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Rally for Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act

Date: 14th October 2019 (Monday)
Time: 1900~2100
Venue: Chater Garden, Central
Letter of no objection issued

#English #1014 #HumanRightsandDemocracyAct
#USA1014
According to the van driver of NOWTV,
He was heading to the van last night, shot by beanbags rounds on the back his head, pressed down by about 10 riot police, dragged into the police station.

He was beaten by the police inside the station, there were 9 significant injuries, including his right jaw bone fractures.

He was dragged to a staircase in the station, his face was pressed against the wall, police used batons to hit his head, arms and legs.
He already kept clarifying his identity as press, still got beaten up violently.

After two hrs inside the station, police released him, claiming he had reasonable cause to be at the scene outside the police station.

Police did not charge him, but dragged him inside the station to beat him up violently.
Hong Kong news updates pinned «According to the van driver of NOWTV, He was heading to the van last night, shot by beanbags rounds on the back his head, pressed down by about 10 riot police, dragged into the police station. He was beaten by the police inside the station, there were 9 significant…»
People gathering at Charter Garden to join the approved assembly, urging the US to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
Public and Students Asked For CCTV Footage regarding the Suspicious Death of a 15-year-old Protester

At 3 pm today, a large group of citizens and students went to the Hong Kong Design Institute in Tiu Keng Leng to demand for the disclosure of CCTV footages regarding the student Chan Yin Lam whose body was discovered nake in the sea earlier.

Police Public Relations Branch Senior Superintendent Kong Wing-cheung previously stated that the CCTV footages of HKDI showed that Chan “left her belongings on campus and walked towards the promenade barefoot” on 19 September. This is different to the Institute’s statement this morning saying that “a man and a woman came to place Chan’s belonging at the Institute's office.”

#SuicideCase #SuspiciousDeath #DeathofProtester

CCTV footage jumps in time
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/8367

[Oct 11] Body of 15-year-old Protester Found Naked in Water; Police: Nothing Suspicious
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/8142
Since Sep 2019, police force had distributed about 10,000 batons to off-duty officers,
And it's said that starting from tomorrow, off-duty officers would be allowed to possess pepper spray.

Note:
There were already many disputes about off-duty officers using batons without showing their police identities.
From Oct 11(Fri) to Oct 13(Sun),
201 were arrested, 146 male and 55 female.
It is estimated that there were about 130,000 participants joined tonight assembly in Charter Garden,
The theme is to urge the US Congress to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.