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Indian Court Summons Alibaba's Jack Ma for Sacking Indian Employee who Opposes the Company's Censorship System and Fake News Dissemination
The relation of China and India remains tense. The Indian government recently banned the use of the Chinese-owned Alibaba’s “UC news” and “UC Browser” due to national security concern.
The Reuters reported on 26 July, 2020, Indian court had summoned the founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, to be testified in court, as he was allegedly involved in an unreasonable dismissal of an Indian employed in “UC Browser”. According to this former employee, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, he was fired due to his opposition towards the company app’s censorship system and dissemination of fake news. After facing an unreasonable dismissal, he filed the case to the court, seeking for a 268,000 USD (around 2.08 million HKD) compensation.
According to the news, in Parmar’s 200-page indictment, he showed captured screenshots and accused “UC Browser” and “UC News” of publishing fake news, creating social and political instability.
Also, he attached a list of Indian and English words which were labeled "sensitive" by the “UC Browser”. These included “Indian-Chinese boundary”, “Indian-Chinese war”, etc, indicating that the censorship system will automatically or manually refuse to publish the relevant content.
Source: Stand News #Jul26
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Indian Court Summons Alibaba's Jack Ma for Sacking Indian Employee who Opposes the Company's Censorship System and Fake News Dissemination
The relation of China and India remains tense. The Indian government recently banned the use of the Chinese-owned Alibaba’s “UC news” and “UC Browser” due to national security concern.
The Reuters reported on 26 July, 2020, Indian court had summoned the founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, to be testified in court, as he was allegedly involved in an unreasonable dismissal of an Indian employed in “UC Browser”. According to this former employee, Pushpandra Singh Parmar, he was fired due to his opposition towards the company app’s censorship system and dissemination of fake news. After facing an unreasonable dismissal, he filed the case to the court, seeking for a 268,000 USD (around 2.08 million HKD) compensation.
According to the news, in Parmar’s 200-page indictment, he showed captured screenshots and accused “UC Browser” and “UC News” of publishing fake news, creating social and political instability.
Also, he attached a list of Indian and English words which were labeled "sensitive" by the “UC Browser”. These included “Indian-Chinese boundary”, “Indian-Chinese war”, etc, indicating that the censorship system will automatically or manually refuse to publish the relevant content.
Source: Stand News #Jul26
#UCBrowser #UCNews #Alibaba #JackMa #Parmar #FakeNews
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Singaporean Pleads Guilty at U.S. Court to Collecting Intelligence for China
A Singaporean man named Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered a plea of guilty in a U.S. Federal Court to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence.
In a press release on July 24th, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that Yeo pleaded guilty to working for the Chinese government between 2015 and 2019, utilising his network in the U.S. to set up a false consulting firm and collect sensitive information for the Chinese government.
The statement wrote that Yeo had admitted to establishing a fake consulting company that disguised itself as a government and public relations firm on career networking sites to recruit individuals with ties to the U.S. military and government agencies. These individuals often had access to classified information on technology and policies that would help China advance its own interests. There was also evidence that Yeo recruited other potential targets working in the U.S. to support Chinese intelligence operations.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Yeo himself was recruited by Chinese intelligence agency when he was an employee at National University of Singapore.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
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Singaporean Pleads Guilty at U.S. Court to Collecting Intelligence for China
A Singaporean man named Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered a plea of guilty in a U.S. Federal Court to acting as an illegal agent of Chinese intelligence.
In a press release on July 24th, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that Yeo pleaded guilty to working for the Chinese government between 2015 and 2019, utilising his network in the U.S. to set up a false consulting firm and collect sensitive information for the Chinese government.
The statement wrote that Yeo had admitted to establishing a fake consulting company that disguised itself as a government and public relations firm on career networking sites to recruit individuals with ties to the U.S. military and government agencies. These individuals often had access to classified information on technology and policies that would help China advance its own interests. There was also evidence that Yeo recruited other potential targets working in the U.S. to support Chinese intelligence operations.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Yeo himself was recruited by Chinese intelligence agency when he was an employee at National University of Singapore.
