Six more leave PolyU campus
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Six more leave PolyU campus
Six more people left the Polytechnic University campus in Hung Hom in the early hours of Friday, though dozens of protesters are thought to remain as a siege by riot police enters its sixth day. The six joined hands as they left by the main entrance of the…
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15 Year Old Orphaned Boy Struggles for Life after Being Hit by Tear Gas Round; Netizens Rally for His Recovery
Tin Shui Wai, Nov 21
On November 13 in Tin Shui Wai, a 15-year-old school boy, surnamed Fu, was shot in the head by riot police with a tear gas round. With both of his parents passed away Fu has been in the care of his elder brother and his uncle. The severe head injury has left Foo still in critical condition, even after brain surgery. He is still currently hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
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Tin Shui Wai, Nov 21
On November 13 in Tin Shui Wai, a 15-year-old school boy, surnamed Fu, was shot in the head by riot police with a tear gas round. With both of his parents passed away Fu has been in the care of his elder brother and his uncle. The severe head injury has left Foo still in critical condition, even after brain surgery. He is still currently hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
Source: Apple Daily #Nov21
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Hong Kong’s 2019 District Council candidates, Part III: Tsim Sha Tsui policymaker Leslie Chan
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District Council elections will take place across Hong Kong on November 24 amid a record increase in voter registration. In the third part of a continuing series, HKFP speaks to newcomer pro-democracy candidates who began their campaigns during the anti-extradition…
'Police election presence to make voters feel safe'
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'Police election presence to make voters feel safe'
Police Commissioner Chris Tang says a high-profile presence the force is planning around polling stations on Sunday will make people feel safe. Tang said on Friday that the deployment is to make sure that people can cast their ballots in the district council…
Some determined to stay inside grim PolyU campus
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Some determined to stay inside grim PolyU campus
Despite the dwindling numbers, some protesters remaining inside Polytechnic University say they do not plan to surrender and are determined to find a way to sneak past the tight police cordon around the campus. But one protester admitted things are getting…
High Court reinstates mask ban for next seven days
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Court rejects govt bid to bring back mask ban
The High Court on Friday rejected government requests to suspend its ruling that the anti-mask law is unconstitutional, or allow the police to continue enforcing the ban until the appeals process is completed, agreeing only on a seven-day "interim suspension"…
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Hong Kong gov’t tears down city’s largest ‘Lennon Wall’ in Tai Po
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Hong Kong gov’t tears down city’s largest ‘Lennon Wall’ in Tai Po
Hong Kong’s government has torn down the city’s largest pro-democracy “Lennon Wall” outside the Tai Po Market MTR station. Message boards made up of Post-It notes and other messages have appeared across Hong Kong since large scale protests began than five…
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German Exchange Students Expressed Support for Hong Kong Protests: We cannot prioritize economic gain over humanitarian concern
On November 14 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong police arrested many, among which two are exchange students from Germany.
One of them told a German Press that he had always been attentive to the happenings in Hong Kong. Right before the arrest, he was heading to a restaurant with the other German student. They put on face masks soon after the police discharged a huge amount of tear gas. The next minute they were surrounded and then arrested by the police, who intimidated them by wielding batons and accused them of hurling molotov cocktails.
Although the two reinterated that they were not protestors but exchange students from Germany, the police ignored their statement and had them interrogated for hours during detention. Police even cheered and celebrated for having arrested foreign students. The student interviewed bought his airticket to return to Germany once he was bailed.
He believed that it was fortunate for him to be born an European. Meanwhile, it is essential for Europe to shoulder responsibility for Hong Kong's situation. "We cannot prioritize economic gain over humanitarian concern."
Source: Stand News http://bit.ly/2rdo3mx
Japanese Student Caught in Police Arbitrary Arrests in Hong Kong:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11965
Japanese Exchange Student Recounted Her Experience: We should not take freedom for granted
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11984
#GlobalSupport #FreedomIsNotFree #Germany #StandWithHongKong
On November 14 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong police arrested many, among which two are exchange students from Germany.
One of them told a German Press that he had always been attentive to the happenings in Hong Kong. Right before the arrest, he was heading to a restaurant with the other German student. They put on face masks soon after the police discharged a huge amount of tear gas. The next minute they were surrounded and then arrested by the police, who intimidated them by wielding batons and accused them of hurling molotov cocktails.
Although the two reinterated that they were not protestors but exchange students from Germany, the police ignored their statement and had them interrogated for hours during detention. Police even cheered and celebrated for having arrested foreign students. The student interviewed bought his airticket to return to Germany once he was bailed.
He believed that it was fortunate for him to be born an European. Meanwhile, it is essential for Europe to shoulder responsibility for Hong Kong's situation. "We cannot prioritize economic gain over humanitarian concern."
