#FirstHand #Remembrance

2114 | #AlliedPlaza, #PrinceEdward
Nearby Allied Plaza on Nathan Road, a large troop of riot police, armed with guns and shields on their hands, arrived on the scene for reasons unknown.

#May31 #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality #FailedState #831PrinceEdward

#PublicSurvey
Public Opinion Survey:
Close to 20% Jump in Responses Giving 0 Points to China’s Implementation of One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong

Showing their utter disappointment, 41.4% of the respondents gave 0 points to the performance of the Chinese Government implementing one country, two systems in Hong Kong

• 8 percentage points higher than last round of survey conducted in March 2020.
• 19 percentage points higher than the survey conducted in the same period in 2019.

This is the 7th round of the public opinion poll conducted by HKCU via telephone interview with a sample size of 815 citizens

Source: Ming Pao
#June1 #PoliceState #FailedState #PoliceBrutality

#PoliceBrutality #Press
Police Intercept Stand News Reporter

14:33 | Tsim Sha Tsui
Stand News reporter was stopped and searched by several riot police when reporting from Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower.

The police claimed that the reporter was "suspicious" and banned the reporter from filming by citing "privacy" reason. The police once disallowed the reporter from contacting his colleague.

Source: Stand News #June6

District Commander of Mong Kok denies police brutality

Yau Tsim Mong District Council held a meeting in the morning of Jun 18. Pan-democratic lawmakers urged the police to follow up on police brutality in the district on 10 May and explain why citizens were asked to kneel on the ground when being stopped and searched near GT (Ellen Yeung) College.

District Commander of Mong Kok Bradley Stephen Wright explained the officer only asked citizens to “sit down” instead of “kneel”, and never raised any “inhumane requests”.

Pan-democratic lawyer To Kun-sun criticised him for being ridiculous and unreasonable. He pointed out either the citizens were willing to kneel down, or Wright trusted his subordinates blindly.

Source: InMedia HK #Jun18
#PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #HongKongPolice

What Happened on May 10:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/20542

#PressConference #SexualViolence
Victim of Sexual Violence by the Police Urges Hongkongers to Speak Up Against Injustice

A press conference was held at the headquarters of The Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union on June 22, 2020. An underaged female student, K, spoke of her experiences of the police's verbal and sexual abuse after her arrest on September 25, 2019.

After K was arrested in a shopping mall, several police officers insulted her with profanity that demeant women and a female officer "grabbed" her breast several times. K was appalled by the police behaviour even in the public. She then heard that she was dehumanized into a "piece" in a conversation between the police.

At the police station, K's request to the bathroom was repeatedly denied. K told the police that she has human rights. This triggered a series of insult from the police: A female officer said to her, "Human rights are based on freedom, but you are a criminal. Here, we have a say in your freedom. You'd better keep quiet," while a male police officer mocked K by saying "I have human rights!"

K was finally allowed to go to the bathroom but only one hour later. At the toilet, she was directly gazed at by a female officer. K requested her privacy to be respected, but the officer claimed it was part of the protocol.

K requested to call her lawyer and family for at least 6 times but was never granted. Even worse, K had to face a third-degree body search, which required to have all her clothes removed. During the search, a female officer leant very close to K's chest and private parts while humiliating her with insults.

K was brought back to her home for a search by a male police officer, but without the company of her family or lawyer. K felt completely terrified during the search.

After all these happenings, K was traumatized and made three attempts to commit suicide including jumping into the rails. K was diagnosed with PTSD. Nonetheless, she chose to speak up to let other victims of police violence know that they were not alone and they should not blame themselves as they had done nothing wrong.

K wanted to send a message to all Hongkongers that one should speak up when facing injustice.

While K will face a trial in Shatin Magistrates Courts at 14:30 on July 21, the Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union is launching an official complaint to the police about the case.

Image: Internet
Source: Press Conference
#Jun22 #Student #MeToo #PoliceBrutality

Police Pushes Street Hawker's Stall for Unknown Reasons

20:40 | Mong Kok
After raising the purple flag at the end of the street opposite to Langham Place, a group of police officers suddenly ran and stopped civilians outside Langham Place and the entrance of the MTR station.

A police officer in white shirt pushed a hawker's stall for unknown reasons, and did not give any explanation.

Later, other police officers announced that they could charge the citizens at the scene for "Public misconduct."

Source: AppleDaily #Aug11
#Hawker #PoliceState #PoliceBrutality

#Court #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState
20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder

In the police-civilian conflict on 3 Aug 2019, a 20-year-old student was charged with assaulting a sergeant and an officer outside Wong Tai Sin MTR station. He pled not guilty. The case was heard on 20 Aug 2020 in Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court.

