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6 Young People Practicing Parkour at Kowloon City Arrested —Spark Alliance Lawyers Following Up with Cases
[Editor's Note: Hong Kong Police has frozen the financial asset of Spark Alliance by accusing them of money laundering. As the police deterred donations with the possibility to bear legal responsibility, the arrestees might very likely be cut off from legal aids. Read: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/13550]
Kowloon City Oi Man district councilor-elect Jakki Mak expressed that at around 7pm on December 18, 6 young people were stopped and arrested near Oi Man Plaza.
Mak recalled that the six were participating at Hong Kong Parkour Association's free open training session and were only wearing black shirts, not any gear. They were arrested even before the event started.
Hong Kong Free Press gives the following remarks: "Spark Alliance is one of the largest crowd-funded initiatives in support of pro-democracy protesters, with the money going towards living subsidies and covering legal and medical costs. The group is estimated to have collected about HK$80 million in the past six months, police say."
Source: Apple Daily; Hong Kong Free Press #Dec19
http://bit.ly/38VHhyr
6 Young People Practicing Parkour at Kowloon City Arrested —Spark Alliance Lawyers Following Up with Cases
[Editor's Note: Hong Kong Police has frozen the financial asset of Spark Alliance by accusing them of money laundering. As the police deterred donations with the possibility to bear legal responsibility, the arrestees might very likely be cut off from legal aids. Read: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/13550]
Kowloon City Oi Man district councilor-elect Jakki Mak expressed that at around 7pm on December 18, 6 young people were stopped and arrested near Oi Man Plaza.
Mak recalled that the six were participating at Hong Kong Parkour Association's free open training session and were only wearing black shirts, not any gear. They were arrested even before the event started.
Hong Kong Free Press gives the following remarks: "Spark Alliance is one of the largest crowd-funded initiatives in support of pro-democracy protesters, with the money going towards living subsidies and covering legal and medical costs. The group is estimated to have collected about HK$80 million in the past six months, police say."
Source: Apple Daily; Hong Kong Free Press #Dec19
http://bit.ly/38VHhyr
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Political Suppression Suspected: Police Accused Protest Fund Of “Money-Laundering”
[Editor’s Note: This is not the first time for the Spark Alliance to be targeted. On November 18, HSBC closed an account used by the Alliance. The spokesperson…
Political Suppression Suspected: Police Accused Protest Fund Of “Money-Laundering”
[Editor’s Note: This is not the first time for the Spark Alliance to be targeted. On November 18, HSBC closed an account used by the Alliance. The spokesperson…
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“We act first, and we hope for the others to act next”: Social Welfare Sector on their Third Day Strike
It was the last day of the 3-day strike and a rally took place in the evening of Dec 19 Edinburgh Place.
The organizers explained why the Social Welfare sector was on strike before other professions - “We do not wait until we are the last to act. We act first, and we hope for the others to follow us.”
Speakers, including owner of Lung Mun Cafe, chef union convener, newly elected district councilors and NGO social workers, take turn to share their thoughts on stage.
Cheung Chun Kit, owner of Lung Mun Cafe, said despite the damaged caused by anonymous people to his restaurants, he did not want to stop helping young people. Cheung was known for providing free food and beverage to protesters as a way of supporting the pro-democracy movement. He stressed that "Hong Kongers have to be united, and stay together to fight against the dictatorship of the authorities."
“We act first, and we hope for the others to act next”: Social Welfare Sector on their Third Day Strike
It was the last day of the 3-day strike and a rally took place in the evening of Dec 19 Edinburgh Place.
The organizers explained why the Social Welfare sector was on strike before other professions - “We do not wait until we are the last to act. We act first, and we hope for the others to follow us.”
Speakers, including owner of Lung Mun Cafe, chef union convener, newly elected district councilors and NGO social workers, take turn to share their thoughts on stage.
Cheung Chun Kit, owner of Lung Mun Cafe, said despite the damaged caused by anonymous people to his restaurants, he did not want to stop helping young people. Cheung was known for providing free food and beverage to protesters as a way of supporting the pro-democracy movement. He stressed that "Hong Kongers have to be united, and stay together to fight against the dictatorship of the authorities."
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Hongkongers Send Christmas Cards to Support 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Detained by China; HK Student: We Shoulder the Pain Together
The "Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group" recently launched a campaign to send Christmas cards to the 12 Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authority for over 100 days.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor Chu Kong-wai organized the Christmas card station on December 18, 2020 in Mong Kok, hoping that Hong Kong people would keep paying attention to the 12 detainees to protect them from inhuman treatment.
