Former Hong Kong student leader jailed for 9 months for resisting police and perverting course of justice

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/07/former-hong-kong-student-leader-jailed-for-9-months-for-resisting-police-and-perverting-course-of-justice/

Hong Kong gov’t fines 6 people over Covid-19 violations in birthday party scandal

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/07/hong-kong-govt-fines-6-people-over-covid-19-violations-in-birthday-party-scandal/

‘Water tank’ description nearly doomed historic Hong Kong reservoir, report says

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/07/water-tank-description-nearly-doomed-historic-hong-kong-reservoir-report-says/

Artist says University of Hong Kong may allow retrieval of removed Tiananmen statue, though shunned by crane firms

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/08/artist-says-university-of-hong-kong-may-allow-retrieval-of-removed-tiananmen-statue-though-shunned-by-crane-firms/

More than 80% of Hong Kong’s 2019 protest-related cases concluded, gov’t doc reveals

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/08/more-than-80-of-hong-kongs-2019-protest-related-cases-concluded-govt-doc-reveals/

Postponement of Hong Kong’s leadership race expected to cost additional HK$50 million

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/08/postponement-of-hong-kongs-leadership-race-expected-to-cost-additional-hk50-million/

#FailedState #Oppression #PressFreedom
Satisfaction with Hong Kong’s press freedom slumps to record low: Survey

On April 1, 2022, the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (#HKPORI) published the results of a telephone survey involving 1,004 respondents’ “appraisal of news media.”

Findings revealed record low results since 1997 - only 28% of respondents are satisfied with #PressFreedom in Hong Kong.

The survey also reported a record-high proportion of respondents saying that local news outlets did not utilise their freedom of speech, the highest rate since September 1997.

The overall satisfaction with media outlets’ performance also dropped from 8% (2021) to 2% (2022), a record low since records began in September 1997.

Chris Yeung, former chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalist Association said that the closure of media outlets was “definitely” a factor contributing to people’s dissatisfaction with press freedom.

Source: LuminantHK, #Apr1
https://publielectoral.lat/luminanthk/5403

UN inaction on China abuses ‘huge disappointment’: Uyghur campaigner

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/09/un-inaction-on-china-abuses-huge-disappointment-uyghur-campaigner/

#OrganHarvesting
Research: Execution by organ procurement and Breaching the dead donor rule in China

In an academic paper published by Australia-based esearchers Matthew P. Robertson and Jacob Lavee in April 2022, the findings strongly suggest that physicians in the People's Republic of China (#PRC) have participated in executions by organ removal, breaching the #DeadDonorRule.

The study applies computational text analysis to conduct a forensic review of 2,838 papers drawn from a dataset of 124,770 Chinese-language transplant publications.

The algorithm searched for evidence of problematic declarations of brain death during organ procurement. The research team finds 71 reports where brain death could not have properly been declared, and these organ donors could only have been prisoners in China.

Read the entire essay:
https://bit.ly/3xcLWdI

Source: Americal Journal of Transplantation; #Apr4

#Violation #ProfessionalMedicalProhibitions #CCP

Covid-19: Arrivals and departures during Hong Kong’s fifth wave – explained in six graphs

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/10/covid-19-arrivals-and-departures-during-hong-kongs-fifth-wave-explained-in-six-graphs/

BREAKING: Veteran Hong Kong journalist Allan Au arrested by national security police – reports

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/11/breaking-veteran-hong-kong-journalist-allan-au-arrested-by-national-security-police-reports/

‘Hong Kong has become an authoritarian society’: Democrat Yeung Sum released after serving Nat’l Day protest jail term

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/11/hong-kong-has-become-an-authoritarian-society-democrat-yeung-sum-released-after-serving-natl-day-protest-jail-term/

Access to online mental health support can help those in need, University of Hong Kong programme finds

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/12/access-to-online-mental-health-support-can-help-those-in-need-university-of-hong-kong-programme-finds/

"Wishing peace for Mr. Allan Au and all Hongkongers," wrote Ar To. "Outlive them. See you in the future."

