#PoliceState #MediaFreedom
Police obstruct journalist work and arrest student journalist
1937 | Tsuen Wan #LoTakCourt
According to an online media outlet, a 16-year-old student reporter was arrested by the police, as the police found him "underaged".
According to the source, the student reporter was arrested soon after he arrived on the protest scene and took only one photograph.
Surce: Stand News; Cupid News #Oct1
#Student
Police obstruct journalist work and arrest student journalist
1937 | Tsuen Wan #LoTakCourt
According to an online media outlet, a 16-year-old student reporter was arrested by the police, as the police found him "underaged".
According to the source, the student reporter was arrested soon after he arrived on the protest scene and took only one photograph.
Surce: Stand News; Cupid News #Oct1
#Student
#NeverGiveUp
Student Shot by Police With Live Round Plans to Plead Guilty to Riotting Charges: Honggongers Never Give Up
Tseng Tsz-Kin, a secondary school student who was shot by a live round by the Hong Kong police at Tsuen Wan during the Anti-Extradition Bill Protest in 2019, was accused of "rioting and assaulting police officers".
During the initial hearing on Oct 8, 2020, the prosecutor requested the case to be adjourned until December 22, 2020 since more time is needed to finalize the details of the case and the plea. The prosecutor also said that Tsang is likely to plead guilty. Tsang was granted bail while waiting for the next hearing.
Tsang told reporters that, upon discussion with his lawyer, “pleading guilty is the best decision”. He also indicated that he was ready for a jail sentence, and hoped that Hong Kongers can keep on fighting and never give up.
Source: Cupid News #Oct8 https://www.facebook.com/117540932243292/posts/660461717951208/
#Gunshot #Youth #Student #PoliceBrutality
Student Shot by Police With Live Round Plans to Plead Guilty to Riotting Charges: Honggongers Never Give Up
Tseng Tsz-Kin, a secondary school student who was shot by a live round by the Hong Kong police at Tsuen Wan during the Anti-Extradition Bill Protest in 2019, was accused of "rioting and assaulting police officers".
During the initial hearing on Oct 8, 2020, the prosecutor requested the case to be adjourned until December 22, 2020 since more time is needed to finalize the details of the case and the plea. The prosecutor also said that Tsang is likely to plead guilty. Tsang was granted bail while waiting for the next hearing.
Tsang told reporters that, upon discussion with his lawyer, “pleading guilty is the best decision”. He also indicated that he was ready for a jail sentence, and hoped that Hong Kongers can keep on fighting and never give up.
Source: Cupid News #Oct8 https://www.facebook.com/117540932243292/posts/660461717951208/
#Gunshot #Youth #Student #PoliceBrutality
#Breaking #Arrest
Over 20 HK Police Deployed to Arrest Baptist University Students' Union President
At 7am on Dec 2, 2020, over 20 police arrested Fong Chung-yin, the president of Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) students' union, at his home.
Fong is charged with "obstructing justice, refusing arrest and possessing aggressive weapons" and is detained at Shatin Police Station.
On Aug 6, 2019, Fong was aggressively arrested by the police after purchasing 10 stargazing laser pointers in Sham Shui Po. The Hong Kong police had for more than once claimed that laser pointers were "weapons".
Source: Baptist University Students' Union; Apple Daily #Dec2
https://www.facebook.com/166180730198433/posts/1804569759692847/
https://bit.ly/39BdbTs
#FongChungYin #StudentsUnion #Student #PoliceState #WhiteTerror #LaserPointer
Over 20 HK Police Deployed to Arrest Baptist University Students' Union President
At 7am on Dec 2, 2020, over 20 police arrested Fong Chung-yin, the president of Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) students' union, at his home.
Fong is charged with "obstructing justice, refusing arrest and possessing aggressive weapons" and is detained at Shatin Police Station.
On Aug 6, 2019, Fong was aggressively arrested by the police after purchasing 10 stargazing laser pointers in Sham Shui Po. The Hong Kong police had for more than once claimed that laser pointers were "weapons".
Source: Baptist University Students' Union; Apple Daily #Dec2
https://www.facebook.com/166180730198433/posts/1804569759692847/
https://bit.ly/39BdbTs
#FongChungYin #StudentsUnion #Student #PoliceState #WhiteTerror #LaserPointer
Dropout rate at Hong Kong schools soars as families flee territory
Hundreds of secondary school students in Hong Kong have dropped out since the imposition of a draconian national security law by Beijing on the former British colony.
At least 1,474 fewer pupils were enrolled in the system in the July-November period, with about half of them saying that they were withdrawing because they were emigrating with their families, according to a survey of almost 100 Hong Kong schools.
Several western nations, including Britain, have offered Hong Kong residents favourable resettlement terms after Beijing tried to crush pro-democracy protests by imposing a swingeing new security law that prohibits almost all dissent.