Source: Stand News http://bit.ly/2rdo3mx
Japanese Student Caught in Police Arbitrary Arrests in Hong Kong:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11965
Japanese Exchange Student Recounted Her Experience: We should not take freedom for granted
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11984
#GlobalSupport #FreedomIsNotFree #Germany #StandWithHongKong
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Evidence of Police Attack of Polytechnic University
The video captures in the morning of #Nov18 :
- Nonstop gunshots fired by the Police
- Police violently dragged subdued citizens all the way down the staircase and then on the ground
- Police stormed in the premise of #PolyU (which they denied)
At the end of the video, the police ordered the reporter to stop filming, just as the police had turned the PolyU campus into a warzone.
Source: RTHK
[Video] Letter of apology found in a room with bloodstain
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[Timeline] Police barged in and assaulted university campus
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11519
The video captures in the morning of #Nov18 :
- Nonstop gunshots fired by the Police
- Police violently dragged subdued citizens all the way down the staircase and then on the ground
- Police stormed in the premise of #PolyU (which they denied)
At the end of the video, the police ordered the reporter to stop filming, just as the police had turned the PolyU campus into a warzone.
Source: RTHK
[Video] Letter of apology found in a room with bloodstain
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11547
[Timeline] Police barged in and assaulted university campus
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11519
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Recyclers Worried Stopping Glass Bottle Recycling To Deter Petrol Bomb Production Might Cause Financial Hardship
(17 Nov) As the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti-ELAB) controversy continues, protesters had thrown thousands of petrol bombs made of glass bottles. Some glass recycling contractors confirmed that they had been notified by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) that, after considering factors due to the recent situation, they needed to completely stop accepting any glass bottles. They also had to reduce the number of recycling bins for collecting glass bottles in public places. Green groups worry that the indiscriminate halt of glass bottle recycling would add pressures on the landfill, and may disrupt the chain of recycling business. The efficiency would decrease even if recycling is resumed. We asked EPD why glass bottle recycling was stopped but didn't get a response before this article was published.
Environmentalists reported that recyclers had been notified by the EPD recently to temporarily stop taking in glass bottles. Even the recycling bins on the streets, residential area, shopping malls, and hotels also needed to be retracted, just in case someone would take away those glass bottles to make petrol bombs.
Recycler Hong Kong Glass Reborn general manager Fung Wah Hung stated that he still had not received any notification from the EPD, and would follow up on Monday. He said there were about 20 to 30 employees in his company. The monthly rent, labour, and other fixed expenses totalled to nearly 1 million dollars. If glass bottle recycling is completely halted, it would bring much financial pressure. He then said that, since the daily number of collected glass bottles is huge, it is hard to detect whether anyone is stealing them to make petrol bombs. He believes that if recyclers are allowed to do their jobs properly, it might even lower the risk of letting glass bottle be fallen into the wrong hands.
A "logistic soldier" who didn't want to disclose his name told us that quite a few people would take glass bottles from the glass recycling bins, or would grab those abandoned outside of the bars, to make petrol bombs.
Staff member Mr. Tse of a bar "D26" at Lan Kwai Fong showed us a notice from the recyclers that he received 2 days ago. It was written, "By request of the EPD, temporarily halt glass bottle recycle until further notice." He said, it was still not known when bottle recycling could resume. He explained, in the past, after the bars gathered the bottles at night, they would bag them and put outside of the door. Someone would pick them up the next day. Mr. Tse said that sometimes people would take the glass bottles and resell then to recyclers. That wasn't news to him, and he couldn't be sure if anyone used the glass bottles to make petrol bombs.
Miss Wong living nearby Lan Kwai Fong said she didn't pay attention to how glass bottles were recycled, and never noticed if anyone takes away the glass bottles that are waiting to be collected. She believes it is not environmentally friendly for the government to temporarily halt glass bottle recycling, and it would not have much effect on preventing people from making petrol bombs. "This doesn't solve the problem. If those people want to get glass bottles, there would still be other ways. They won't run short just because you halt recycling."
Source: Mingpao
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#Recycle #GlassBottles #PetrolBomb
Recyclers Worried Stopping Glass Bottle Recycling To Deter Petrol Bomb Production Might Cause Financial Hardship
(17 Nov) As the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti-ELAB) controversy continues, protesters had thrown thousands of petrol bombs made of glass bottles. Some glass recycling contractors confirmed that they had been notified by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) that, after considering factors due to the recent situation, they needed to completely stop accepting any glass bottles. They also had to reduce the number of recycling bins for collecting glass bottles in public places. Green groups worry that the indiscriminate halt of glass bottle recycling would add pressures on the landfill, and may disrupt the chain of recycling business. The efficiency would decrease even if recycling is resumed. We asked EPD why glass bottle recycling was stopped but didn't get a response before this article was published.
