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Foul-mouthed pro-CCP lawyer could be “kicked-out” from UK lawyers’ register for suggesting “killing” HK independence advocates “without mercy”

CCP-loyal lawmaker and lawyer #JuniusHo is facing a hearing by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in London in December this year, over remarks he made in 2017 about killing Hong Kong independence advocates 'without mercy'.

The UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority said Ho remarks at the rally and subsequently on his Facebook could be perceived as inciting violence against opponents and could cause offense. The Tribunal will decide whether to remove Ho from the UK register after the hearing.

At a pro-establishment rally in September 2017, Chairman of the Ping Shan Rural Committee, Tsang Shu-wo said on stage that Hong Kong independence advocates should be killed. Ho went along supporting him and shouted “without mercy” into his microphone.

Source: Stand News #Oct22
Today is the 3 year mark of the 7.21 Yuen Long attack, when all of Hong Kong watched in horror as police abandoned civilians and sided with the violent mobsters.

On this night 3 years ago, a large white-clad mob armed with sticks and pipes attacked MTR passengers and passersbys at the Yuen Long MTR station, on the pretense that they were protesters coming to protest in Yuen Long. Police officers were seen casually walking away as the attack was happening. Frantic citizens placed over 20,000 calls to the 999 emergency hotline, most of them unanswered. The Yuen Long Police Station even shut its gate and turned away citizens demanding a response.

Police finally arrived at the scene 39 minutes after the first report, long after the mob had dispersed. They were later seen warmly chatting with the white shirts gathering nearby. Pro-Beijing lawmaker #JuniusHo was also seen shaking hands with the white shirts, who greeted him warmly as he passed by.

At the government press conference the following day, Carrie Lam and the police chief dodged questions and gave little explanation for the police response in Yuen Long, prompting one exasperated journalist to demand that they "speak like human beings" and give Hongkongers some assurance. Instead, they simply turned and walked away as journalists shouted after them, nearly re-enacting the police response the night before.

In the wake of the 7.21 attack, trust in the police force plunged for Hongkongers across the political spectrum, as the city was confronted with the reality that the police force may no longer be protecting innocent civilians. The police force, for its part, tried to push the narrative that the one-sided attack was an evenly-matched "conflict between white-shirts and black-shirts", while simultaneously suppressing pro-democracy media who provided mounting evidence that refuted their claims.

In the 3 years since the attack, only 7 white-shirts were arrested for the attack that night. However, Lam Check-Ting, who injured by the white-clad attackers, is being charged for rioting.

See also:

July 21, 2019 Yuen Long
Two police constables have left, but the gangsters (in white T-shirts) remain at Yuen Long Train Station.
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/424

"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News (July 25, 2021)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30599

2.5 years after #721YuenLong Mob Attack: Who Owns the Truth Now in 2022 Hong Kong? (Jan 21, 2022)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31957

7.21 Yuen Long Attacks Worsens Police Impression From All Sectors (July 24, 2020)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/23746

Pro-dem Lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting arrested for "Rioting" in 721 Yuen Long. Author of "Yuen Long Darkest Night" raises doubt and concern (Aug 26, 2020)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/24525

#AntiELAB #YuenLongAttack #NeverForget #GoHKgraphics
"7.21: The Unfinished Case": Video Report by #IndependentJournalists Reviews Records of #YuenLongAttack, Victims Speak Up as they Revisit the Scene

Read Part 1:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/33081

Part 2 of 3

Interviewee: "Not a Group Fight, Only Being Assaulted"

The report strings together several scattered video segments, including live reporting by #StandNews, phone videos from citizens, security cameras from nearby shops, as well as videos by the recently-shut-down #FactWire.

The video presented several iconic moments of the night of July 21-22, 2019: men in white shirts distributing bamboo sticks from their vehicles, riot police repeatedly making way for the white shirts to leave by car, police officers patting the shoulders of the white-clad men, pro-Beijing lawmaker #JuniusHo shaking hands with the white men.

The interviewees said that there were over 200 white shirts involved that evening, but only 7 had been convicted of rioting and intentional bodily harm.

Galileo, who agreed to show his face in his interview, remarked that the nature of the 7.21 incident "was not a group fight; it was purely a case of being attacked and assaulted." He believed that there may currently be fewer than 10 people who would be willing to comment on the 7.21 incident, considering the way the government had characterized the incident as well as the law today. However, he insisted on speaking out on his own experiences and thoughts: "I stand by my principle: I say what is true."

Watch "7.21: The Unfinished Case" on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/smIWjWLYqq8

The video report also interviewed a shop owner who provided CCTV footage. "I don't want the truth to be drowned," he said. He also remarked that he seem to have been stalked because he accepted the interview, and had to check himself into a hotel in order to stay safe.

Before the camera, he shared that "the feeling of being unsafe now surrounds Hong Kong, including everyone who had spoken up, or had provided evidence, or had taken a stance contrary to the regime's."

"'The truth will eventually prevail,'" he said, almost cynically. "But when is 'eventually'? In ten years? Twenty? Thirty?" He hoped that he would live to see it. He stressed, however, that even though it seems the truth could not prevail now, the chance will be gone if he doesn't speak up.

Source: InMediaHK.net #Jul21
https://bit.ly/3omtWYB

See Also:
3 year mark of the 7.21 Yuen Long attack: when all of Hong Kong watched in horror as police abandoned civilians and sided with the violent mobsters
https://t.me/BeWaterHK/781

"Tracing the Source" - 7.21 Yuen Long Attack Investigative Report by Stand News (July 25, 2021)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/30599

2.5 years after #721YuenLong Mob Attack: Who Owns the Truth Now in 2022 Hong Kong? (Jan 21, 2022)
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31957

#AntiELAB #BaoChoy #721YuenLong #YuenLongAttack #NeverForget