Source: Stand News #Jul25
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Hong Kong Court-apported liquidator attempts to take control of the #AppleDailyTaiwan Assets
On November 26, 2021, the Taiwan based Economic Democracy Union (#EDU) warned potential breaches of human rights and national security ramifications after a Hong Kong court-appointed liquidator sought permission to order Taiwan-based #AppleDaily and #NextMagazine to turn over all of their assets.
The union, a consortium of non-governmental organizations, urged the Taiwan government to take immediate action to ensure that Hong Kong’s #NationalSecurityLaw would have no foothold in #Taiwan.
According to a lawyer of the EDU, Taiwan would be in its rights to ignore the demands because they have not been reviewed by Taiwanese courts, and because Taiwanese courts can decline to enforce foreign laws.
Likewise, the EDU has framed the issue as significant in needing to prevent the Hong Kong National Security Law from encroaching upon Taiwanese sovereignty. The EDU also emphasized the potential dangers if the Apple Daily turned over information to Hong Kong authorities as a result of the seizure of its assets.
The liquidator is court-appointed, following the Apple Daily’s closure in June 2021. Hong Kong courts also froze 18 million Hong Kong dollars in company funds, preventing it from paying its workers, not long after courts moved to freeze assets of company CEO #JimmyLai.
Source: RFI; #Nov26
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE%B3%E5%8F%B0/20211126-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B8%85%E7%9B%A4%E5%AE%98%E4%BF%83-%E5%8F%B0%E8%98%8B-%E4%BA%A4%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A2-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%98%E6%86%82%E6%B3%84%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E6%9D%90%E6%96%99-%E6%9B%B4%E6%81%90%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%89%E6%B3%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%B0%E6%8F%92%E8%B6%B3
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Hong Kong Court-apported liquidator attempts to take control of the #AppleDailyTaiwan Assets
On November 26, 2021, the Taiwan based Economic Democracy Union (#EDU) warned potential breaches of human rights and national security ramifications after a Hong Kong court-appointed liquidator sought permission to order Taiwan-based #AppleDaily and #NextMagazine to turn over all of their assets.
The union, a consortium of non-governmental organizations, urged the Taiwan government to take immediate action to ensure that Hong Kong’s #NationalSecurityLaw would have no foothold in #Taiwan.
According to a lawyer of the EDU, Taiwan would be in its rights to ignore the demands because they have not been reviewed by Taiwanese courts, and because Taiwanese courts can decline to enforce foreign laws.
Likewise, the EDU has framed the issue as significant in needing to prevent the Hong Kong National Security Law from encroaching upon Taiwanese sovereignty. The EDU also emphasized the potential dangers if the Apple Daily turned over information to Hong Kong authorities as a result of the seizure of its assets.
The liquidator is court-appointed, following the Apple Daily’s closure in June 2021. Hong Kong courts also froze 18 million Hong Kong dollars in company funds, preventing it from paying its workers, not long after courts moved to freeze assets of company CEO #JimmyLai.
Source: RFI; #Nov26
https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E6%B8%AF%E6%BE%B3%E5%8F%B0/20211126-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B8%85%E7%9B%A4%E5%AE%98%E4%BF%83-%E5%8F%B0%E8%98%8B-%E4%BA%A4%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A2-%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%98%E6%86%82%E6%B3%84%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E6%9D%90%E6%96%99-%E6%9B%B4%E6%81%90%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%89%E6%B3%95%E5%9C%A8%E5%8F%B0%E6%8F%92%E8%B6%B3
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Hong Kong Court Asks Man to Change Mask With Suspected Protest Iconography
#CarolNg, former chairperson of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (#HKCTU) and one of the “#NSL47”, has been remained under custody. She has requested bail on #Dec20, 2021 to the High Court, and the application was processed by Esther Toh Lye Ping, one of the designated judges for any #NationalSecurityLaw-related cases.
A court observer have worn a yellow and black mask with the #Bible verse (Amos 5:24), “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,” embroidered on it.
He was denied entry by security and court personnel under orders of the judge, and demanded that he change his mask before he would be allowed entry. They have not explained their reasons behind this act.
