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Police Provide Preferential Help to Chinese Students while Assaulting the Locals

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Police admitted on Facebook that they assisted a group of Chinese students to retreat from the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on November 13.

The heading given to this post is "Police help CUHK students". Ironically, police fired over 1000 tear gas canisters and over 1000 rubber bullets and other rounds into the university campus yesterday, even during the University Head-students dialogue and despite their agreement to cease fire.

Source: Hong Kong Police Force Facebook
#Nov13 #StateTerrorism #PoliceState #PoliceLie
5 CUHK students charged for rioting and Anti mask Law will face next hearing on January next year
5 students from CUHK have been charged for rioting and wearing a mask in an unlawful protest near Bridge 2 in CUHK. 4 of them were mentioned in Sha Tin Magistrates’ Court and was allowed to be released on bail. They have to follow a number of conditions, including curfew and report to a named police station at a given time.

Source: RTHK
#CUHK #Nov13
Yesterday on #Nov13, police arrested a total of 142 citizens. 1567 rounds of #teargas, 1312 rounds of rubber bullets, and 380 rounds of bean bag bullets were deployed. In other words, 1 tear gas round and 1 rubber bullet were shot every 0.9 minute, and 1 bean bag bullet was shot every 4 minutes on average.

Source: 612 Reminder
Police might shoot live round at campus in the future: “Every weapon deployed was to protect the citizens”

Over 3000 rounds of tear gas canisters, beanbag rounds and rubber bullets were fired during police operation in the city yesterday (Nov 12).

Today, police Senior Superintendent of Operations Wai-sun Wong said, “Every weapon deployed was to protect the citizens”. He also felt sorry that the police were attacked by arrows at the Chinese University. “We have still only been using gas (during the clashes)”. He indicated that police might shoot live round at the campus in the future.

Wong denied the suggestion that protestors and police are equal and emphasised the fact that the police had been attacked continuously and they had already given out warnings to protestors and tear gas was the minimum level of force. “The reason we deployed so many rounds”, he added, “was that we needed them to listen to us and disperse”.

Source: Apple Daily
#Nov13 #CUHKMassacre #HongKong8964 #StateTerrorism #PoliceState
Students Fortified Their University After 2-day Police Siege

A half-meter brick wall was built opposite to 2016 Chung Chi College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Source: CBC
#Nov13 #CUHKMassacre #HongKong8964 #PoliceState #StateTerrorism
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A tear gas canister has been shot into a residential apartment on the 5th floor in Lucky Plaza.
Source: 寶寶channel; RTHK
#Nov13
Hong Kong Badminton Signs "5+1" After Winning a Match

Lee Cheuk Yiu, an athlete representing Hong Kong in the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open Badminton Tournament, has defeated his opponent from Thailand in the badminton singles category on November 13. After his victory, he raised all 5 fingers on his right hand, and his index finger on his left hand.

When he met with the press, he said he wanted to share the glory of his victory with all the Hongkongers. When asked what the meaning behind his gesture was, he replied “those who know it would understand.”

While the indefinite social struggle and conflicts have caused massive disruption to local traffic networks and disturbed his mood before the match, he stated that his determination does not only apply in his badminton matches, but also in the Hongkongers’ current fight for freedom. He believes that if people are willing to persevere, Hongkongers would win.

Source: Sportsroad; 100most
#Nov13 #FiveDemandsNotOneLess #Badminton #StandwithHongKong #Sports
#PoliceState #PoliticalProsecution
Pro-democracy Restaurant Owner and Family Subjected to Police Violence Face Arrest After A Year


In late October 2019, a number of irritant odor incidents were reported in Tuen Mun. Some local residents speculated that the pungent smell was caused by the Tai Hing Police Operational Base.

On October 30,, 2019, hundreds of cvilian surrounded the police base and demanded for an explanation.

During the police dispersal operation, the owner of the restaurant 'Dan Yatai' and her brother were violently subdued by the riot police inside their restaurant and were arrested them on charges of 'obstructing police officers'. The owner and her brother were released on bail the next day.

A year later, 'Dan Yatai' said on their Facebook page on November 13, 2020 that the owner and her brother received a call from the Tuen Mun Police Station and were requested to go to the Police Station.

The owner told Stand News that she and her brother received the call in the afternoon. They were asked to bring their lawyers to the police station on Monday, November 16, but were not informed of their impending arrest.

It was not until her brother pressed further on the question, the police admitted that they would be arrested 'by appointment' and charged with 'obstructing the police officers'.

The owner added that there were a lot of people who got arrested after they were out on bail since last year, so she was psychologically prepared for this. She was confident that she would be exculpated.

On October 30 last year in Tuen Mun, police arrested over 50 civilians. When 'Dan Yatai' reopened on November 12, 2019, a lot of local residents queued up to show their support. Some people wrote encouraging quotes on the restaurant's door.

Source: Stand News #Nov13

#YellowEconomy #Arrest #DanYatai

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Video of the Violent Arrest on Oct 30, 2019
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/9387

Photos Showing the Police Tied Up the Owner and her Brother by Force
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/9384
Pompeo Says Taiwan Has Never Been Part of China, Spokesperson for Taiwan’s President Calls It Undisputed Fact

Speaking about cross-strait issues in a radio interview on 12 November, American time, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said Taiwan is a "model for democracy" and that America’s commitment to Taiwan cuts across party lines, adding that “Taiwan has not been a part of China”. This is a shift from the position taken by the US since it made its three joint communiqués with China in the 1970s and 80s.

Spokesperson of Taiwan’s presidential office, Chang Tun-han, said on the morning of 13 November that he is aware of Pompeo's remarks and that it is an indisputable fact that the Republic of China (ROC) is a sovereign state. He said it has always been Taiwan’s cross-strait and regional policy that the two sides along the Strait should work together to maintain peace and stability in the region on the basis of mutual respect, adding that Taiwan will continue to fulfil its international obligations and contribute to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Taiwan Strait and the region.

Source: Stand News #Nov13

#US #Taiwan #RepublicofChina #ROC #MikePompeo #ChangTunHan #USTaiwanRelations #TaiwanPresidentialOffice #TaiwanStrait #Diplomacy

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Medicine Professor Faces Five Years in Jail for Smuggling Research from US to China

Zheng Guosong, a Chinese American professor at the Ohio State University in the US, has been prosecuted for smuggling research funded by an American subsidy to China. He plead guilty at a court on Thursday, 12 November and faces up to five years in prison. The US Department of Justice accuses him of engaging in “a sophisticated medical research grant fraud”.

Zheng, 58, and his research team received over a fund of over 4.3 million US dollars (about 33 million HK dollars) from the National Institute of Health (NIH) for rheumatism and immunology research while concealing a second fund they had received from China’s National Natural Science Foundation. Zheng admitted that he had lied when applying for the American fund, which he intended to use to support China’s research on rheumatism and immunology. He also admitted that he had made false statements to federal investigators.

Source: Apple Daily #Nov13

#US #China #NIH #OhioStateUniversity #OhioState #OSU #Research #Espionage

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