Three Years Since the Death of "Yellow Raincoat Man": Police Warn Mourning Citizens of "Littering" as they Offered Flowers

Today marks the third year since the death of Marco Leung Ling-kit, the "Yellow Raincoat Man", who fell to his death wearing a yellow raincoat that said "Carrie Lam killed Hong Kong, Cops were cold blooded." His death came a week after a 1-million-strong march did not #CarrieLam to withdraw the extradition bill, and another massive protest on the day of the vote was met by violent police crackdown.

Outside Pacific Place in Admiralty, the scene of Leung's death, citizens have erected a roadside memorial this afternoon. It was soon surrounded by dozens of white flowers, origami flowers, and other memorial art from citizens who came to pay tribute to the fallen man.

Police came and cleared away the memorial, and accused a man who laid down flowers for "littering", giving verbal warnings and taking down their identities. "I have the right to mourn," the man said, criticizing the police's actions, "I'm only exercising my due rights."

Ms. S and Mr. J took half a day off work today to attend the memorial and lay down flowers. J said that he had never forgotten Leung, and came to "tell everyone: hold on and continue in our conviction." He had been concerned that simply mourning in public might put him at risk of being arrested, but decided that he couldn't worry too much.

"I have to do what I intended to do," he said, "or else some memories will slowly fade away. I don't want to be ashamed of myself."

source: In-Media HK
photos: first-hand
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#Jun15 #Remembrance #YellowRaincoatMan #LeungLingKit #NeverForget #Martyr

13-year-old Bowen is wearing a yellow raincoat, stood silently before the memorial.

As night falls, citizens continue to arrive at the memorial to mourn "Yellow Raincoat Man" Leung Ling-kit outside Pacific Place. 13-year-old Bowen is among them; he came wearing a yellow raincoat, and stood silently before the memorial.

Bowen said that he was only 10 when the incident happened, but what he saw on live TV was etched into his mind. Even though his family objected, he came to the memorial anyway.

Other citizens lit candles at the memorial. and paid silent tribute to Leung as they stood in the heavy rain under umbrellas.

source: ReNews #Jun15

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#Remembrance #YellowRaincoatMan #LeungLingKit #NeverForget #Martyr

Africa Eye: Racism for sale

In February 2020 a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don't understand that what they're being told to say is " I am a black monster and my IQ is low."

The clip ignited outrage in China and beyond. But no-one ever answered some crucial questions: why was this filmed? Where was it shot? Who made it?

Source: BBC #Jun13

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-61764466

#Racism #Africa #China #Black

An investigation compares the number of fixed penalty ticket issued and local COVID cases over the past 2 years. There is no correlation between them.

#GroupGathering #COVID19 #GoHKgraphics

Conservative leadership contender Patrick Brown wins support of Beijing-allied groups, senator

After their party lost another federal election last year, the Chinese Canadian Conservative Association (CCCA) made some striking comments about the Tory platform — and Canada’s relations with Beijing.

Spokesman Joe Li said the Conservative push for a tougher stance on China had alienated voters of Chinese descent and cost the party three ridings.

Source: National Post #Jun10

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/conservative-leadership-contender-wins-support-of-beijing-allied-groups-senator

#Canada #Beijing #China #CCCA

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Hong Kong Government Censors its Own $31m Anti-ELAB Movement Report in light of National Security Concerns

Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Jun14

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Hong Kong Government Censors its Own $31m Anti-ELAB Movement Report in light of National Security Concerns

The Hong Kong SAR Government's Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (#PICO) had allocated $31 million HKD to 79 research studies regarding the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.

The research topics included public sentiments towards violence or the strategy of "mutual destruction" (攬炒, literally "burn with us"), public participation during the government's policy-making process, culture, values, ethnic identity, and so on.

All 79 studies have been concluded, but their results have yet to be published to PICO's website, contrary to the Office's established practices.

Responding to Economic Journal's inquiry, PICO stated that the government is compiling the results into a report; however, it will be for internal reference only, and the government has no plans to make it available to the public.

The decision was allegedly due to legal risks regarding certain content in the report. A researcher who participated in the studies noted that the topics were determined before the #NationalSecurityLaw was enacted, and they covered a relatively wide range of subject matter. The government may be concerned of the National Security Law's implications when it decided not to publicize the report.

