#thread it’s been two weeks since the last statement on HK from Beijing’s two offices (HMO&LO) and these happened :
May 8 Lawmakers scuffled at House Committee meeting presided by DAB Starry Lee
May 10-11: 230 people were arrested in Mother’s Day protests in Mong Kok, where...
...dozens of journos were kettled, pepper sprayed and even physically assaulted
May 11: Ta Kung Pao published exclusive interview with #CarrieLam when Lam said education can’t be a hen coop without a roof.
May 14: Education Buro criticised a DSE history exam question which...
...asked students if they agreed Japan’s invasion brought China more benefits than harm.
May 15: #IPCC exonerated HK police in long-awaited report on handling of protests; #CarrieLam affirmed it as “truth of Hong Kong”; first protester plead guilty of rioting was...
...sentenced to 4 years in jail; Education Buro demanded controversial history exam question to be invalidated; LegCo president Andrew Leung appointed Chan Kin-por to replace @cpdenniskwok for presiding House Committee chairperson election....
May 18: DAB Starry Lee re-elected chairperson of House Committee with all 40 votes from pro-Beijing camp while protesting pro-democracy lawmakers were locked outside meeting room.
May 19: RTHK decided to suspend #Headliner for major review after this season as response to...
...Communications Authority’s warning over the satire programme’s “smearing and offensive presentation of Hong Kong police”.
All these came three weeks after HMO and LO claimed “supervisory power” over HK, and about two weeks after HK gov’s major reshuffles.
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#BREAKING HK top court ruled in favour of journalist @Baochoy’s appeal , quashing all her conviction and fines as the court found “there was no reason that bona fide investigative journalism … should be excluded from the phrase ‘other traffic and transport related purpose’.”
Choy was found guilty of “making false statement” 2 years ago for choosing the purpose of “other traffic and transport related matters” on the application form for car owner info from public registries controlled by the Transport Dept.
Choy’s search was for her award winning investigative report on #721YuenLongAttack in 2019. The application form then provided only 3 purposes for applicants after an amendment to remove the open-ended “other:” column in Oct 2019.
Tsui Hon-Kwong, veteran member of disbanded #HongKongAlliance - the group who hosted candlelight vigil for #June4 for three decades in HK, was taken away by police. He kept upholding his candle for #TiananmenMothers until police shut the door.
A man whose phone torch was on was taken away by police after a search. An officer snatched his phone as a group of officers escorted him into the search zone.
At a point people were lined up to wait for police search.
#BREAKING League of Social Democrats leader #ChanPoying was taken away minutes after she showed up with a small candle for #TiananmenMothers and two yellow flowers. She resisted and tried to uphold what she had in hands.
Heard LSD’s Chan Po-Ying said “why must police station? I don’t mind here.” before police bundled her into a police car.
Truck driver turned activist To Chi-kuen was taken away by police. He apparently carried nothing with him except wearing a tee that says “I don’t want to remember but I dare not to forget”.
#JUSTNOW This woman was taken away by police after a search. Not immediately clear what triggered the search. She upheld a small card with the Chinese characters “conscience” during the search. She wore a yellow mask, a black tee, a yellow skirt, and yellow socks with “Hong Kong”
“Going to a police station. Going to Wan Chai Police Station,” the woman shouted as police bundled her away.
A woman surnamed Cheung and in all black outfit was searched and let go by police. She told reporters police didn’t specify what made her suspicious and only checked her ID and bag. She took the search rather easy, “everyone knows what day is it today.”
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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.