Source: Times #Feb24
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dropout-rate-at-hong-kong-schools-soars-as-families-flee-territory-ng9jdqgrn
#HongKong #Student #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
Hundreds of secondary school students in Hong Kong have dropped out since the imposition of a draconian national security law by Beijing on the former British colony.
At least 1,474 fewer pupils were enrolled in the system in the July-November period, with about half of them saying that they were withdrawing because they were emigrating with their families, according to a survey of almost 100 Hong Kong schools.
Several western nations, including Britain, have offered Hong Kong residents favourable resettlement terms after Beijing tried to crush pro-democracy protests by imposing a swingeing new security law that prohibits almost all dissent.
Source: Times #Feb24
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dropout-rate-at-hong-kong-schools-soars-as-families-flee-territory-ng9jdqgrn
#HongKong #Student #NationalSecurityLaw #Beijing
Universities hire planes to fly in China students
Britain’s top universities are chartering flights to get Chinese students to the UK next month amid fears that global travel restrictions could cost hundreds of millions of pounds in overseas fees.
The universities are worried that their income from overseas students — which is more than £1 billion, partly because of the premium on domestic fees the institutions are able to charge — could be undermined by travel problems.
More than 50 UK universities — including many of the elite Russell Group of 24 leading institutions such as Imperial College London, Bristol and Exeter — have already chartered four flights to bring in 1,200 Chinese students in time to start their degrees next month.
Source: The Times #Aug29
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/universities-hire-planes-to-fly-in-china-students-gfq2cc9j0
#China #Britain #University #Student
Britain’s top universities are chartering flights to get Chinese students to the UK next month amid fears that global travel restrictions could cost hundreds of millions of pounds in overseas fees.
The universities are worried that their income from overseas students — which is more than £1 billion, partly because of the premium on domestic fees the institutions are able to charge — could be undermined by travel problems.
More than 50 UK universities — including many of the elite Russell Group of 24 leading institutions such as Imperial College London, Bristol and Exeter — have already chartered four flights to bring in 1,200 Chinese students in time to start their degrees next month.
Source: The Times #Aug29
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/universities-hire-planes-to-fly-in-china-students-gfq2cc9j0
#China #Britain #University #Student
China Makes Sure Everyone Writes Taiwan’s Name Just So—Even a Colorado High School
Trying to give some students a taste of foreign affairs, Colorado’s Regis Jesuit High School applied for credentials to attend the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
This spring, the U.N. committee that accredits such groups emailed the school. It said there was a hiccup: Regis Jesuit’s website used incorrect terminology for Taiwan, the democratically governed island. The committee suggested modifying it to “Taiwan, Province of China.”
Source: WSJ #Sep10
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-makes-sure-everyone-writes-taiwans-name-just-soeven-a-colorado-high-school-11631304386
#UN #China #Taiwan #Student
Trying to give some students a taste of foreign affairs, Colorado’s Regis Jesuit High School applied for credentials to attend the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
This spring, the U.N. committee that accredits such groups emailed the school. It said there was a hiccup: Regis Jesuit’s website used incorrect terminology for Taiwan, the democratically governed island. The committee suggested modifying it to “Taiwan, Province of China.”
Source: WSJ #Sep10
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-makes-sure-everyone-writes-taiwans-name-just-soeven-a-colorado-high-school-11631304386
#UN #China #Taiwan #Student
A Chinese student in Canada had two followers on Twitter. He still didn’t escape Beijing’s threats over online activity
In “China Unbound: A New World Disorder,” Toronto Star reporter Joanna Chiu examines China’s growing influence around the world, including in western countries, and its surveillance and human rights abuses that increasingly extend beyond its borders.
Dear Joanna Chiu,
I am (Dan). I am from China. I just graduated from (a Quebec university). I hesitated for a whole night before deciding to write this email …
Source: The Star #Sep18
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/09/18/a-chinese-student-in-canada-had-two-followers-on-twitter-he-still-didnt-escape-beijings-threats-over-online-activity.html
#Chinese #Student #Canada #Twitter #Beijing
In “China Unbound: A New World Disorder,” Toronto Star reporter Joanna Chiu examines China’s growing influence around the world, including in western countries, and its surveillance and human rights abuses that increasingly extend beyond its borders.
Dear Joanna Chiu,
I am (Dan). I am from China. I just graduated from (a Quebec university). I hesitated for a whole night before deciding to write this email …
Source: The Star #Sep18
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/09/18/a-chinese-student-in-canada-had-two-followers-on-twitter-he-still-didnt-escape-beijings-threats-over-online-activity.html
#Chinese #Student #Canada #Twitter #Beijing
Student Councils of 8 universities in Hong Kong: reassembly, moving out and negotiating with the school — what is left under restricting circumstances
Among the 8 universities in Hong Kong, 4 have already publicly refused to recognise their respective student councils, 6 have reclaimed spaces in which the councils used to station, and the remaining students councils of 2 universities, although are still given chances to stay within the campus, are required to collect membership fee on their own, leaving them vulnerable to financial crisis.
