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Public Opinion Survey:
Close to 20% Jump in Responses Giving 0 Points to China’s Implementation of One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong

Showing their utter disappointment, 41.4% of the respondents gave 0 points to the performance of the Chinese Government implementing one country, two systems in Hong Kong

• 8 percentage points higher than last round of survey conducted in March 2020.
• 19 percentage points higher than the survey conducted in the same period in 2019.

This is the 7th round of the public opinion poll conducted by HKCU via telephone interview with a sample size of 815 citizens

Source: Ming Pao
#June1 #PoliceState #FailedState #PoliceBrutality

#PoliceBrutality #Press
Police Intercept Stand News Reporter

14:33 | Tsim Sha Tsui
Stand News reporter was stopped and searched by several riot police when reporting from Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower.

The police claimed that the reporter was "suspicious" and banned the reporter from filming by citing "privacy" reason. The police once disallowed the reporter from contacting his colleague.

Source: Stand News #June6

District Commander of Mong Kok denies police brutality

Yau Tsim Mong District Council held a meeting in the morning of Jun 18. Pan-democratic lawmakers urged the police to follow up on police brutality in the district on 10 May and explain why citizens were asked to kneel on the ground when being stopped and searched near GT (Ellen Yeung) College.

District Commander of Mong Kok Bradley Stephen Wright explained the officer only asked citizens to “sit down” instead of “kneel”, and never raised any “inhumane requests”.

Pan-democratic lawyer To Kun-sun criticised him for being ridiculous and unreasonable. He pointed out either the citizens were willing to kneel down, or Wright trusted his subordinates blindly.

Source: InMedia HK #Jun18
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What Happened on May 10:
https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/20542

#PressConference #SexualViolence
Victim of Sexual Violence by the Police Urges Hongkongers to Speak Up Against Injustice

A press conference was held at the headquarters of The Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union on June 22, 2020. An underaged female student, K, spoke of her experiences of the police's verbal and sexual abuse after her arrest on September 25, 2019.

After K was arrested in a shopping mall, several police officers insulted her with profanity that demeant women and a female officer "grabbed" her breast several times. K was appalled by the police behaviour even in the public. She then heard that she was dehumanized into a "piece" in a conversation between the police.

At the police station, K's request to the bathroom was repeatedly denied. K told the police that she has human rights. This triggered a series of insult from the police: A female officer said to her, "Human rights are based on freedom, but you are a criminal. Here, we have a say in your freedom. You'd better keep quiet," while a male police officer mocked K by saying "I have human rights!"

K was finally allowed to go to the bathroom but only one hour later. At the toilet, she was directly gazed at by a female officer. K requested her privacy to be respected, but the officer claimed it was part of the protocol.

K requested to call her lawyer and family for at least 6 times but was never granted. Even worse, K had to face a third-degree body search, which required to have all her clothes removed. During the search, a female officer leant very close to K's chest and private parts while humiliating her with insults.

K was brought back to her home for a search by a male police officer, but without the company of her family or lawyer. K felt completely terrified during the search.

After all these happenings, K was traumatized and made three attempts to commit suicide including jumping into the rails. K was diagnosed with PTSD. Nonetheless, she chose to speak up to let other victims of police violence know that they were not alone and they should not blame themselves as they had done nothing wrong.

K wanted to send a message to all Hongkongers that one should speak up when facing injustice.

While K will face a trial in Shatin Magistrates Courts at 14:30 on July 21, the Hong Kong Social Workers' General Union is launching an official complaint to the police about the case.

Image: Internet
Source: Press Conference
#Jun22 #Student #MeToo #PoliceBrutality

Police Pushes Street Hawker's Stall for Unknown Reasons

20:40 | Mong Kok
After raising the purple flag at the end of the street opposite to Langham Place, a group of police officers suddenly ran and stopped civilians outside Langham Place and the entrance of the MTR station.

A police officer in white shirt pushed a hawker's stall for unknown reasons, and did not give any explanation.

Later, other police officers announced that they could charge the citizens at the scene for "Public misconduct."

Source: AppleDaily #Aug11
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20-Year-Old Student Charged With Assaulting Police Has Steel Plates Installed Permanently in His Shoulder

In the police-civilian conflict on 3 Aug 2019, a 20-year-old student was charged with assaulting a sergeant and an officer outside Wong Tai Sin MTR station. He pled not guilty. The case was heard on 20 Aug 2020 in Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court.

The officer who claimed he was hurt said that he grabbed the defendant’s left arm, yet the defendant still rushed forward, causing the three of them to fall. He suggested that he did not know the defendant was sent to the emergency room afterwards for broken bones and was hospitalised for 12 days. He stressed that he did not use excessive force.

Thd sergeant involved suggested that he was not sure if the defendant intended to attack them.

The defendant’s attorney played a video, showing that the defendant was standing, and a black figure tapped his left shoulder, causing him to fall. It was confirmed that it was the hand of police officer Mak Wing-cheung. The attorney pointed out that the defendant fell after the officer tapped his shoulder, which contradicted Mak’s testimony. The attorney also stated that the defendant was found to have broken bones in his left shoulder, and steel plates have to be installed permanently.

Source: Stand News #Aug25 https://bit.ly/3jbFJVp