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A Hong Kong Elector: "Hundreds of Hongkongers are expected to be cracked down, but we won't surrender because of the unreasonable suppression by the government"
11 July is the first day of the pro-democracy primary elections. A non-air-conditioned “hot dog bus” was modified into a polling station at Jordon West near Kowloon Station High-Speed Train. Electors filled in information and chose a candidate while they were waiting, then they were arranged to get into the bus at the front door and complete the voting at the upper level by scanning the QR code. The whole procedure of voting took around a few minutes, excluding waiting time. Press reported that the staff controlled the number of people on the bus and measured their body temperatures.
Au Nok-hin, a former legislator coordinating the primary election, said even a "hot dog bus" could be the polling station if it fulfilled the requirement. Although there was no air-conditioning, “all helpers are working hard”.
A West Kowloon elector named Ms Chiu reached this polling station and hoped to vote for a younger candidate. She thought the existing lawmaker wouldn’t improve Hong Kong’s situation, so it was time to let new people join the legislative council. She believes that new people can also “internationalize” the council. She also hopes the selected candidate can help to voice out in the council, but she was concerned about the possible the governmental suppression in the council. Regardless, she chose not to worry too much.
She was asked if she worried about any possible interruption in the election process during these two days, and she replied, “In the past, no matter what we do or if we participate in the election, hundreds of Hongkongers are prepared to be cracked down. But we can’t surrender because of the unreasonable suppression by the government. Hongkongers should come out and fight for our rights." She thought that the more they surrender, the more severe suppression by the government would be.
Source: Stand News #Jul11
Primary Elections Update:
https://bit.ly/3fuMBeI
List of Candidates: https://legco2020.thestandnews.com/primaries/
A Hong Kong Elector: "Hundreds of Hongkongers are expected to be cracked down, but we won't surrender because of the unreasonable suppression by the government"
11 July is the first day of the pro-democracy primary elections. A non-air-conditioned “hot dog bus” was modified into a polling station at Jordon West near Kowloon Station High-Speed Train. Electors filled in information and chose a candidate while they were waiting, then they were arranged to get into the bus at the front door and complete the voting at the upper level by scanning the QR code. The whole procedure of voting took around a few minutes, excluding waiting time. Press reported that the staff controlled the number of people on the bus and measured their body temperatures.
Au Nok-hin, a former legislator coordinating the primary election, said even a "hot dog bus" could be the polling station if it fulfilled the requirement. Although there was no air-conditioning, “all helpers are working hard”.
A West Kowloon elector named Ms Chiu reached this polling station and hoped to vote for a younger candidate. She thought the existing lawmaker wouldn’t improve Hong Kong’s situation, so it was time to let new people join the legislative council. She believes that new people can also “internationalize” the council. She also hopes the selected candidate can help to voice out in the council, but she was concerned about the possible the governmental suppression in the council. Regardless, she chose not to worry too much.
She was asked if she worried about any possible interruption in the election process during these two days, and she replied, “In the past, no matter what we do or if we participate in the election, hundreds of Hongkongers are prepared to be cracked down. But we can’t surrender because of the unreasonable suppression by the government. Hongkongers should come out and fight for our rights." She thought that the more they surrender, the more severe suppression by the government would be.
Source: Stand News #Jul11
Primary Elections Update:
https://bit.ly/3fuMBeI
List of Candidates: https://legco2020.thestandnews.com/primaries/
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#DQ #LegCoElection
Returning Officer Cites Protest Against National Security Law as Reason of Disqualification
According to the Electoral Affairs Commission's Returning Officer (New Territories East) Yeung Wai-sum, Gywneth Ho does not pledge “genuine allegiance" to the Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region, even though Ho signed a declaration opposing the National Security Law after its enforcement on June 30.
The said declaration was signed and released by pro-protest, pro-democracy candidates on July 15, 2020. The declaration includes statements such as "whether the candidate's declaration mentioned the National Security Law or not, we oppose the National Security Law, regardless."
Among the 16 people who joined the declaration, 6 have been disqualified from running the Legislative Election.
Source: Stand News #Jul30
#NationalSecurityLaw #1C1S
Returning Officer Cites Protest Against National Security Law as Reason of Disqualification
According to the Electoral Affairs Commission's Returning Officer (New Territories East) Yeung Wai-sum, Gywneth Ho does not pledge “genuine allegiance" to the Hong Kong Special Adminstrative Region, even though Ho signed a declaration opposing the National Security Law after its enforcement on June 30.
The said declaration was signed and released by pro-protest, pro-democracy candidates on July 15, 2020. The declaration includes statements such as "whether the candidate's declaration mentioned the National Security Law or not, we oppose the National Security Law, regardless."
