Police Aggressively Assaulted Civilian in the Head

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Police 'Raptor' squad arrested at least 5 people at the intersection of Nathan Road and Gascoigne Road. Police agressively hit one of the arrestees who did not resist at all in the head. Police further turn the scene into chaos by firing tear gas rounds at the crowd.

Source: HKUSU Undergrad #Nov18 #PolyU

Tens of thousands of Hongkongers Fill Up Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East and Gascoigne Road

Citizens across the territory are fighting for a chance to reach PolyU to save the students being held.

#Nov18 #PolyU #FightforFreedom

#Nov18
A video capturing police shooting and the arrest operation that followed. Many civilians ended up lying on the ground. It is not known whether they had been injured.

Damage Caused by Police Indiscriminate Attack
21:43 Tsim Sha Tsui East
The entrance of New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel, which is situated in the intersection between Science Museum Road and Mody Road, has been dyed blue by water cannon trucks.

Source:Apple Daily #Nov18

Police Set No Way Out of PolyU
Students, “We're All Gonna Make Our Way Home!”

When being asked if they wanted to get out of PolyU, people inside said they did, but there was no way out.

At around 13:30 yesterday (Nov 18), the crowd decided to fight their way out. "This is the last time! We're all gonna make our way home!" One yelled to boost the crowd's morale.

They then rushed out to Cheong Wan Road, but the riot police then shot multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets, which set several places on fire. Another group of riot police rushed down from the bridge and arrested a few of them.

Source: Nextplus HK #Nov18 #PolyU

Stampede in Yau Ma Tei on November 18

Read the report: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11898

Photo / Kaiser@ USP United Social Press #YauMaTei #Nov18 #Stampede

Evidence of Police Attack of Polytechnic University

The video captures in the morning of #Nov18 :
- Nonstop gunshots fired by the Police
- Police violently dragged subdued citizens all the way down the staircase and then on the ground
- Police stormed in the premise of #PolyU (which they denied)

At the end of the video, the police ordered the reporter to stop filming, just as the police had turned the PolyU campus into a warzone.

Source: RTHK

[Video] Letter of apology found in a room with bloodstain
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11547

[Timeline] Police barged in and assaulted university campus
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11519

Police roundup leading to a stampede in Yau Ma Tei in Nov 18
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#Stampede #Nov18

#Nov18 #English Evidence of the stampede in Yau Ma Tei

#Court #CoronersInquest
Police Testimonies Raise Further Doubts: Police See Looking For "Rioters" a "Higher-Level Concern" Than Checking on Injured #AlexChow

During the Anti-Extradition Law Protests in 2019, on November 4, university student Alex Chow Tsz-lok fell from height at Sheung Tak Carpark, when the police were dispersing civilians in the area. The cause of Chow's fall remained unknown and the 22-year-old young man passed away at 8:09 am on November 8, 2019.

Nov 18, 2020 was the third day into the coroner's inquest. Here are some key findings:

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1. Police Are Uncertain About Whether They Have Shot Someone at the Carpark

East Kowloon Emergency Unit Assistant Commander Pang Tin-chi and officer Chun Tsz-kit admitted firing one sponge grenade and one beanbag round, respectively, to the second and the third levels of Sheung Tak Carpark after midnight on Nov 14, 2019.

They were uncertain whether they had shot someone.

Pang changed his testimony after being questioned by the jury. He corrected that he fired at the second but not the third storey of the carpark. He said he counted the storeys by his bare eyes.

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2. Police See "Eradicating" "Hidden Rioters" of a "Higher- Level Concern" Than Checking on the Injured

On the second day of the inquest, then-East Kowloon Emergency Unit (Squad No. 4) Commander and senior inspector Wong Kar-lun said he saw firemen and voluntary first aiders handling an injured person when he was carrying out the dispersal operation at the carpark.

Coming to the third day of the hearing, Wong was questioned by Barrister Cheng Suk-yee representing Alex Chow's family.

Cheng asked Wong if he had given a thought on how the ambulance carrying the injured could leave the carpark for the hospital, after seeing the injured person and knowing that the roadblock had earlier prevented the ambulance from entering the carpark.

Wong said, "I had some higher-level concern at that moment. I had to eradicate the danger of having violent protesters hidden somewhere, in order to ensure safety."

Wong said he did not pay attention to the condition of the injured person and did not know the urgency of the situation.

Wong later admitted that he did not report the discovery of the injured civilian (Alex Chow) to his superiors until he returned to Tseung Kwan O Station at 2am.

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3. Six-minute Lag Between Commander's Watch and the Surveillance Camera

Barrister Cheng representing the victim's family continued to question senior inspector Wong Kar-lun, "Have you ever found out why your watch and the surveillance camera had a 6- minute lag?"

Wong replied, "I used the watch before. It's accurate." Wong re-confirmed that 37 officers of his team entered the carpark that day.

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4. Police Admit Their Tear Gas Grenades Might Have Hit Some Vehicles

According to the Cable News footage shown on the second day of the hearing, a fire engine left after failing to enter Sheung Tak from Tong Min Street .

Barrister Cheng asked if senior inspector Wong was aware of this. Wong said he saw the fire engine failing to enter but did not know that it left.

Wong said on the second day that he received an order to leave the carpark when conducting dispersal operation on the third floor.

On the third day of the hearing, Wong, however, changed his testimony, "I now recalled that it was not the third floor, but the upper second floor."

After being asked by the jury, Wong clarified that the injured person was located on the lower second floor.

(To be continued)

Source: InMedia; Stand News #Nov18

https://bit.ly/38Q2PyM

#Award
#AppleDaily Founder #JimmyLai awarded 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award

The Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ) awarded Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who is currently in jail, the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award on November 19, 2021 for his extraordinary and sustained achievement in the cause of press freedom.

Complimenting Lai's achievement, CPJ said, "Lai has become a powerful symbol of the struggle to maintain press freedom in Hong Kong as China’s Communist Party exerts ever greater control over the territory."

The Committee further stated that "In prison, denied bail, the outspoken critic of the Chinese government and advocate for democracy faces charges that could keep him in jail for the rest of his life."

Source: Stand News; #Nov18

https://bit.ly/3nXrw3D

#Recognition #PressFreedom #Arrestee #Dissident #GwenIfill