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#PoliceState #DistrictCouncil
District Councilor Reveals How Police Undertake Political Retaliation
1. On January 16, Chairwoman Cheng Lai-king demanded Police Commissioner to wear his warrant card in the council meeting.
2. On January 16, a plainclothes police officer refused to wear a warrant card, Cheng as the Chairwoman demanded him to leave.
3. The Central and Western District Council has established a new “constitutional and security committee” to monitor the police force.
4. During the meeting on March 12, police officers refused to put on their warrant card despite the demand of the council
5. During the meeting on March 19, Chairwoman Cheng has allowed Councillors Kam Nai-wai and Sam Yip to read out the statement condemning the police.
6. Cheng asked the police officers who were disturbing the meeting to stop talking.
7. Cheng wanted to bring justice to the reporter who was blinded in one eye after being hit by a police plastic baton round.
Source: Napa Wong's facebook #Mar26
District Councilor Reveals How Police Undertake Political Retaliation
1. On January 16, Chairwoman Cheng Lai-king demanded Police Commissioner to wear his warrant card in the council meeting.
2. On January 16, a plainclothes police officer refused to wear a warrant card, Cheng as the Chairwoman demanded him to leave.
3. The Central and Western District Council has established a new “constitutional and security committee” to monitor the police force.
4. During the meeting on March 12, police officers refused to put on their warrant card despite the demand of the council
5. During the meeting on March 19, Chairwoman Cheng has allowed Councillors Kam Nai-wai and Sam Yip to read out the statement condemning the police.
6. Cheng asked the police officers who were disturbing the meeting to stop talking.
7. Cheng wanted to bring justice to the reporter who was blinded in one eye after being hit by a police plastic baton round.
Source: Napa Wong's facebook #Mar26
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Burberry becomes first luxury brand to suffer Chinese backlash over Xinjiang
Burberry, a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), is the first luxury brand assailed by the Chinese backlash to Western accusations of abuses in Xinjiang, losing a Chinese brand ambassador and its hallmark tartan design.
The company’s iconic plaid design was also removed from the clothing worn by characters in Tencent's wildly popular video game “Honor of Kings”, according to a post on the game’s official Weibo account, winning praise from China’s netizens.
Award-winning Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu terminated her contract with Burberry as the brand’s ambassador as Burberry has not “clearly and publicly stated its stance on cotton from Xinjiang.
Source: Reuters #Mar26
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-burberry/burberry-becomes-first-luxury-brand-to-suffer-chinese-backlash-over-xinjiang-idUSKBN2BI0EI
#XinjiangCotton #BCI #BetterCottonInitiative #China #Burberry
Burberry, a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), is the first luxury brand assailed by the Chinese backlash to Western accusations of abuses in Xinjiang, losing a Chinese brand ambassador and its hallmark tartan design.
The company’s iconic plaid design was also removed from the clothing worn by characters in Tencent's wildly popular video game “Honor of Kings”, according to a post on the game’s official Weibo account, winning praise from China’s netizens.
Award-winning Chinese actress Zhou Dongyu terminated her contract with Burberry as the brand’s ambassador as Burberry has not “clearly and publicly stated its stance on cotton from Xinjiang.
Source: Reuters #Mar26
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-xinjiang-burberry/burberry-becomes-first-luxury-brand-to-suffer-chinese-backlash-over-xinjiang-idUSKBN2BI0EI
#XinjiangCotton #BCI #BetterCottonInitiative #China #Burberry
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#Court #PoliticalOppression
3-Year #Backlog of Court Cases Mean Hong Kong Protesters may be "Jailed for Nothing", Says Concerned Barrister
Hong Kong's courts are experiencing a large backlog of protest-related cases, with some trials scheduled as late as 2024.
The riot case against pro-democracy protesters entering into the Legislative Council (#LegCo) chambers on July 1, 2019, which had its first hearing last week, is scheduled for trial in May 2023, more than 2 years later.
An anonymous barrister pointed out that the jail terms handed out for recent riot cases are 4 to 5 years, though the sentences are often reduced to around 3 years for good behavior in prison.
Time spent in custody while awaiting trial also counts toward time served, therefore some of the accused may have already served their sentences by the time the court has found them guilty. If they are found innocent, however, then "they would have been jailed for nothing these three years. We're talking three years, not a couple of months."
The situation is effectively handing down a punishment before the trial, the barrister said, and is unfair to the accused.