Environmentalists reported that recyclers had been notified by the EPD recently to temporarily stop taking in glass bottles. Even the recycling bins on the streets, residential area, shopping malls, and hotels also needed to be retracted, just in case someone would take away those glass bottles to make petrol bombs.
Recycler Hong Kong Glass Reborn general manager Fung Wah Hung stated that he still had not received any notification from the EPD, and would follow up on Monday. He said there were about 20 to 30 employees in his company. The monthly rent, labour, and other fixed expenses totalled to nearly 1 million dollars. If glass bottle recycling is completely halted, it would bring much financial pressure. He then said that, since the daily number of collected glass bottles is huge, it is hard to detect whether anyone is stealing them to make petrol bombs. He believes that if recyclers are allowed to do their jobs properly, it might even lower the risk of letting glass bottle be fallen into the wrong hands.
A "logistic soldier" who didn't want to disclose his name told us that quite a few people would take glass bottles from the glass recycling bins, or would grab those abandoned outside of the bars, to make petrol bombs.
Staff member Mr. Tse of a bar "D26" at Lan Kwai Fong showed us a notice from the recyclers that he received 2 days ago. It was written, "By request of the EPD, temporarily halt glass bottle recycle until further notice." He said, it was still not known when bottle recycling could resume. He explained, in the past, after the bars gathered the bottles at night, they would bag them and put outside of the door. Someone would pick them up the next day. Mr. Tse said that sometimes people would take the glass bottles and resell then to recyclers. That wasn't news to him, and he couldn't be sure if anyone used the glass bottles to make petrol bombs.
Miss Wong living nearby Lan Kwai Fong said she didn't pay attention to how glass bottles were recycled, and never noticed if anyone takes away the glass bottles that are waiting to be collected. She believes it is not environmentally friendly for the government to temporarily halt glass bottle recycling, and it would not have much effect on preventing people from making petrol bombs. "This doesn't solve the problem. If those people want to get glass bottles, there would still be other ways. They won't run short just because you halt recycling."
Source: Mingpao
https://bit.ly/2Xvc7bF
#Recycle #GlassBottles #PetrolBomb
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【明報專訊】反修例風波持續，示威者投擲數以千計用玻璃樽製作的汽油彈。有廢玻璃樽回收承辦商證實接獲環保署通知，因考慮到近日情况等因素，要求回收商全面暫停回收玻璃容器，亦要減少設在公眾地方的玻璃樽回收桶數目。有酒吧表示停收後會將玻璃樽當一般垃圾棄置。本報向環保署查詢停收玻璃樽的原因為何，至截稿前未獲回覆。
Medics seek urgent talks with police over detentions
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Medics seek urgent talks with police over detentions
A team of medical experts have slammed police treatment of medical volunteers who came out of the Polytechnic University, saying all of them proper papers but were still cuffed with zip-cords and made to "sit like terrorists". The Emergency Medical Providers…
Journalist May James from Hong Kong Free Press was arrested last month during news reporting in Mong Kok.
May James was released on bail after 7 hrs detention.
Today, May James went to police station and refused to be on bail, and police let her go without prosecution and conditions.
She was wearing press vest and journalist ID during the time she got arrested.
She asked the police officer to show police ID and the officer arrested her for obstructing police officer.
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May James was released on bail after 7 hrs detention.
Today, May James went to police station and refused to be on bail, and police let her go without prosecution and conditions.
She was wearing press vest and journalist ID during the time she got arrested.
She asked the police officer to show police ID and the officer arrested her for obstructing police officer.
Source: apple daily
Cable News Representative filed complaints against police unreasonble and violent treatments towards their journalists.
Cable News Representative officially submitted the complaints to "Complaints and Internal Investigations Department" in Police Headquarter.
The complaints were about police brutality towards at least 23 of Cable News Frontline Staff.
Including:
- Obstruction of journalist news reporting
- Pushing journalists
- Pepper-sprayed journalists
- Throwing Tear Gas towards journalists
- Shooting water cannon at journalists
- Using strong flashlight to interfere journalists' news reporting
- Removing journalists' masks forcefully
Representative urged the police force to conduct fair investigations upon all those unacceptable acts.
Source: apple daily
Cable News Representative officially submitted the complaints to "Complaints and Internal Investigations Department" in Police Headquarter.
The complaints were about police brutality towards at least 23 of Cable News Frontline Staff.
Including:
- Obstruction of journalist news reporting
- Pushing journalists
- Pepper-sprayed journalists
- Throwing Tear Gas towards journalists
- Shooting water cannon at journalists
- Using strong flashlight to interfere journalists' news reporting
- Removing journalists' masks forcefully
Representative urged the police force to conduct fair investigations upon all those unacceptable acts.
Source: apple daily