Among the 16 people who joined the declaration, 6 have been disqualified from running the Legislative Election.
Source: Stand News #Jul30
#NationalSecurityLaw #1C1S
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#LegCoElection #DQ #FailedState
When the Hong Kong SAR Government Disqualify 12 Pro-democracy Candidates, They Deny At Least 169,304 Votes from Hongkongers
Out of the 12 candidates being barred from running for election, 9 of them had joined and won the primary election organized by the pro-democracy camp on July 11 and 12, 2020:
Hong Kong Island:
- Tiffany Yuen (19,844 votes)
- Fergus Leung (14,743 votes)
-Tat Cheng (11,090 votes)
Kowloon East:
- Joshua Wong (31,398 votes)
New Territories West:
- Kwok Ka-ki (13,354 votes)
New Territories East:
- Gwyneth Ho (26,802 votes)
- Ventus Lau (26,707 votes)
- Alvin Yeung (25,366 votes)
District Council (Second):
- Lester Shum (129,074 votes)
Adding up together, these 169,304 votes obtained by these 9 candidates in the democratic primary are the will of the people of Hong Kong.
Editor's note: The Carrie Lam government delayed the Legislative Election by a year to Sept 5, 2021.
Source: Tuen Mun Community Network; Cheung Ho-sum #Jul30
When the Hong Kong SAR Government Disqualify 12 Pro-democracy Candidates, They Deny At Least 169,304 Votes from Hongkongers
Out of the 12 candidates being barred from running for election, 9 of them had joined and won the primary election organized by the pro-democracy camp on July 11 and 12, 2020:
Hong Kong Island:
- Tiffany Yuen (19,844 votes)
- Fergus Leung (14,743 votes)
-Tat Cheng (11,090 votes)
Kowloon East:
- Joshua Wong (31,398 votes)
New Territories West:
- Kwok Ka-ki (13,354 votes)
New Territories East:
- Gwyneth Ho (26,802 votes)
- Ventus Lau (26,707 votes)
- Alvin Yeung (25,366 votes)
District Council (Second):
- Lester Shum (129,074 votes)
Adding up together, these 169,304 votes obtained by these 9 candidates in the democratic primary are the will of the people of Hong Kong.
Editor's note: The Carrie Lam government delayed the Legislative Election by a year to Sept 5, 2021.
Source: Tuen Mun Community Network; Cheung Ho-sum #Jul30
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#Diaspora
Hong Kong #DemocraticParty's Vice Chairman Leaves the City for UK
On August 7, 2021, Wen Wei Po, a newspaper controlled by China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, claimed that the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong #LEEWingTat were seen in the airport boarding a Cathay Pacific flight to London on August 6. The pro-China newspaper said Lee "will not return shortly".
LEE's wife #CHANShuYing confirmed the news but didn't give more details. CHAN said Lee would speak for himself, when necessary, "I won't speak on his behalf, even though I am his family". Chan is currently in Hong Kong..
LEE, aged 65, is a former legislative and district councilor in Hong Kong. He was also a co-founder of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, an initial body of Democratic Party, in 1991, together with SZETO Wah and HO Chun-yan Albert,
Lee was a legislative councilor until 2012, when he lost in the election repesenting the New Territories West. The defeat marked his step-down from his previous prominent position.
In April 2019, LEE was convicted for one count of "Incitement to Public Nuisance" during the Occupy Central Movement in 2014. He was sentenced to a 8-month imprisonment, with a 2-year suspension.
In June 2021, LEE "returned" yo the political scene by taking up the Vice Chairman role of the Democracy Party. He said he wanted to stablize the Party and its members.
Lee opposed the Democratic Party to organize candidates to participate in the coming Legco election in December 2021. In the political sphere, it was rumoured that Lee's return aims at barring the few young members of the Party from candidating themselves in the election.
Source: Stand News #Aug7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E6%9D%8E%E6%B0%B8%E9%81%94%E9%9B%A2%E6%B8%AF%E8%B5%B4%E8%8B%B1-%E5%A6%BB%E5%AD%90%E9%99%B3%E6%A8%B9%E8%8B%B1%E5%90%91%E9%BB%A8%E5%8F%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%AF%A6%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF
#LegCo #LegCoElection #Migration #Exile #WhiteTerror
Hong Kong #DemocraticParty's Vice Chairman Leaves the City for UK
On August 7, 2021, Wen Wei Po, a newspaper controlled by China's Liaison Office in Hong Kong, claimed that the Vice Chairman of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong #LEEWingTat were seen in the airport boarding a Cathay Pacific flight to London on August 6. The pro-China newspaper said Lee "will not return shortly".