Hong Kong artist #ArTo posted this comic today, after veteran journalist #AllanAu was arrested by national security police.

Au was accused of "conspiring to publish seditious materials", though the police refused to give details on which of his writings broke the law.

See also:
Hong Kong journalist Allan Au arrested by national security police
https://publielectoral.lat/BeWaterHK/392

#Art #FreedomOfSpeech #NationalSecurityLaw #Sedition

China Schools Teach Students to "Correctly" Understand Ukraine Crisis; Taiwanese Scholars Warn of CCP Legitimizing Aggression on Taiwan

Schools across China are hosting lesson planning workshops for their teachers, so that they can teach students to "correctly understand" the recent developments in Ukraine.

A notice from Shandong education department noted that these workshops are intended for teachers of "political thinking classes", to help them "correctly understand the principles, position, and line to take" regarding the Ukraine crisis, so that they can "guide the thoughts" of their students.

These courses are hosted by The "Hand-in-Hand Lesson Preparation Center for National Ideological and Political Classes".

Chinese Scholars: Can't Judge Russia-Ukraine crisis as Simply Right or Wrong

In one such workshop in Shanxi, a teacher asked how to educate primary and secondary school students in international relations, and how to answer questions regarding whether Russia's war against Ukraine is justified.

Answering the question was professor Xia Yong-Lin from Xidian University's School of Humanities. He said that the Russia-Ukraine crisis cannot "be judged as simply right or wrong": "under the American-led international order, in an environment [filled with] arrogant hegemony and hysteria without fairness, it is meaningless to get caught up in questions of justice."

Liu Li-Bo, Vice-chair of the School of Maxism at Shaanxi Normal University, emphasized proactively instill thoughts that are in line with mainstream ideology and national policy. "If students in primary and secondary schools were led astray, it's difficult to straighten them up again."

Professor Wang Yong-Zhi Northwest University added that teachers must make the connection with national revival. Teachers must clearly tell students that China is facing the greatest challenge since its economic reform, and the country needs students to have an even greater sense of nationalism and responsibility.

CCP Aims to Legitimize Future Taiwan Invasion, Taiwanese Scholars warns

In Taiwan, Wang Zhi-Sheng, Secretary General of China Asia-Pacific Elite Exchange Association, pointed out two objectives for China's systematic and unified indoctrination of its "truth" of the Ukrainian conflict. For one, they aimed to whitewash Russia's aggression and drum up support in China. The more concerning objective, however, was to portray Russia's situation as being "backed into a corner" before taking military action; this implied that China may also be "backed into a corner" in the future, and become "forced" to use its military against Taiwan.

Lin Xian-Shen, head of the Department of East Asian Studies at National Taiwan Normal University, pointed out that Putin's narrative considers Ukraine to be part of Russia. Similarly, the Chinese Communist Party considered Taiwan to be part of China, and could thus use the same justifications to rally popular support for aggression against Taiwan. If the Chinese people supports Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it would naturally also support a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, he said.

Sources:
Ming Pao
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/中國/article/20220326/s00013/1648232383800/多省學校教「正確」認識烏局勢

Liberty Times
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3883445

#Ukraine #RussianInvasion #Brainwashing #MinistryOfTruth

Veteran Hong Kong activist Koo Sze-yiu pleads not guilty to attempting to commit seditious acts

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/12/veteran-hong-kong-activist-koo-sze-yiu-pleads-not-guilty-to-attempting-to-commit-seditious-acts/

Hong Kong police take away 2 linked to pro-democracy bubble tea shop to assist with investigation

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/12/hong-kong-police-take-away-2-linked-to-pro-democracy-bubble-tea-shop-to-assist-with-investigation/

Hong Kong CityU demands responses from students over alleged offences at union farewell ceremony

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/04/12/hong-kong-cityu-demands-responses-from-students-over-alleged-offences-at-union-farewell-ceremony/