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On the protest-annulled Labour Day in HK, leftist party League of Social Democrats and the Women Workers Association would have small group petitions separately outside the government HQs to advocate for labour rights.
Before the 1st group LSD arrived , some 20-30 officers were seen deployed nearby with at least two holding a video camera to record the petition.
When Chan Po-ying, chairwoman of LSD arrived, an acting sergeant from the central police precinct read out an 8-point “reminder” to her. The points will be laid out in English translation from the next tweet.
The 8 points are:
1. You must observe the #NSL
2. You must ensure there won’t be any acts endangering national security namely the seditious offence under Article 9 of the Crimes Ordinance
3. If you find any act endangering national security you must notify the police immediately
4. You must be present throughout the event
5. If there are other groups participating in the event you must separate and identify them
6. Bear in mind the mask ban on public assemblies is still in force
7. You must adopt appropriate measures to make sure all the requirements above are met
8. You must also observe the Societies Ordinance
More than a dozen women, kids and elderly joined the petition of the Women Workers Association. They prepared a banner but were stopped by a plain cloth police when they rolled out the banner as they were arriving at the petition spot.
A similar reminder was read out to a representative of the Women Workers Association by the same sergeant.
#NOW Denny To, a former member of now-disbanded pro-democratic CTU, is setting up a street booth in Tsuen Wan for labour rights. To and Joe Wong, ex CTU leader, applied for police permission for a May 1 march but had to withdraw after Wong went missing for a few hours last week.
An officer from the public relations dept of Tsuen Wan police precinct asked To and his two helpers to provide their ID cards for registration before they could start the street booth. By far To has been speaking and his partners handing out leaflets without police intervention.
The most loyal listeners of Denny To’s street booth speech : reporters and police.
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