Hong Kong leader should outweigh courts in national security matters, gov’t says after protest song ban rejected

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/10/hong-kong-leader-should-outweigh-courts-in-national-security-matters-govt-says-after-protest-song-ban-rejected/

Hong Kong police get over 380,000 national security tip-off messages in 2 years

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/10/hong-kong-police-get-over-380000-national-security-tip-off-messages-in-2-years/

Security police arrest 10 'linked to protester fund'

National security police on Thursday said they had arrested 10 people suspected of inciting a riot and “conspiracy to collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security”.The six women and four men, aged 26 to 43, are suspected of working with the now-defunct 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to "receive donations from various overseas organisations to support people who have fled overseas or organisations which called for sanctions against Hong Kong," police said.The fund was set up to raise money to help pay the medical and legal bills of people involved in the protests of 2019 and 2020.Officers said they seized electronic communication devices and "related documents" during raids on the suspects' homes and offices. The force added that its operation was ongoing and further arrests could be made.Last year, police arrested five former trustees of the fund – Cardinal Joseph Zen, ex-lawmakers Margaret Ng and Cyd Ho, Cantopop singer Denise Ho and cultural studies scholar Hui Po-keung – on suspicion of conspiring to collude with foreign forces.The five were never charged with the offence, but were later found guilty of failing to register the fund as a society and were each fined HK$4,000.

2023-08-10 15:44:00 (1)

After the court rejected to ban the song “Glory to Hong Kong”, DOJ told the judge to follow the Chief Executive’s order. Maybe Hong Kong should consider not having a court at all.

#ruleoflaw
#glorytohongkong
#hkdmovement
#standwithhongkong

#HKPolice continues to threaten families of wanted oversea activists. This time, Anna Kwok’s parents were taken for interrogation.

Many Hongkongers sense a threat from the #HKPolice even they have left #HongKong. Knowing that Police can arrest their families without a clear reason.

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/08/breaking-parents-of-wanted-overseas-hong-kong-activist-anna-kwok-questioned-by-national-security-police-reports/

#hkprotest #standwithhongkong #hkpoliceterrorism #hkdmovement

Hong Kong 47: Activist tells court he would have voted down budget if it did not address protesters’ five demands

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/11/hong-kong-47-activist-tells-court-he-would-have-voted-down-budget-if-it-did-not-address-protesters-five-demands/

Defending human rights isnt a crime. On 10 August, 10 were arrested in HK, accused of collusion with the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, aiming to aid those impacted by the 2019 Anti-ELAB protests. This brings the total to 16 arrested regarding 612 Fund activities

https://hkchr.org/?p=2401&lang=en
Source: @HKCHRofficial

#612人道支援基金 #國安法 #莫須有 #欲加之罪 #法治之刀

school in China, AI keeps track of which students enter the classroom.

7 prominent Hong Kong activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, cleared of organising 2019 protest

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/14/breaking-7-prominent-hong-kong-activists-cleared-of-organising-2019-protest/

Hong Kong 47: Ex-district councillor ordered pro-democracy political group not to use protest slogan, court hears

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/14/hong-kong-47-ex-district-councillor-ordered-pro-democracy-political-group-not-to-use-protest-slogan-court-hears/

Jimmy Lai, 6 ex-lawmakers cleared of organising march

The Court of Appeal has acquitted former media tycoon Jimmy Lai and six former lawmakers, including barristers Margaret Ng and Martin Lee, of organising a massive procession of protesters through the streets of Hong Kong Island in 2019.However, their convictions for taking part in the unauthorised march have been upheld.Two years ago the seven – who also include Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho and Albert Ho – were given prison terms or suspended prison terms of up to 18 months over the procession, which followed an approved anti-police demonstration organised by the now-disbanded Civil Human Rights Front at Victoria Park on August 18, 2019. In April 2021, District Court judge Amanda Woodcock ruled that the seven had organised the procession after prosecutors argued the defendants had led the crowd from Causeway Bay to Central, carrying a huge protest banner between them.The defendants, however, argued that the protesters were merely dispersing from the park after police failed to implement a crowd control plan.In handing down its ruling on Monday, a three-judge Court of Appeal panel noted the seven did not organise the approved rally or plan the subsequent procession that police banned. There was also no evidence that they directed the crowd behind them on the march."All they had done was to be at the front of a column of marchers, holding a banner and some of them shouting slogans.... They were obviously there because their faces were well-known and would lend credence to their cause," the judges said."We do not accept that without the applicants forming the banner party, it is unlikely the procession would have come into being. Nor do we see that because they agreed to head the procession and led it on the route, which had already been determined and notified to the police, without giving or signalling directions, rendered them all equally guilty of organising the procession." In rejecting the appeals over the charge of taking part in the unauthorised procession, the judges said the evidence against the seven was overwhelming. The court also rejected appeals by four of the defendants over the prison terms they were given for that charge. Speaking to reporters outside the High Court, Ng said she would have to look at the judgement before deciding her next step.

2023-08-14 16:56:28

國際對香港民主評分下跌 湯家驊不滿外媒清一色負面、態度惡劣
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Hong Kong man sentenced to 4 months in jail in absentia over posts threatening to bomb national security judge

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/15/hong-kong-man-sentenced-to-4-months-in-jail-in-absentia-over-posts-threatening-to-bomb-national-security-judge/

UK launches express service for BNO visas, with Hongkongers able to pay for 5-day processing

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/15/uk-launches-express-service-for-bno-visas-with-hongkongers-able-to-pay-for-5-day-processing/