The officer who claimed he was hurt said that he grabbed the defendant’s left arm, yet the defendant still rushed forward, causing the three of them to fall. He suggested that he did not know the defendant was sent to the emergency room afterwards for broken bones and was hospitalised for 12 days. He stressed that he did not use excessive force.

Thd sergeant involved suggested that he was not sure if the defendant intended to attack them.

The defendant’s attorney played a video, showing that the defendant was standing, and a black figure tapped his left shoulder, causing him to fall. It was confirmed that it was the hand of police officer Mak Wing-cheung. The attorney pointed out that the defendant fell after the officer tapped his shoulder, which contradicted Mak’s testimony. The attorney also stated that the defendant was found to have broken bones in his left shoulder, and steel plates have to be installed permanently.

Source: Stand News #Aug25 https://bit.ly/3jbFJVp

#PoliceBrutality #Court
HK Police: I Used My Baton to Calm Down the Arrestees

Battlefield Social Worker, Jackie Chan Hung-sau and 7 others were charged with rioting at a pro-democracy rally on August 31, 2019. September 15 marked the 6th day of the 17-day trial.

In court, the police's Special Tactical Squad officer, Wong Ming-fai, denied the accusation that he had violently bashed one of the defendants with his police baton.

The officer claimed that he wanted to prevent the defendant from running away, saying, “I used the baton to control and calm him down. I did not bash him violently.”

The defending lawyer also pointed out that there were 7 to 8 people encircling the 3rd defendant on the scene and asked police officer Tsang Hing-hung to identify his colleagues.

The officer said that he could only tell by reading their operation numbers. The lawyer further challenged whether it is a reasonable expectation for a civilian to tell whether a black-clad onlooker is a police officer or not, since none of the police officers displayed their warrants nor identification pin.

Source: InMedia HK #Sept15
https://bit.ly/33uv5CJ

#PoliceBaton #PoliceState #FailedState #AsiasFinest
#HKLivesMatter

#Newspaper

Arrested Japanese photographer returned to Hong Kong as required by the police to report, but refused entry and deported

(14 Sep) Mr. A (pseudonym), a Japanese photographer in his 40s, was arrested on a street in Wan Chai on 31 August last year. At the end of the year, he complied with the regulations and came to Hong Kong to report for the third time. He was refused entry for no reason and was immediately repatriated, with no way of knowing the progress of the case, and even more afraid of being "dispossessed" as a wanted criminal.

The case did not get prosecuted due to insufficient evidence, the police confirmed as they received an inquiry from Apple Daily. The Immigration Department stated that it would not comment on individual cases.

Born in the most influential era of Hong Kong culture in the last century, Mr. A's impression of Hong Kong has always been illusory in Jackie Chan's movies. Until the Umbrella Movement in 2014, when students stayed on the streets around the clock, which made him pay attention to the process of Hongkonger's striving for democracy.

"Everyone is peaceful, not as fierce as shown in the news." When really stepping on the scene of the demonstration, Mr. A believed that the real situation was very different from the news footage. Most of the time the demonstrators just expressed their demands rationally. During police suppression, they didn't know each other but could move forward and retreat together in a tacit understanding. "It is hard to imagine something like this happens in Japan."

Having personally experienced police violence, Mr. A witnessed that the force used by the Hong Kong police was disproportionate to the peaceful behavior of the demonstrators. During his arrest, he also saw many arrested persons beaten up in blood. He felt that the road to democracy in Hong Kong was not simple. He then compiled his own arrest process, together with graffiti photos taken during his visit to Hong Kong, into a book, which was written in English, Japanese, and Cantonese as "Hong Kong political graffiti & buff ~ 2019年夏 香港民主化デモ 逮捕された記録~". It has been published and put on shelves in local bookstores in Tokyo and Shizuoka, hoping to let more Japanese understand how Hongkongers fight for democracy, so as to support every other person on the road to freedom.

When he was asked if the photo collection would be sold in Hong Kong, he said that he was not sure whether the work violated the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" or not, so he needed to seek further legal advice. He also said with a bitter smile: "Whether I can enter Hong Kong again or not is still a question."

Source: Apple Daily
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo

#Japan #Japanese #Photographer #PoliceBrutality #PoliceState #NationalSecurityLaw

#PoliceBrutality #DavidJordan
HK Police Promote Commander Notorious for Brutal Treatment of Pro-democracy Civilians

David Jordan, the Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police and then-Commander-in-Chief of the Special Tactical Squad during the 2019 Anti-extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, has been promoted as the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Marine Region in Hong Kong.

