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HK Authorities Propose Real Name Registration and
#HealthCode System like China's

Source: InMediaHK.net #Jul11

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HK Authorities Propose Real Name Registration and #HealthCode System like China's

Hong Kong's Secretary for Heath #LoChungMau said on July 11, 2022 that the government had plans to introduce a three-colour ‘health code’ system in the city, bringing the app in line with China's system.

It would be an additional function to #LeaveHomeSafe, the government's COVID contact-tracing app. Lo mentioned that reference was sought from the health code systems used China. He also claimed that it was important to implement real name registration.

[Editor's note: Since the LeaveHomeSafe app has been made compulsory by the authorities in Hong Kong, many citizens expressed concerns over its privacy issues. The health code system in China has been long regarded as a #MassSurveillance campaign of the #ChineseCommunistParty government.]

Source: InMediaHK.net #Jul11
https://bit.ly/3aqHE9C

see also:
LeaveHomeSafe app has built-in facial detection module, Hong Kong government admits
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/478

Down with the live-with-COVID believers (Satire)
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/148

#PrivacyBreach #Freedom #Authoritarianism
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Thousands in Henan protested banks for witholding their money, resulting in large scale police and public confrontation

Source: Radio Free Asia #Jul11

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Thousands in Henan protested banks for witholding their money, resulting in large scale police and public confrontation

The frozen deposits situation at banks in #Henan Province has not eased. In the early morning of Sunday (10 July), thousands of bank account holders, unable to withdraw their deposits, gathered and protested at Zhengzhou People's Bank.

Online videos showed protesters holding up banners demanding the bank to return their deposits. Police and a large number of unidentified men arrived at the scene, to whom protesters chanted "triads". Efforts to disperse the crowd turned into violent clashes, and many were injured.

Four rural banks in Henan Province began to close their online withdrawal and transfer channels in April, affecting more than 400,000 people, involving deposits of up to 40 billion yuan.

It was reported that when some depositors planned to go in person to Henan to withdraw money last month, their #HealthCode turned red, effectively restricting their movement. It is suspected that the concerned authority was behind this controversial act.

Source: Radio Free Asia #Jul11

Detailed report [in Chinese] ➡️ https://bit.ly/3OZ3r7v

#ChinaBankCrisis