LEE's wife #CHANShuYing confirmed the news but didn't give more details. CHAN said Lee would speak for himself, when necessary, "I won't speak on his behalf, even though I am his family". Chan is currently in Hong Kong..
LEE, aged 65, is a former legislative and district councilor in Hong Kong. He was also a co-founder of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, an initial body of Democratic Party, in 1991, together with SZETO Wah and HO Chun-yan Albert,
Lee was a legislative councilor until 2012, when he lost in the election repesenting the New Territories West. The defeat marked his step-down from his previous prominent position.
In April 2019, LEE was convicted for one count of "Incitement to Public Nuisance" during the Occupy Central Movement in 2014. He was sentenced to a 8-month imprisonment, with a 2-year suspension.
In June 2021, LEE "returned" yo the political scene by taking up the Vice Chairman role of the Democracy Party. He said he wanted to stablize the Party and its members.
Lee opposed the Democratic Party to organize candidates to participate in the coming Legco election in December 2021. In the political sphere, it was rumoured that Lee's return aims at barring the few young members of the Party from candidating themselves in the election.
Source: Stand News #Aug7
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/a-%E6%93%9A%E5%A0%B1%E6%9D%8E%E6%B0%B8%E9%81%94%E9%9B%A2%E6%B8%AF%E8%B5%B4%E8%8B%B1-%E5%A6%BB%E5%AD%90%E9%99%B3%E6%A8%B9%E8%8B%B1%E5%90%91%E9%BB%A8%E5%8F%8B%E8%AD%89%E5%AF%A6%E6%B6%88%E6%81%AF
#LegCo #LegCoElection #Migration #Exile #WhiteTerror
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#LegCoElection #Censorship
Hong Kong Authorities Ban Citizens from Displaying "Hong Kong Add Oil" on Outfits
The postponed Hong Kong Legislative Council elections will take place on December 19, 2021, despite the majority of the pro-democracy camp was detained or sentenced to jail.
On December 14, 2021, #BarnabasFung, the chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (#EAC), said voters who have the words "Hong Kong Add Oil [Hang On]" on their outfit might be asked to cover them.
On a side note, staff at polling stations are not allowed to wear, in particular, yellow facemasks.
Source: InMedia #Dec14
https://bit.ly/3dLh4pX
#Regime #LegCo #Election #WhiteTerror
Hong Kong Authorities Ban Citizens from Displaying "Hong Kong Add Oil" on Outfits
The postponed Hong Kong Legislative Council elections will take place on December 19, 2021, despite the majority of the pro-democracy camp was detained or sentenced to jail.
On December 14, 2021, #BarnabasFung, the chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (#EAC), said voters who have the words "Hong Kong Add Oil [Hang On]" on their outfit might be asked to cover them.
On a side note, staff at polling stations are not allowed to wear, in particular, yellow facemasks.
Source: InMedia #Dec14
https://bit.ly/3dLh4pX
#Regime #LegCo #Election #WhiteTerror
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#LegCoElection
Five Overseas Hongkongers including #NathanLaw wanted by HK Authorities Over #BlankVotes and #NoVote 'Incitement'
In Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (#ICAC) issued a warrant on December 18, 2021 to arrest five exiled activists, including Nathan Law Kwun-chung, for inciting voters to cast blank or invalid ballots in the Legislative Council election on December 19, 2021.
Apart from former lawmaker Law, four others, including Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang; and former district councilors Timothy Lee Hin-long, Lee Ka-wai, and Carmen Lau Ka-man are also wanted persons.
Source: Stand News, #Dec18
https://bit.ly/3GUhh6t
#Regime #FakeElection #PoliceState #CCPStyle #FailedState
Five Overseas Hongkongers including #NathanLaw wanted by HK Authorities Over #BlankVotes and #NoVote 'Incitement'
In Hong Kong, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (#ICAC) issued a warrant on December 18, 2021 to arrest five exiled activists, including Nathan Law Kwun-chung, for inciting voters to cast blank or invalid ballots in the Legislative Council election on December 19, 2021.
Apart from former lawmaker Law, four others, including Sunny Cheung Kwan-yang; and former district councilors Timothy Lee Hin-long, Lee Ka-wai, and Carmen Lau Ka-man are also wanted persons.
Source: Stand News, #Dec18
https://bit.ly/3GUhh6t
#Regime #FakeElection #PoliceState #CCPStyle #FailedState
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#PoliceState #LegCoElection
HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station
On December 19, 2021, the Legislative Council Election took place in Hong Kong, after being postponed by the authorities for over a year.
In the Tin Sui polling station in Tin Shui Wai, very few voters turned up, unlike the long queue and the crowd during the Pro-democracy Primary Election in the summer of 2020.
