#FirstHand

1843 | #YohoMall, #YuenLong

Soon after riot police entered Yoho Mall, they set up a long cordon line nearby the atrium, encircling themselves for reasons unknown.

#July21 #721TerrorAttack #NeverForget #NeverForgive #PoliceBrutality

#FirstHand
Officers Talk Down to Reporters Covering Police Operations: "Run For It!"

1927 | YOHO Mall, #YuenLong
As police conducted a search on a man in the mall, a dozen media liaison officers try to persuade reporters to move away. One officer tried to shout down legislator Ted Hui as he asked them to calm down.

As a group of reporters ran off to a different part of the mall, the media liaisons tried to goad the remaining ones into leaving and cover the new scene instead, "Nobody will watch your videos otherwise! Run for it!"

#Jul21 #YuenLong721 #FreedomOfPress

#YuenLong721
Police Arrest Councilor Ng Kin Wai

2020 | YOHO Mall, #YuenLong
As police continued their aggressionin Yoho Mall, an officer yelled at Tin Shiu Wai Connet member and district councilor Ng Kin Wai that "district councilors and their assistants don't have special privilege. If you don't leave, we will fine you!" Later, Ng was pulled into the cordon and taken away.

Source: United Social Press #Jul21
#PoliceState #721Attack #PoliceBrutality

#FirstHand
Police arrest protester for chanting pro-democracy slogan

1935 | #YohoMall, #YuenLong

15 months have passed since the 721 attack, where white-clad triad members, allegedly colluding with the Hong Kong Police Force, indiscriminately attacked civilians and passersby.

Since then, citizens gather in Yoho Mall every 21st of the month to remember the incident and protest the violence and police inaction at nearby Yuen Long Station last year.

A protester, usually seen dressed in the costume of “Captain America”, was arrested soon after he chanted pro-democracy slogans at Yoho mall. He was later seen being taken to a black 7-seater at the basement level of the mall.

#PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #NeverForgive #YuenLong721

#FirstHand
PPRB officers asked journalists for press ID for verification

1940 | #Yohomall, #YuenLong

Moments later, officers of Police Public Relations Bureau and uniformed police requested all journalists on the spot to prepare their press identity cards for verification.

#PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #NeverForgive #YuenLong721

#FirstHand

2000 | #Yohomall, #YuenLong

Targeting young civilians, a large group of armed police was sighted to intercept a reporter in a black T-shirt and ask for press ID for verification.

#PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #NeverForgive #YuenLong721

#Court #AntiELAB
Pro-democracy Engineer tells Hong Kong Court to "Return the Power to the Citizens"

Part 1:

[Editor's notes: On July 28, 2019, the police fired numerous #teargas canisters and #rubberbullets in #SheungWan in order to disperse the crowd. 44 people were arrested, 21 of them were charged for rioting. The Court extended the trial from November 13 to December 4, 2021.]

In Hong Kong, 20 civilians, including an 26-year old engineer who pleaded guilty earlier, were accused of the riot at the police-citizen conflict at #SheungWan on July 28, 2019.

On December 4, 2021, Kun Kit-Wang, a 26-year-old engineer, defended himself in court in Hong Kong over rioting charges in the 2019 AntiELAB Movement.

Kun pleaded guilty before the trial and was under detention since May when he revoked his bail.

In court, Kun thanked the magistrate for reminding him to find a legal representative in the previous trial, but he still hoped to defend himself.

Kun said that during the 2019 #AntiELABmovement, #July28 was nothing special originally, but because of the Police’s indulgence of the #July21 indiscriminate attack in #YuenLong, that night triggered the most anger from citizens, and resulted in much anger on the rally on July 28.

He used a quote from #MartinLutherKing, "Riot is a language of the unheard", saying that the #riot classification reflects the government’s negligence of the citizens' opinion.

As a result, he admitted to being part of the riot with no hesitation and indicated that the government should feel ashamed of their actions, not the citizens.

He said there were two #rallies with a million people on #Jun9 and #Jun16, 2019, demonstrating the vox populi. Although the peaceful demonstration gained international accreditation, the Hong Kong government still ignored the backlash and made the decision on their own.

He recalled a quote painted on the wall of the #LegCo chsmber on #Jul01, 2019, "It's you who taught me a peaceful rally can't change anything." It expresses the hopelessness, frustration and anger felt by #Hongkongers at the time.

As there had been magistrate that were unknowledgable concerning the protesters' demands, Kun said that the protesters only hoped for having a chance to participate in policy advocacy, which some regard as "returning the power to the people".

If the #HongKongLegCo does not gain authorisation of the people or does not have a peaceful system to resolve problems, it is suppression. #MaoZedong has said, "fight as there is suppression".

He also pointed out that the #ProvisionalLegislativeCouncil (#PLC) installed by the post-handover government in 1997 was not authorised by the citizens. The handpicked council revived the #PublicOrderOrdinance, which became the law behind the prosecution of many dissidents.

As a person bound by the law, he would like to ask, "do I have the responsibility to obey a contract that I disagree with to begin with?”

Continue with Part 2:


Source: Inmedia #Dec04
https://bit.ly/3ozeOIm

#Defence #PoliticalOppression