Former chairmen of Demosistō Nathan Law said he was very disappointed about the promotion, and will continue to work with Luke de Pulford, commissioner of the British Conservative Party's Human Rights Commission, to prepare a private prosecution of the British-Hong Kong police.

Source: Stand News #Sept15

Read full article
https://www.thestandnews.com/english/david-jordan-promoted-as-assistant-commissioner-in-charge-of-the-marine-region/

#HongKongPolice #AsiasFinest #PrivateProsecution

#PoliceBrutality
Police Inspector admits “inappropriate” and “unprofessional” behavior when dispersing pro-democracy protesters

On October 21, last year, marked the 3rd month of 721 incident where passengers of West Rail trains were brutally assaulted by a large group of white-clad mobsters in Yuen Long Station, citizens gathered on Castle Peak Road in Yuen Long protesting alleged “Police-triad collusion”.

During the dispersal operation, a youngster was arrested for hurling a 1.5L water bottle at riot police on the scene in an attempt to rescue other pro-democracy protesters. The youngster was charged with 3 counts of offences, including obstructing police officers from executing their duties, resisting arrest and possessing an offensive weapon.

Responding to defence-counsel’s cross-examination, the police inspector who claimed being hit by the water bottle made a loud statement, saying, “no normal law-abiding citizen will run on the street at 11pm.” A video footage, however showed the inspector shrieked at the youngster and hurled insults. The inspector initially denied, but later acknowledged his behaviour was “inappropriate” and “unprofessional”.

Source: Apple Daily #Sept18
#Court #PoliceState

#PoliceState
Police Charge 10 Hong Kong students for Forming Human Chain in Support of the Anti-ELAB Movement One Year Later

A year ago on September 7, citizens in Hong Kong built a long human chain around Tai Po Market train station, exhibiting solidarity against and defiance of police brutality, among them, many were students in school uniform.

As riot police stormed onto the scene, fired tear gas, the peaceful crowd of pro-democracy protesters was forced to disperse. More than 20 protesters were arrested during the clash on that day.

A year later, HK police charged 11 of them for attending an illegal assembly. Their age ranges from 15 to 49. 10 of them are students and the remaining one is the father of one of the students.

Sources: Inmedia; Stand News #Sept23
https://www.inmediahk.net/node/1077614

#Students #HumanChain #Injustice #School
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Read more about human chain activity in Taipo on 7 Sept 2019 and victims of #PoliceBrutality

https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/14349

Carrie Lam said: "If you have concerns regarding certain behaviours of a police officer, feel free to make a complaint." Yes, feel free to make a complaint but just know that nothing will be approved.

#policebrutality #oppression #policestate #GoHKGraphics

#FirstHand #Oct31
District Councilor Arrested

2042 | Prince Edward Station
Ng Kin-wai, a member of Yuen Long District Council and a convenor of Tin Shui Wai Connection, was arrested at Prince Edward.

#PrinceEdward831 #PoliceBrutality #NeverForget #PoliceState

#PoliceBrutality #PressFreedom
Hong Kong Police Arrests Web Media Reporter

The reporter was also arrested on this year's Mother's Day, May 10, 2020, when reporting police's operation in Mongkok. She witnessed five to six riot police tying up two girls, when she entered a public women's toilet. She held her camera, but was immediately suppressed by the police. She was wearing a reflective vest and a press card, when the police violently took away her camera, pressed her against the wall, and pepper-sprayed her face at a close distance. The police humiliated her by calling her a "corrupt reporter" and "cockroach".

Inside the toilet, the police brutally pinned the female reporter, whose body was covered with pepperspray on the ground, stepped on her back, pressed on her neck with their knee and pressured her head with a baton, who then suffered involuntary urination.

The police later on claimed that they suppressed a 26-year-old woman with an "appropriate use of force". The reporter was detained for 48 hours after the arrest on Mother's Day.

Source: Stand News #Nov5
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%9B%BE%E6%8A%95%E8%A8%B4%E6%97%BA%E8%A7%92%E5%A5%B3%E5%BB%81%E5%85%A7%E9%81%AD%E8%AD%A6%E5%99%B4%E6%A4%92%E9%8B%A4%E9%A0%B8-%E7%B6%B2%E5%AA%92-%E5%A8%9B%E8%B3%93-%E5%A5%B3%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E4%BB%8A%E6%97%A9%E8%A2%AB%E4%B8%8A%E9%96%80%E6%8B%98%E6%8D%95/?fbclid=IwAR1B3yQGRXsG8b90NBwfeAB4FyXh_HWZ2yqSGPH7tZIo3OpnMLDjV9QYfFs