Back then, the average waiting time of the polling station is one hour where the queue always consists of several hundreds of citizens.
In the 2021 LegCo Election, there were at least 4 uniform police patrolling the area. An InMedia reporter was confronted by the patrolling officers outside and the police inside the polling station.
Not that the police recorded the personal details of the reporter, an officer accused the reporter of being a "fake reporter." "Never heard of InMedia. Who is your boss?" the police said.
The police ordered the reporter to show the photos that were taken. The police also claimed that they have already arrested some people who took photos in other polling station for "loitering".
In another polling station in Wanchai, the police forbade a InMedia reporter from conducting interview in the unrestricted area outside the polling station. The police claimed that "only iCable and another outlet" can cover the election news.
Source: InMedia #Dec19
https://bit.ly/321XJyx
https://bit.ly/3EbtYZ5
#PressFreedom #InMedia
HK Police Intimidates Reporter and Warns of "Loitering" Charges in Polling Station
On December 19, 2021, the Legislative Council Election took place in Hong Kong, after being postponed by the authorities for over a year.
In the Tin Sui polling station in Tin Shui Wai, very few voters turned up, unlike the long queue and the crowd during the Pro-democracy Primary Election in the summer of 2020.
Back then, the average waiting time of the polling station is one hour where the queue always consists of several hundreds of citizens.
In the 2021 LegCo Election, there were at least 4 uniform police patrolling the area. An InMedia reporter was confronted by the patrolling officers outside and the police inside the polling station.
Not that the police recorded the personal details of the reporter, an officer accused the reporter of being a "fake reporter." "Never heard of InMedia. Who is your boss?" the police said.
The police ordered the reporter to show the photos that were taken. The police also claimed that they have already arrested some people who took photos in other polling station for "loitering".
In another polling station in Wanchai, the police forbade a InMedia reporter from conducting interview in the unrestricted area outside the polling station. The police claimed that "only iCable and another outlet" can cover the election news.
Source: InMedia #Dec19
https://bit.ly/321XJyx
https://bit.ly/3EbtYZ5
#PressFreedom #InMedia
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#Statement
#G7, #EU and the #Five Eyes Express Concerns Over China's Control of Hong Kong #LegCoElection
//The Five Eyes and G7 together with the high representatives of the European Union, have issued joint statements expressing deep concern that the Chinese Communist Party has taken away the few remaining democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
Both statements pointed out that the newly reformed electoral system, with fewer directly elected seats and new vetting procedures that restrict voter choice, undermines the high degree of autonomy promised to Hong Kong in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Both joint statements call on China to act in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration and other legal obligations, and to respect the basic human rights and freedoms of Hong Kong as promised in the Basic Law.
They also called on the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to stop suppressing dissenting voices and to stop unreasonably suppressing those who advocate democratic values and defend freedom and human rights.//
[Editor's notes: The Five Eyes countries are the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The G7 countries are US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.]
Read the statements by the UK Foreign Ministry:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-issues-joint-statement-with-international-partners-on-hong-kong-elections-20-december-2021
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g7-foreign-ministers-issue-joint-statement-on-hong-kong-elections
Source: Hong Kong Watch #Dec21
https://www.facebook.com/HongKongWatchOrg/posts/4540172279436543
#HongKongWatch #LegcoElection #FakeElection
#G7, #EU and the #Five Eyes Express Concerns Over China's Control of Hong Kong #LegCoElection
//The Five Eyes and G7 together with the high representatives of the European Union, have issued joint statements expressing deep concern that the Chinese Communist Party has taken away the few remaining democratic elements of Hong Kong's electoral system.
Both statements pointed out that the newly reformed electoral system, with fewer directly elected seats and new vetting procedures that restrict voter choice, undermines the high degree of autonomy promised to Hong Kong in the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
Both joint statements call on China to act in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration and other legal obligations, and to respect the basic human rights and freedoms of Hong Kong as promised in the Basic Law.
They also called on the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to stop suppressing dissenting voices and to stop unreasonably suppressing those who advocate democratic values and defend freedom and human rights.//
[Editor's notes: The Five Eyes countries are the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The G7 countries are US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.]
Read the statements by the UK Foreign Ministry:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-issues-joint-statement-with-international-partners-on-hong-kong-elections-20-december-2021
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g7-foreign-ministers-issue-joint-statement-on-hong-kong-elections
Source: Hong Kong Watch #Dec21
https://www.facebook.com/HongKongWatchOrg/posts/4540172279436543
#HongKongWatch #LegcoElection #FakeElection
GOV.UK
Hong Kong elections, 20 December 2021: Foreign Secretary's joint statement with international partners
The UK, along with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, has issued a statement following the Hong Kong legislative council elections.