The observer was disgruntled by the request, and questioned, “If my clothes were not allowed in court, do I have to take them off them too?”
A similar incident also happened on #Dec17, 2021, when former head of the English edition of Apple Daily #LoFung (Fung Wai-kwong) requested bail.
Before the hearing began, Toh, through her secretary and Bailiffs, required observers wearing yellow masks or wearing hoodies with yellow umbrella insignias to change into “more appropriate” clothing, or be led away from the courtroom.
Some observers have questioned the requirement, questioning that those were “unsuitable” clothing, to which the Chief Bailiff stated, “it is inappropriate,” without further explaination.
Source: InMedia #Dec20
https://bit.ly/3slkoAG
#Mask #Injustice #Save47
Hong Kong Court Asks Man to Change Mask With Suspected Protest Iconography
#CarolNg, former chairperson of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (#HKCTU) and one of the “#NSL47”, has been remained under custody. She has requested bail on #Dec20, 2021 to the High Court, and the application was processed by Esther Toh Lye Ping, one of the designated judges for any #NationalSecurityLaw-related cases.
A court observer have worn a yellow and black mask with the #Bible verse (Amos 5:24), “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,” embroidered on it.
He was denied entry by security and court personnel under orders of the judge, and demanded that he change his mask before he would be allowed entry. They have not explained their reasons behind this act.
The observer was disgruntled by the request, and questioned, “If my clothes were not allowed in court, do I have to take them off them too?”
A similar incident also happened on #Dec17, 2021, when former head of the English edition of Apple Daily #LoFung (Fung Wai-kwong) requested bail.
Before the hearing began, Toh, through her secretary and Bailiffs, required observers wearing yellow masks or wearing hoodies with yellow umbrella insignias to change into “more appropriate” clothing, or be led away from the courtroom.
Some observers have questioned the requirement, questioning that those were “unsuitable” clothing, to which the Chief Bailiff stated, “it is inappropriate,” without further explaination.
Source: InMedia #Dec20
https://bit.ly/3slkoAG
#Mask #Injustice #Save47
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Student Activists from #StudentPoliticism plead guilty to "conspiring to incite subversion"
Four former members of the now-disbanded pro-democracy group "Student Politicism" were charged with "conspiring to incite subversion". Former convenor Wong Yat-chin (aged 21), ex-secretary general Chan Chi-sum (aged 21), and ex-spokespersons Jessica Chu (aged 19) and Alice Wong (aged 20) were presented at the District Court in Hong Kong on July 29, 2022. They pleaded guilty.
Apart from Chu, the other three members have been detained for more than 10 months.
They were prosecuted for holding street booths on seven occasions between October 2020 and June 2021. The prosecution alleged that the group called on fellow citizens to "keep on fighting" and chanted the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times".
Source: InMedia #Jul29
https://bit.ly/3Q0eZr8
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Student Activists from #StudentPoliticism plead guilty to "conspiring to incite subversion"
Four former members of the now-disbanded pro-democracy group "Student Politicism" were charged with "conspiring to incite subversion". Former convenor Wong Yat-chin (aged 21), ex-secretary general Chan Chi-sum (aged 21), and ex-spokespersons Jessica Chu (aged 19) and Alice Wong (aged 20) were presented at the District Court in Hong Kong on July 29, 2022. They pleaded guilty.
Apart from Chu, the other three members have been detained for more than 10 months.
They were prosecuted for holding street booths on seven occasions between October 2020 and June 2021. The prosecution alleged that the group called on fellow citizens to "keep on fighting" and chanted the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our times".
Source: InMedia #Jul29
https://bit.ly/3Q0eZr8
#NationalSecurityLaw #PoliticalPrisoner #PoliceState
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One #HongKong-based U.S. citizen, nearly 80 years old and facing a life sentence, has just been convicted by a Chinese #court. He was found guilty of spying and stripped of his political rights after heading off a number of pro-China groups overseas and visits with Beijing officials. It all started back in spring 2021, though few details are available.
https://ept.ms/78YearsOldJailedForLife_CIF
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