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Xinqi Su 蘇昕琪

@XinqiSu

May 20, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

#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...

@cpdenniskwok

...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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