Before the school year commences, inmediahk interviewed the current- and ex-members of student councils from all these 8 universities, to review the past year, how their relationships with the school have shifted, and to talk about the situation they are in at the moment.
As tough as the reality can be, it is not sufficient to break these members’ spirits. Some said they wanted to reassembly the student council, that they would ‘survive despite the darkness around us’; some said they would strive their best to ‘hang onto the “students-autonomy” principle’, to ‘fight for better policies’, to ‘shed their last bit of tears’; some said they didn’t mind being called the ‘welfare society’, as long as they could secure the council itself, that they just wanted the council to ‘still be there when they graduate, or even a few years after’.
Source: Inmedia #Sep03
https://bit.ly/3RykEWk
#Student #Councils #University #HongKong
Among the 8 universities in Hong Kong, 4 have already publicly refused to recognise their respective student councils, 6 have reclaimed spaces in which the councils used to station, and the remaining students councils of 2 universities, although are still given chances to stay within the campus, are required to collect membership fee on their own, leaving them vulnerable to financial crisis.
Before the school year commences, inmediahk interviewed the current- and ex-members of student councils from all these 8 universities, to review the past year, how their relationships with the school have shifted, and to talk about the situation they are in at the moment.
As tough as the reality can be, it is not sufficient to break these members’ spirits. Some said they wanted to reassembly the student council, that they would ‘survive despite the darkness around us’; some said they would strive their best to ‘hang onto the “students-autonomy” principle’, to ‘fight for better policies’, to ‘shed their last bit of tears’; some said they didn’t mind being called the ‘welfare society’, as long as they could secure the council itself, that they just wanted the council to ‘still be there when they graduate, or even a few years after’.
Source: Inmedia #Sep03
https://bit.ly/3RykEWk
#Student #Councils #University #HongKong
In March 2023, the Hong Kong National Security Police detained a female student, accusing her of making multiple provocative posts and sharing photos on her social media accounts, including promoting Hong Kong independence.
Source: The Witness; #Jun16
#HongKong #Japan #NSL #NationalSecurityPolice #Student
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Source: The Witness; #Jun16
#HongKong #Japan #NSL #NationalSecurityPolice #Student
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In March 2023, the Hong Kong National Security Police detained a female student, accusing her of making multiple provocative posts and sharing photos on her social media accounts, including promoting Hong Kong independence.
The 23-year-old student was said to study in Japan. She went back to Hong Kong in March to renew her Hong Kong identity card.
She was charged with one count of incitement and appeared in court for the first time at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on 16 June.
The defense raised concerns about the jurisdiction of the court to handle the case. They argued that a significant portion of the posts were made outside of Hong Kong and that the prosecution had exceeded the time limit for prosecution. The prosecution responded by stating that the legal disputes were currently awaiting resolution at the appellate court and suggested that the case be adjourned until the appeals process concludes.
Chief Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen, who is designated under the National Security Law, granted bail with certain conditions. These conditions included a restriction on leaving Hong Kong, the requirement to delete all social media applications, and the surrendering of related accounts to the police for inspection.
The case was adjourned until August 2nd for further proceedings.
The defendant remained composed throughout the hearing, while her family members shed tears upon hearing the decision. As she left the court, she was accompanied by Deputy Secretary for Transport and Housing, Yau Shing-mu.
Source: The Witness; #Jun16
#HongKong #Japan #NSL #NationalSecurityPolice #Student
https://bit.ly/3JipRzw
The 23-year-old student was said to study in Japan. She went back to Hong Kong in March to renew her Hong Kong identity card.
She was charged with one count of incitement and appeared in court for the first time at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on 16 June.
The defense raised concerns about the jurisdiction of the court to handle the case. They argued that a significant portion of the posts were made outside of Hong Kong and that the prosecution had exceeded the time limit for prosecution. The prosecution responded by stating that the legal disputes were currently awaiting resolution at the appellate court and suggested that the case be adjourned until the appeals process concludes.
Chief Magistrate Peter Law Tak-chuen, who is designated under the National Security Law, granted bail with certain conditions. These conditions included a restriction on leaving Hong Kong, the requirement to delete all social media applications, and the surrendering of related accounts to the police for inspection.
The case was adjourned until August 2nd for further proceedings.
The defendant remained composed throughout the hearing, while her family members shed tears upon hearing the decision. As she left the court, she was accompanied by Deputy Secretary for Transport and Housing, Yau Shing-mu.
Source: The Witness; #Jun16
#HongKong #Japan #NSL #NationalSecurityPolice #Student
https://bit.ly/3JipRzw
法庭線 The Witness
留日23歲港生被控煽動 官准保釋禁離港、設多項條件 辯方爭議裁院無權處理 - 法庭線 The Witness
辯方大律師高麟提出 3 項法律爭議點，爭議裁判法院有否司法管轄權處理本案；又爭議「域外法權」及時限性，指涉案大部分帖文均在境外發布，而帖文最後發布日期為 2022 年 5 月 14 日，超出煽動罪的 6 個月檢控期限。