, as Chad’s school reported threats directed at Horton’s brother.
Horton and his family were once again targeted after the Aussie star’s refusal to share the podium with Sun at the 2019 World Championships in South Korea.
The business of Horton’s father Andrew was also under attacked, with the only method of preventing online attacks was to completely deny access to the website from China. A normal day for Horton family was to deal with dog faeces thrown at their house, to find shattered glass thrown into their family pool, and to bear with cadres of unidentifiable figures banging pots and pans around their home in the middle of the night.
After the Court of Arbitration for Sport had handed down its ruling in February, months of harassment on Horton family were fading away with Sun’s eight-year-suspension of competition for a drug-test violation.
What has happened to Mack Horton’s family sounds like a movie plot. However, for a #totalitarian state like #China, those are some normal tactics to "fix" an opponent.
#Australia #Swimmers #SunYang #DeathThreats #harassment
Source:
https://au.sports.yahoo.com/mack-hortons-family-detail-horror-fallout-from-sun-yang-saga-000649435.html
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/sports/olympics/sun-yang-doping-ban.amp.html
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Mack Horton's family detail horror fallout from Sun Yang saga
A stand against doping cost Mack Horton's family years of stress and harassment at the hands of Sun Yang's supporters.
Arm China CEO refuses to quit after removal by headquarters, accused of "creating a culture of fear"
In June this year, the UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd and the Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments attempted to oust Arm China CEO, Allen Wu, after complaints of serious irregularities in his conduct.
Arm China published an open letter on Weibo accusing Arm Ltd of "threats and harassment" and attempting to cut Arm China's contracts with its business partners. It requested that the Chinese government intervene. In response, Arm Ltd blamed Wu for "propagating false information and creating a culture of fear and confusion among Arm China employees. It claimed that he "attempted to block the critical communication and support our China partners require from Arm for ongoing and future chip designs".
Wu currently owns 13.3% of Arm China's shares and has close ties with Huawei. He still holds the company's official seal and has used it to cancel his dismissal. Lawyers working closely with Arm China have expressed that China's complex seal system deterred confidence in foreign investors.
Sources: Yahoo Finance, (28-Jul); Apple Daily, (30-Jul); Reuters, (29-Jul)
Credit: Hong Kong Echo
#ArmLtd #Hopu #AllenWu #Finance #harassment #China
In June this year, the UK-based chip designer Arm Ltd and the Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments attempted to oust Arm China CEO, Allen Wu, after complaints of serious irregularities in his conduct.
Arm China published an open letter on Weibo accusing Arm Ltd of "threats and harassment" and attempting to cut Arm China's contracts with its business partners. It requested that the Chinese government intervene. In response, Arm Ltd blamed Wu for "propagating false information and creating a culture of fear and confusion among Arm China employees. It claimed that he "attempted to block the critical communication and support our China partners require from Arm for ongoing and future chip designs".
Wu currently owns 13.3% of Arm China's shares and has close ties with Huawei. He still holds the company's official seal and has used it to cancel his dismissal. Lawyers working closely with Arm China have expressed that China's complex seal system deterred confidence in foreign investors.
Sources: Yahoo Finance, (28-Jul); Apple Daily, (30-Jul); Reuters, (29-Jul)
Credit: Hong Kong Echo
#ArmLtd #Hopu #AllenWu #Finance #harassment #China
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Arm Ltd accuses Chinese subsidiary's CEO of 'creating a culture of fear'
Softbank Group Corp-owned chip technology firm Arm Ltd fired back against its Chinese subsidiary in a statement on Wednesday, accusing Arm China CEO Allen Wu of "propagating false information and creating a culture of fear and confusion among Arm China employees."…
HK Police Forced Restaurant to Stop Business and Take Down "Sensitive" Wishing Notes
Hong Kong police had forced a noodle shop to suspend business until it removes customers' wishing notes with "sensitive wordings".
The restaurant, Betsutenjin Hakata Ramen in Tsim Sha Tsui, had a wall where customers could write their wishes on stickers resembling prayer plaques at Japanese shrines. Many wishes were related to the 2019 #AntiELAB protests, and the pro-democracy shop owner had left them up in the two years since as a record of the times.
However, police received a tip from a woman who alleged that the shop was displaying slogans that violate the #NationalSecurityLaw, Officers arrived and verbally warned the owner, who agreed to remove the offending messages on their own. Police listed the incident under "miscellaneous" and made no arrests, nor sent the National Security Department for follow-up.
Restaurant staff told Ming Pao that police had visited during the busy dinner hours, and demanded customers to leave the shop immediately. The staff had since removed over a hundred notes and resumed business the next day. The notes had only been used for decoration, they said, and no new notes had been added since the National Security Law came into effect in 2020.
The shop apologized to its customers with a Facebook post for having to take down its wishing wall after persisting for 3 years. The staff had read every single wish left by the customers, the post said; "We will not forget a single word from everyone."
From previous photos on the shop's Facebook page, some customers' wishing notes included "disband the police", "China implode", and "6.12" [ed: commemorating the date when protesters stopped the passing of the ELAB bill]. After the police visit, only a few stickers remain that read, "Hong Kong, add oil."
Source: Ming Pao #Nov16
https://bit.ly/3CMXOoF
Betsutenjin Hakata Ramen Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ramenbetsu/posts/pfbid0GUZuVz89q1BA1LZLBw3aWMgPBQXjtgm4Wmqx2JZuhsuGP8C2vHmJ9nr8siew9U2ql
#NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #harassment #suppression #YellowEconomy
Hong Kong police had forced a noodle shop to suspend business until it removes customers' wishing notes with "sensitive wordings".
The restaurant, Betsutenjin Hakata Ramen in Tsim Sha Tsui, had a wall where customers could write their wishes on stickers resembling prayer plaques at Japanese shrines. Many wishes were related to the 2019 #AntiELAB protests, and the pro-democracy shop owner had left them up in the two years since as a record of the times.
However, police received a tip from a woman who alleged that the shop was displaying slogans that violate the #NationalSecurityLaw, Officers arrived and verbally warned the owner, who agreed to remove the offending messages on their own. Police listed the incident under "miscellaneous" and made no arrests, nor sent the National Security Department for follow-up.
Restaurant staff told Ming Pao that police had visited during the busy dinner hours, and demanded customers to leave the shop immediately. The staff had since removed over a hundred notes and resumed business the next day. The notes had only been used for decoration, they said, and no new notes had been added since the National Security Law came into effect in 2020.
The shop apologized to its customers with a Facebook post for having to take down its wishing wall after persisting for 3 years. The staff had read every single wish left by the customers, the post said; "We will not forget a single word from everyone."
From previous photos on the shop's Facebook page, some customers' wishing notes included "disband the police", "China implode", and "6.12" [ed: commemorating the date when protesters stopped the passing of the ELAB bill]. After the police visit, only a few stickers remain that read, "Hong Kong, add oil."
Source: Ming Pao #Nov16
https://bit.ly/3CMXOoF
Betsutenjin Hakata Ramen Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ramenbetsu/posts/pfbid0GUZuVz89q1BA1LZLBw3aWMgPBQXjtgm4Wmqx2JZuhsuGP8C2vHmJ9nr8siew9U2ql
#NationalSecurityLaw #PoliceState #harassment #suppression #YellowEconomy
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