Though some arrestees in riot cases are released on bail, the terms include night-time curfews and prohibitions from being in certain locations, or from leaving the city.
The barrister calls the bail conditions harsh and disruptive to the lives of the accused, "as if it's meant for punishing them first." Bail conditions in other criminal cases are not nearly as numerous or complicated, he says, "I don't quite understand why riot cases nowadays need so many bail conditions."
Source: Apple Daily #Mar26
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210326/WWXAESVWLBCGXDRMFJYGDOCDRE/
#PoliceState #Bail #Injustice #Detention #RightToSpeedyTrial
3-Year #Backlog of Court Cases Mean Hong Kong Protesters may be "Jailed for Nothing", Says Concerned Barrister
Hong Kong's courts are experiencing a large backlog of protest-related cases, with some trials scheduled as late as 2024.
The riot case against pro-democracy protesters entering into the Legislative Council (#LegCo) chambers on July 1, 2019, which had its first hearing last week, is scheduled for trial in May 2023, more than 2 years later.
An anonymous barrister pointed out that the jail terms handed out for recent riot cases are 4 to 5 years, though the sentences are often reduced to around 3 years for good behavior in prison.
Time spent in custody while awaiting trial also counts toward time served, therefore some of the accused may have already served their sentences by the time the court has found them guilty. If they are found innocent, however, then "they would have been jailed for nothing these three years. We're talking three years, not a couple of months."
The situation is effectively handing down a punishment before the trial, the barrister said, and is unfair to the accused.
Though some arrestees in riot cases are released on bail, the terms include night-time curfews and prohibitions from being in certain locations, or from leaving the city.
The barrister calls the bail conditions harsh and disruptive to the lives of the accused, "as if it's meant for punishing them first." Bail conditions in other criminal cases are not nearly as numerous or complicated, he says, "I don't quite understand why riot cases nowadays need so many bail conditions."
Source: Apple Daily #Mar26
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210326/WWXAESVWLBCGXDRMFJYGDOCDRE/
#PoliceState #Bail #Injustice #Detention #RightToSpeedyTrial
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#Poll: One out of four #Hongkonger wants to emigrate; #CarrieLam: Not interested
On March 25, 2022, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) announced some alarming survey findings that a quarter of the city population plans to emigrate, citing political uncertainty as the key reason.
Reporters took this issue to the #ChiefExecutive, Carrie Lam and asked whether measures are in place to retain talents.
Lam brushed the question aside as she responded in contempt, "I am not interested in these surveys in general. So I am not going to comment."
Lam asked Hong Kong people to stay confident as she foresees the #COVID19 pandemic receding in 4 weeks.
Lam's colleague, a member of the Executive Council, Bernard Charnwut Chan, apparently has a different view.
Chan expressed concerns over Hong Kong's role as the financial center in Asia when multinational corporations are moving their Asia Pacific headquarters away from Hong Kong.
Chan told reporters on a radio talk show that chances for these headquarters to be relocated back to Hong Kong are slim.
Although Hong Kong has lifted flight bans against 9 countries, inbound restrictions remained in force while many countries have removed COVID-19 restrictions altogether.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar26
https://bit.ly/3tEWzDW
#BernardChan #FailedState #BrainDrain #EmigrationWave
#Exodus
On March 25, 2022, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) announced some alarming survey findings that a quarter of the city population plans to emigrate, citing political uncertainty as the key reason.
Reporters took this issue to the #ChiefExecutive, Carrie Lam and asked whether measures are in place to retain talents.
Lam brushed the question aside as she responded in contempt, "I am not interested in these surveys in general. So I am not going to comment."
Lam asked Hong Kong people to stay confident as she foresees the #COVID19 pandemic receding in 4 weeks.
Lam's colleague, a member of the Executive Council, Bernard Charnwut Chan, apparently has a different view.
Chan expressed concerns over Hong Kong's role as the financial center in Asia when multinational corporations are moving their Asia Pacific headquarters away from Hong Kong.
Chan told reporters on a radio talk show that chances for these headquarters to be relocated back to Hong Kong are slim.
Although Hong Kong has lifted flight bans against 9 countries, inbound restrictions remained in force while many countries have removed COVID-19 restrictions altogether.
Source: Inmediahk; #Mar26
https://bit.ly/3tEWzDW
#BernardChan #FailedState #BrainDrain #EmigrationWave
#Exodus