Source: Hong Kong Economic Journal #Jun14
https://bit.ly/39k85NR

#Censorship #GovernmentTransparency #NSL #BurnWithUs

New elected Executive Director of the Hong Kong Unison Limited will support the minorities to apply consumption voucher

Dr John Tse Wing-ling, the new-elected Executive Director of the Hong Kong Unison Limited, starts his duty today (16th June). He invites media to have a tea gathering and shares his thoughts on topics about the minorities, pointing out that they are also facing various difficulties under the pandemic even though they only take account for 3% of the Hong Kong population.

The Unison Limited contacted 900 families in late March. 60% of them have lost their jobs or underemployment, in which, 4% of the families have been living under the poverty line for a long term. Half of their children have fallen behind the learning syllabus due to the lack of online learning equipment. Many students feel that they cannot catch up with their studies on Chinese after re-starting face-to-face learning.

Dr. Tse mentions in the gathering that education issues is on the top list at the Unison Limited. He believes that only having the knowledge can change the minorities’ future. He said that even though the government have put resource to this group of people, most of them are outdated. As a result, he hopes the Steering Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs in the new government will listen to their voices, will improve their education especially on Chinese Language as a second language.

Tse indicates that the Unison Limited received enquiries from the ethnic minorities about their struggles on applying for a new round of consumption voucher. As a result, he plans to set up 4 to 5 service stations at late June at Tung Chung, Yau Tsim Mong, Sha Tin, Yuen Long, where have more minorities living, to help them signing up for the voucher with other friend organisations.

https://unison.org.hk/en

#FirstHand #Jun18
#UnisonLimited #TseWingLing #EthnicMinorities #Onlinelearning #Poverty

Hong Kong Judiciary updates “Guide to Judicial Conduct” to Restrain Judges' Social Media Activities

Source: Inmedia #May16

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Hong Kong Judiciary updates “Guide to Judicial Conduct” to Restrain Judges' Social Media Activities

On May 16, 2022,the Judiciary of Hong Kong updated the “Guide to Judicial Conduct” since 14 years. The new guidelines targets judges and judicial officers and added suggestion of their social media activities.

For example, judges and judicial officers are asked to be extra cautious on “adding friends”, “liking posts” and “following” anyone or any organization. At the same time, they should ensure that thet themselves and their friends and family would not unnecessarily reveal their contact details and private life information, to avoid being “doxxed”.

The Guide also has regulations on how judges and nudicial officers shall behave in interviews and warned them of making comments to the media, even when it is anonymous.

Since the implementation of the #NationalSecurityLaw (#NSL), foreign media has interviewed a few Hong Kong judges who stayed anonynous and showed their concerns about unfair court decision. The new regulations also mention that the media’s enquiry should be referred to the court and will be sent to Press and Public Relations Section for follow-up.

In recent years, many judges in Hong Kong have been criticized for taking the side of the authorities when dealing with the social movement-related cases. However, the Guide told the judges and judicial officers are asked avoid responding to any criticism, sending letters to the press, and dealing with other matters in court.

Source: Inmedia #May16
https://bit.ly/3Mly9WW

#JudicialConduct #Doxxing #Court #FailedState #Micromanagement

"Amendment Bill Crisis" Involved Terrorist Acts, Says New Hong Kong Textbooks

June 2022 marks the third anniversary of the beginning of the 2019 protests against the Extradition Law Amendment Bill (ELAB). In Hong Kong, since the 2021/2022 school year, Liberal Studies has been replaced by the subject Citizenship and Social Development.

It was found out that the secondary school textbooks of Citizenship and Social Development has omitted many important social events, including the protest and police-civilian clashes that took place on June 12, 2019.

Ming Pao reviewed four newly released textbooks from three publishers, and found that they mentioned these protests as background information for the enactment of the #NationalSecurityLaw. The textbooks only said that "severe, violent incidents" took place in 2019, and asserted that the "amendment bill crisis" involved "violent acts of terrorism involving various illegal acts".

Two textbooks further alleged that "the Central Government considered it involved interference by foreign forces", that opposition forces and organizations inciting Hong Kong independence invited foreign interference, and so on.

Leo Chu, Democratic Party spokesperson on education policies, commented that these descriptions ignored the deeper causes that triggered the widespread protests at the time.

All four textbooks extolled the importance and purpose of the National Security Law, and claimed that it ensures that "One Country, Two Systems" is implemented, protects human rights, and ensures Hong Kong's prosperity and stability. Other social issues and controversies were not mentioned.

Source: Ming Pao #Jun13
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20220613/s00002/1655058002382/

#Education #Textbook #Brainwashing #AntiELAB #HongKongProtests