Candice, a secondary school student who joined the campaign said that she hopes to shoulder the pain experienced by the 12 HongKongers, so that they know that Hong Kong people have always been by their side,
"I hope that they can insist on their ideas, they have done nothing wrong." The HKSAR government earlier stated that the Liber Studies subject should be reformed. Candice said that the Liberal Studies teacher mentioned the 12 Hongkongers before in class but did not discuss it in depth, "I could feel the pressure borne by the Liberal Studies teacher, but s/he told us that s/he would teach us until nothing was allowed to teach."
Mr. Ho, who is in his 50s and works in the air transport industry wrote on the Christmas card the words, "May Heaven destroy the CCP".
Regarding whether his Christmas card can be delivered to the 12 Hongkoners, Mr. Ho said, "I didn’t expect this card could be successfully delivered when I wrote these words, but I will still say what I want to say.".
Mr. Ho said that his friend had been unjustly imprisoned in China for eight months, which has made him no longer believe in the judicial system of China.
Source: InMediahk #Dec19
https://bit.ly/3arkxcM
#Christmas2020 #Save12 #BringThemBack
Hongkongers Send Christmas Cards to Support 12 Pro-democracy Protesters Detained by China; HK Student: We Shoulder the Pain Together
The "Save 12 Hong Kong Youths Concern Group" recently launched a campaign to send Christmas cards to the 12 Hongkongers who have been detained by the Chinese authority for over 100 days.
Yau Tsim Mong District Councilor Chu Kong-wai organized the Christmas card station on December 18, 2020 in Mong Kok, hoping that Hong Kong people would keep paying attention to the 12 detainees to protect them from inhuman treatment.
Candice, a secondary school student who joined the campaign said that she hopes to shoulder the pain experienced by the 12 HongKongers, so that they know that Hong Kong people have always been by their side,
"I hope that they can insist on their ideas, they have done nothing wrong." The HKSAR government earlier stated that the Liber Studies subject should be reformed. Candice said that the Liberal Studies teacher mentioned the 12 Hongkongers before in class but did not discuss it in depth, "I could feel the pressure borne by the Liberal Studies teacher, but s/he told us that s/he would teach us until nothing was allowed to teach."
Mr. Ho, who is in his 50s and works in the air transport industry wrote on the Christmas card the words, "May Heaven destroy the CCP".
Regarding whether his Christmas card can be delivered to the 12 Hongkoners, Mr. Ho said, "I didn’t expect this card could be successfully delivered when I wrote these words, but I will still say what I want to say.".
Mr. Ho said that his friend had been unjustly imprisoned in China for eight months, which has made him no longer believe in the judicial system of China.
Source: InMediahk #Dec19
https://bit.ly/3arkxcM
#Christmas2020 #Save12 #BringThemBack
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#PoliceState #LegCoElection
HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station
On December 19, 2021, the Legislative Council Election took place in Hong Kong, after being postponed by the authorities for over a year.
In the Tin Sui polling station in Tin Shui Wai, very few voters turned up, unlike the long queue and the crowd during the Pro-democracy Primary Election in the summer of 2020.
Back then, the average waiting time of the polling station is one hour where the queue always consists of several hundreds of citizens.
In the 2021 LegCo Election, there were at least 4 uniform police patrolling the area. An InMedia reporter was confronted by the patrolling officers outside and the police inside the polling station.
Not that the police recorded the personal details of the reporter, an officer accused the reporter of being a "fake reporter." "Never heard of InMedia. Who is your boss?" the police said.
The police ordered the reporter to show the photos that were taken. The police also claimed that they have already arrested some people who took photos in other polling station for "loitering".
In another polling station in Wanchai, the police forbade a InMedia reporter from conducting interview in the unrestricted area outside the polling station. The police claimed that "only iCable and another outlet" can cover the election news.
Source: InMedia #Dec19
https://bit.ly/321XJyx
https://bit.ly/3EbtYZ5
#PressFreedom #InMedia
HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station
On December 19, 2021, the Legislative Council Election took place in Hong Kong, after being postponed by the authorities for over a year.
In the Tin Sui polling station in Tin Shui Wai, very few voters turned up, unlike the long queue and the crowd during the Pro-democracy Primary Election in the summer of 2020.
Back then, the average waiting time of the polling station is one hour where the queue always consists of several hundreds of citizens.
In the 2021 LegCo Election, there were at least 4 uniform police patrolling the area. An InMedia reporter was confronted by the patrolling officers outside and the police inside the polling station.
Not that the police recorded the personal details of the reporter, an officer accused the reporter of being a "fake reporter." "Never heard of InMedia. Who is your boss?" the police said.
The police ordered the reporter to show the photos that were taken. The police also claimed that they have already arrested some people who took photos in other polling station for "loitering".
In another polling station in Wanchai, the police forbade a InMedia reporter from conducting interview in the unrestricted area outside the polling station. The police claimed that "only iCable and another outlet" can cover the election news.
Source: InMedia #Dec19
https://bit.ly/321XJyx
https://bit.ly/3EbtYZ5
#PressFreedom #InMedia