#FirstHand #Dec11
Hong Kong Police Ticket 14 Pro-democracy Elderly for violating gathering ban, each fined for HK$5,000
Photos: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27234
2200 | Mongkok
With the fourth wave of Coronavirus showing no signs of subsiding in Hong Kong, the SAR government announced further restrictions, in which participants being caught in gathering more than two people will be discharged by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000 starting today (December 11).
At around 10pm, a group of 10 some pro-democracy elderly citizens was seen being encircled in police cordon line nearby Soya Street and Sai Yeung Choi street in Mong Kok.
The elderly were being intercepted and searched by more than 20 police officers, despite that they all were wearing masks and respecting the gathering ban and social distancing restriction.
They are perhaps the first group of citizens being charged for violating the latest social distancing restriction, subject to a fine of HK$5,000.
Among them, two elderly people were taken away to a police vehicle for not being able to show their identifications.
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#FailedState #COVID19
The HK Government to Earn At Least HKD1.443 million of Fine from Civilians Ticketed by the Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27218
#PoliceState #HKProtest #Fine #599G #599I #Elderly
Hong Kong Police Ticket 14 Pro-democracy Elderly for violating gathering ban, each fined for HK$5,000
Photos: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27234
2200 | Mongkok
With the fourth wave of Coronavirus showing no signs of subsiding in Hong Kong, the SAR government announced further restrictions, in which participants being caught in gathering more than two people will be discharged by paying a fixed penalty of $5,000 starting today (December 11).
At around 10pm, a group of 10 some pro-democracy elderly citizens was seen being encircled in police cordon line nearby Soya Street and Sai Yeung Choi street in Mong Kok.
The elderly were being intercepted and searched by more than 20 police officers, despite that they all were wearing masks and respecting the gathering ban and social distancing restriction.
They are perhaps the first group of citizens being charged for violating the latest social distancing restriction, subject to a fine of HK$5,000.
Among them, two elderly people were taken away to a police vehicle for not being able to show their identifications.
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Read more
#FailedState #COVID19
The HK Government to Earn At Least HKD1.443 million of Fine from Civilians Ticketed by the Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/27218
#PoliceState #HKProtest #Fine #599G #599I #Elderly
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Report: Gathering Penalty Ticket has no effect on the Controlling Coronavirus Outbreak
Mingpao, a Hong Kong newspaper, compared the monthly enforcement figures of the "Prohibition on group gatherings" (Cap. 599G*) and "Compulsory mask-wearing" rule (Cap. 599I**).
It was found that the Hong Kong police issued 2,460 fixed penalty tickets on 599G in April 2021, highest in a single month, but there was only 60 confirmed local cases of Covid-19 infection in that month.
On the other hand, the maximum number of fixed penalty tickets on 599I was issued in March last year, when the 5th wave of the pandemic peaked.
Dr. Ho Pak-leung, President of the Carol Yu's Centre for Infection at the University of Hong Kong, believes that the variation in fixed penalty tickets issued is not correlated with that of infection cases, and the fixed penalty is not an effective way to control the pandemic.
According to Dr. Ho Pak-leung, the government stepped up the enforcement of the compulsory mask-wearing rule during the 5th wave of the pandemic, which led to a significant increase in the number of fixed penalty tickets. However, the variation in the group gatherings prohibition ticket issued is not correlated to the pandemic but is probably more related to places and police verbal warnings rather than pandemic risk assessment.
Ramon Yuen Hoi-man, a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council and the spokesman of the Democratic Party on medical policy, questions if it is necessary to issue fixed penalty tickets so relentlessly when the pandemic subsides, "the government should not make an impression that there's a hidden agenda proceed in the name public health".
* Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Gathering) Regulation
** Prevention and Control of Disease (Wearing of Mask) Regulation
Source: Mingpao #May19
#599G #599I #GatheringBan #FailedState
https://life.mingpao.com/general/article?issue=20220519&nodeid=1652897733454
Mingpao, a Hong Kong newspaper, compared the monthly enforcement figures of the "Prohibition on group gatherings" (Cap. 599G*) and "Compulsory mask-wearing" rule (Cap. 599I**).
It was found that the Hong Kong police issued 2,460 fixed penalty tickets on 599G in April 2021, highest in a single month, but there was only 60 confirmed local cases of Covid-19 infection in that month.
On the other hand, the maximum number of fixed penalty tickets on 599I was issued in March last year, when the 5th wave of the pandemic peaked.
Dr. Ho Pak-leung, President of the Carol Yu's Centre for Infection at the University of Hong Kong, believes that the variation in fixed penalty tickets issued is not correlated with that of infection cases, and the fixed penalty is not an effective way to control the pandemic.
According to Dr. Ho Pak-leung, the government stepped up the enforcement of the compulsory mask-wearing rule during the 5th wave of the pandemic, which led to a significant increase in the number of fixed penalty tickets. However, the variation in the group gatherings prohibition ticket issued is not correlated to the pandemic but is probably more related to places and police verbal warnings rather than pandemic risk assessment.
Ramon Yuen Hoi-man, a member of the Sham Shui Po District Council and the spokesman of the Democratic Party on medical policy, questions if it is necessary to issue fixed penalty tickets so relentlessly when the pandemic subsides, "the government should not make an impression that there's a hidden agenda proceed in the name public health".
* Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Gathering) Regulation
** Prevention and Control of Disease (Wearing of Mask) Regulation
Source: Mingpao #May19
#599G #599I #GatheringBan #FailedState
https://life.mingpao.com/general/article?issue=20220519&nodeid=1652897733454
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