HKFP editorial on how a shop in Sai Kung "received" visits from the HKPF and FEHD that the editor wondered if someone was doing their "patriotic" duty since it sold electric candles that supported the Tiananmen mothers.
Similar to the issue of a vehicle that was seized since the license plates had US 8964. The HKPF told the driver that the vehicle was seized due to problems of brakes and his plate, but no one's buying it.
HKPF has placed arrest warrants/rewards for anyone who can assist them in arresting Nathan Law and Ted Hui for instance.
Nathan Law's family was taken by HKPF for questioning on whether they provided "assistance" to him or acted on his behalf in HK.
Nathan did say that he hasn't seen/spoke to family in HK after the incident in Shenzhen.
Looks like Article 23 is being brought back.
John Lee can't attend the APEC meeting in SFO.
One of the few instances where a HK court disagrees with banning "Glory to HK" due to freedom of speech.
Security Chief Chris Tang made a claim that foreign forces were responsible for the 2003 protests regarding the extradition treaty.
This is already copium to RT level.
Reuters reported that activist Anna Kwok is wanted by the HKPF for endangering HK national security.
This one's published in Chinese. But a poster in Reddit gave a translated summary. Basically talked about an unnamed person who was a victim in the Yuen Long MTR attack in 2019.
The guy, who was one of the victims in the 21st July 2019 attacks on Yuen Long MTR as well, was due to testify against some of the white shirt thugs who were arrested and charged, with the trial set on October 6th.
A few days ago, a few NSL agents came up to his apartment and tried to intimidate him into testifying against the other victims instead, including imprisoned pro-democracy legislator Lam Cheuk-ting, who was also present that day.
After the agents left, he went to the bank only to discover that his accounts has been frozen. Feeling very afraid, and with only HK$20k cash in hand, he decided to quickly purchase a HK$19k flight to London, and applied for asylum upon landing at Heathrow.
The NSL agent is referring to the HKPF National Security Department.
Edited by Ominae on Aug 11th 2023 at 8:17:30 AM
Some articles about one of the armed men involved in the mob attack in 2019. Said in Cantonese that he thought his actions were approved by the HK SAR government.
I included the Cantonese(?) article on the subject.
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The Democratic Party will back 8 candidates to be in the District Council. Note that they have not been confirmed to be "officially" be able to run in the Patriots-only election.
This was announced by Lo Kin-hei, though he's also uncertain on whether this would work. He did say that it's likely one of the few avenues they have if they wanted to preserve the right for Hong Kongers to speak up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/16xkble/cops_in_xianggang_occupied_hong_kong_arrest_man/
Video was posted in reddit on Chinese national day. Plainclothes officers of the HKPF (NSP) surrounded and detained a man who was seen with a black shirt and holding up flowers(?).
Found out that the female HK uni student who came back from Japan decided to plead guilty to seditious posts online.
"Interesting" assurance that the Article 23 for HK's own security laws won't be retroactive.
Finishing what the previous administration tried to start.
Edited by Ominae on Nov 7th 2023 at 8:46:06 AM
DW has a report on Finn Lau and how he's been attacked by unidentified strangers after he arrived in the UK. He's one of the pro-democrat activists wanted by the HKPF's National Security Department.
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The Atlantic: The Hong Kong Activist Who Called Washington's Bluff. This article chronicles Joshua Wong's struggle to seek asylum at the US consulate in the last few days before the National Security Law passed on July 1st, 2020. Past presidential administrations have sheltered Chinese activists in consulates (Fang Lizhi in 1989, Chen Guangcheng in 2012), risking high-level tensions with Beijing in the process.
Wong's effort, however, was stonewalled by the Trump admin, whose diplomatic mission in the city refused to offer him sanctuary. The incident also came at an especially precarious time in US-Chinese relations: the Trump admin had been closing down Chinese consulates in the US, and the looming Chinese retaliation would've rendered moot any diplomatic protection offered by the US consulate in Hong Kong. Wong was arrested in September 2020; a couple months later, House Republicans killed a bill that included provisions for a temporary protected status for Hong Kongers.
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"Seriously" not surprised by this tidbit.
Considering he's got an additional three months in his sentence added on April this year.
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Kyodo News is reporting that SCMP journalist Minnie Chan has gone missing after a business trip to a three-day defence and security forum in Shanghai in late October. I'm not an especially big fan of the sensationalist tenor of Chan's reporting and her occasionally shaky relations with facts, but it's a pretty concerning development regarding one of the more vocally PRC-skeptical journalists in mainstream HK media.
Not gonna be surprised if Beijing decides to keep her from going back to work in HK.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67605633
Agnes Chow made the news.
Reports are coming today that she’s “allowed” to get her passport to do post-secondary studies in Canada. But police had to keep an eye on her when she went around Shenzhen as part of conditions of getting her passport back.
She also mentioned about getting away from her bail in order to be physically and mentally sane.
Edited by Ominae on Dec 3rd 2023 at 4:49:50 AM
Jimmy Lai's trial starts today.
Tony Chung reported in December 28 that he's able to get out of HK after he finished his sentence. He's applying to seek refuge in London.
Safeguard Defenders have named a few foreigners for "conspiring" with Jimmy Lai.
- Luke de Pulford, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) Executive Director
- Shiori Kanno, former lawmaker and member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
- Mark Simon, ex-Apple Daily executive (He's the only one charged with seditious content)
- Bill Browder, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and the one who lobbied in DC for the Magnitsky Act.
Not sure if the Nikkei article would be limited, but the H Kers that are able to live in Australia in other pathways that don't allow them to easily get permanent rights to live in the country are concerned that the bureaucray is taking a bit longer ever since PM Albanese tried to improve relations with China.
This concerns those who did help in the pro-democrat protests.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240227_04/
Agnes Chow was able to get a vid up via YT. She mentions sewing clothes and reading Japanese novels to pass the time when she was arrested.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-68594448
Article 23 is passed in HK, which is the SAR's own NSL.
Glory to HK is being removed online now.
https://hongkongfp.com/2023/06/15/hong-kong-should-not-evaluate-district-council-overhaul-based-on-western-system-of-politics-lawmaker-says/
Joephy Chan of the pro-China Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions said in a Foreign Correspondents’ Club conference that the District Council overhaul should not be looked at from a foreign (West) perspective.
While I somewhat agree with this, I don't agree if this overhaul is meant to empower those who are pro-Beijing only through and through.
Paul Zimmerman (naturalized HK politician) disagrees with this and says that because of the overhaul, those who are in power are not accountable.