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News Highlights of October 1

Part 2: Police Violence on First Aiders, Journalists and Social Workers

1. Police assaulted First Aider
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/7437

2. Police accused of Obstruction in Sham Shui Po
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/7420

3. Police accused of obstruction in Tuen Mun
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/74186

4. Police threatened to throw molotov cocktails at civilians
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/7374

5. Police arrested journalist
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/7456

#RoundUp #Oct1
[Official Statement]
Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association Condemns the Police Force for deliberatively Shooting Civilians

The Association strongly condemns the Hong Kong Police Force for exercising excessive force to disperse protests and severely harm the protesters with live rounds.

The Police Force started to clear the area of Ho Pa Street at 4 PM. One of the Police shot a Form 5 high school student at a short distance. In a video on the internet, only the forearm of the policeman who fired was attacked, which contradicts to the testimony provided by the Police Force that the policeman was under life threatening danger. The student fell to the ground and bled excessively right after being shot. A protestor who accompanied the student witnessed the situation and attempted to help the student at once, yet he was pressed to the ground by another riot police.

The policeman did not express a verbal warning to the protestor before firing and shot a vital area of his body at a short distance. Moreover, although the policeman could have fired the Remington shotgun in his left hand with less-lethal beanbag bullets at other parts of the student’s body, he chose to fired the pistol with live rounds which is capable of inflicting lethal damage aiming at the left side of his chest. Such action from a policeman is no different from execution and is disproportionate to the necessary force the Police Force ought to use. The Association strongly condemns this malpractice. After the event, the Police Force reported on social media that the student was only shot near his left shoulder instead of the left side of his chest, viciously distorting the truth.

Many individuals from different parts of the society repeatedly expressed concerns that the Police had failed to exercise minimal force to stop protestors in situations where the violence of both sides was asymmetric. The policemen in the frontline exhibited hostility towards the press and medical personnel and disrespected protests by civilians and basic human rights. Yet, the Commanding Officers of the Police Force refused to scrutinise their subordinates and defended their malpractices on multiple occasions.

Since the beginning of the series of protests in June, the Government of Hong Kong had never expressed any intention to resolve the political issues in the city and had attempted to eliminate the young generation with brutality. It will only worsen the current situation. The malpractices of the Hong Kong Police Force severely damaged its reputation which was built over decades. On top of allowing innocent civilians to suffer needlessly, the Government of Hong Kong also created hatred between the Police Force and the civilians and disgraced the image of Hong Kong at an international level.

May all the wounded recover as soon as possible.

Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association
1 October, 2019

Read more on the Gun-shot Schoolboy:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/7456
#MassArrest #Roundup

The Great Arrest continues : Around 300 were arrested in one day

Around 300 people were arrested during September 6 Kowloon Rally against the postponed Legislative Council election. Among the arrested were pan-democratic activists Leung Kwok-hung, Raphael Wong Ho-Ming and Figo Chan Ho-Wun, 6 members of localist group Student Politicism, Sai Kung Tak Ming district councillor Cheng Chun-Man and his assistant.

Tam Tak-Chi, the vice chairman of the pan-democratic party People Power, was arrested by the national security squad for 'uttering seditious words’ against the government.

Sources:

https://hk.appledaily.com/breaking/20200906/REDQQNPNRBCU3KFRRZZCM4M7YQ/

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3100426/hong-kong-protests-small-groups-heed-online-calls-rally

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/06/hong-kong-activist-tam-tak-chi-arrested-for-uttering-seditious-words/

https://www.instagram.com/st_politicism/?hl=en

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#MassArrest #Roundup

The Great Arrest

Related posts and other mass arrests:

As at 06 Sep 2020, a total of 10,016 arrested during pro-democracy movement related events.
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25150

Families waiting for the return of those arrested on 06 Sep.
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25097

180 arrested on 27 May 2020 in Causeway Bay and Central
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/21595

15 Pro-democracy activists arrested and charged on 18 May 2020 including Martin Lee, Margaret Ng and Jimmy Lai
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20951

Over 200 arrested on Mother’s Day for illegal assembly
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20598
#Save12HKYouths #Roundup

The Great Extradition to China

12 Hong Kongers were intercepted by China coast guards after they departed from an outlying Hong Kong island . They are currently detained at Shenzhen’s Yantian District Detention Centre in China.

Source: iCable News http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/34713?fbclid=IwAR2ZnlRIgMSDAdD_IDS6mB-JAw6DPRxwHJF3qDDNFDfH2MWV8gq-s2uGJf4

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25411
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25410

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#Timeline:

Aug 23, 2020:
Chinese Coast Guard Arrested 12 Hongkongers
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24571

Sept 9, 2020:
China Detained 12 HongKongers for 18 Days and Barred Them From Meeting Lawyers Appointed from their Families
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25144

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Said 12 Hongkongers Captured by China "have to be dealt with according to the mainland laws"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25373

Sept 11, 2020:
U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo expressed his deep concern over China's arrest of 12 Hongkongers
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1549200-20200912.htm

Sept 12, 2020:
Families of 12 HK Youths Held Press Conference Calling for Help and International Attention

Watch Billingual Video:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2785685381652930&id=2406628919558580

Sept 13, 2020:
Chinese spokesperson calls 12 HongKongers Detained in China "Elements attempting to separate Hong Kong from China”
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25250

Sept 20, 2020:
Families Demand HK Authorities to Prove that Chinese Coast Guard didn't Enter HK Waters to Make Arrest
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/25403