After the police dispersed foreign domestic helpers last week, the Labour Department today (15 Aug) sent temporary staff to explain the two-person gathering ban and mask orders in various Asian languages, displaying posters and distributing leaflets near the bridge of Mongkok train station. Ironically, this working group has more than two people and clearly violates the two-person gathering ban; however, the government likely invoked exemptions to legalize their own actions.
#FirstHand #Aug15 #GatheringBan #DomesticWorkers #GovernmentExemption
#FirstHand #Aug15 #GatheringBan #DomesticWorkers #GovernmentExemption
#YellowRainCoat #PoliceState
Police Ticket Citizens Commemorating Deceased Pro-democracy Protester, Force Reporters to Delete Photos
Aug15 marked the 14th month after the 35-year-old pro-democracy protester fell to his death from Pacific Place during the anti-ELAB movement.
In the evening, police was stationed at the mall and nearby Admiralty subway station.
At around 6pm, police charged in the shopping mall and intercepted over 10 citizens, among them were reporters wearing reflective vests. Police demanded their press ID and took away 2 reporters onto the police car. It was said that the two are underage. The police later claimed that the 2 were not arrested but escorted to leave.
Police also ticketed 2 voluntary first-aiders for violating the gathering ban, as well as some citizens who paid tribute to the deceased "Yellow Raincoat Man". Police intercepted an Inmedia reporter who was filming the police operation in subway station.
Source: Stand News; InMedia #Aug15
Police Ticket Citizens Commemorating Deceased Pro-democracy Protester, Force Reporters to Delete Photos
Aug15 marked the 14th month after the 35-year-old pro-democracy protester fell to his death from Pacific Place during the anti-ELAB movement.
In the evening, police was stationed at the mall and nearby Admiralty subway station.
At around 6pm, police charged in the shopping mall and intercepted over 10 citizens, among them were reporters wearing reflective vests. Police demanded their press ID and took away 2 reporters onto the police car. It was said that the two are underage. The police later claimed that the 2 were not arrested but escorted to leave.
Police also ticketed 2 voluntary first-aiders for violating the gathering ban, as well as some citizens who paid tribute to the deceased "Yellow Raincoat Man". Police intercepted an Inmedia reporter who was filming the police operation in subway station.
Source: Stand News; InMedia #Aug15
#PoliceState
Police Arrest Pro-democracy Civilians while escorting Radical Police Fanatics away
In remembrance of 'Yellow Raincoat Man' Marco Leung Ling-kit who was the first pro-democracy protester who sacrificed his life during the Anti-ELAB movement 14 months ago, citizens gathered outside of Pacific Place on August 15, 2020. Soon afterwards, police arrived and ticketed at least 3 civilians on the scene, citing violation of the gathering ban.
Pro-Beijing and pro-police radicalist Shek Fong-yau showed up with a woman and they took close-up photographs of citizens coming to pay tribute to the deceased. Both were escorted to leave by police later.
On the contrary, an InMedia reporter who had filmed the police was forced by the police to delete all the photos.
Source: Stand News
#Aug15 #Neverforget #Neverforgive #HKProtest #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality
Police Arrest Pro-democracy Civilians while escorting Radical Police Fanatics away
In remembrance of 'Yellow Raincoat Man' Marco Leung Ling-kit who was the first pro-democracy protester who sacrificed his life during the Anti-ELAB movement 14 months ago, citizens gathered outside of Pacific Place on August 15, 2020. Soon afterwards, police arrived and ticketed at least 3 civilians on the scene, citing violation of the gathering ban.
Pro-Beijing and pro-police radicalist Shek Fong-yau showed up with a woman and they took close-up photographs of citizens coming to pay tribute to the deceased. Both were escorted to leave by police later.
On the contrary, an InMedia reporter who had filmed the police was forced by the police to delete all the photos.
Source: Stand News
#Aug15 #Neverforget #Neverforgive #HKProtest #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality
#Taiwan #DPP #ChenChiMai
DPP's Representative Chen Chi-mai Elected as Taiwan's Kaohsiung Mayor
Chen Chi-mai, spokesperson of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, won the mayoral by-election in Kaosiung, Taiwan on August 15 by a wide margin.
The former mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT), the opposition camp in Taiwan, was ousted after receiving heavy criticism of his Beijing-friendly stance and following a recall vote in June, 2020.
According to the Kaohsiung City Election Commission, Chen received over 70 percent of the votes, while the KMT candidate Jane Lee marked the lowest number of votes the opposition party has obtained in Kaohsiung since 2014. Chen promised to focus on industrial transformation, job creation, the reduction of air pollution and building transport infrastructure in the city.
Source: RTHK; Taipei Times Aug15
Photo: Chen Chi-mai's Facebook #Aug15
#HanKuoYu #KMT
DPP's Representative Chen Chi-mai Elected as Taiwan's Kaohsiung Mayor
Chen Chi-mai, spokesperson of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, won the mayoral by-election in Kaosiung, Taiwan on August 15 by a wide margin.
The former mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT), the opposition camp in Taiwan, was ousted after receiving heavy criticism of his Beijing-friendly stance and following a recall vote in June, 2020.
According to the Kaohsiung City Election Commission, Chen received over 70 percent of the votes, while the KMT candidate Jane Lee marked the lowest number of votes the opposition party has obtained in Kaohsiung since 2014. Chen promised to focus on industrial transformation, job creation, the reduction of air pollution and building transport infrastructure in the city.
Source: RTHK; Taipei Times Aug15
Photo: Chen Chi-mai's Facebook #Aug15
#HanKuoYu #KMT