[Demosisto's report on #LiaisonOffice's empire in #HK]
1.When #China's liaison office violates #1country2systems & claims to have "supervisory power" on HK issue, @demosisto today released a report & found that the office owns a property empire w. 757 properties, worth HK$3.4bn+
1.When #China's liaison office violates #1country2systems & claims to have "supervisory power" on HK issue, @demosisto today released a report & found that the office owns a property empire w. 757 properties, worth HK$3.4bn+
2. Since the Umbrella Movement, #liaisonoffice has scaled up its property portfolio, with over 130 properties purchased after 2014. Some of them were rented to pro-#Beijing groups which are active in elections and pro-govt rallies.
3. The expansion shows that #Beijing has accelerated its control over #Hongkong. Our founding chair Nathan @nathanlawkc stressed that #LiaisonOffice now literally interferes in local affairs and damage the city's autonomy with more communist party officials stationed in #HK.
4. As the US govt will deliver its first annual certification on #HK's autonomy, our secretary-general @joshuawongcf later will submit our report to US State Department @StateDept, @CECCgov and also Britain's All-Party Parliamentary Group Hong Kong.
5. To resist the growing authoritarian threat upon our vanishing liberty, Joshua also calls upon the world to keep watch on #China's expanding tentacles in this international city.
