#CarrieLam: Government announcements about the first meeting of national security committee ystd were exceptional. Future work of NSC won't be disclosed to the public according to #NSL.
#CarrieLam: In the past week, I can't see the so-called "lots of fear". If there is some, it's some people creating white terror and some people who did something out of worries of being incriminated.
#CarrieLam said it's a "misunderstanding" "imagination and exaggeration" to say she knew nothing about the law before #NSL was passed in Beijing. She said the mistake came from the Eng question she took from @sumlokkei on June 23...
...according to the gov's own transcript. @sumlokkei asked "why should people take your comments and your ministers' comments about the national security law seriously if you guys have not read details in the clauses". #CarrieLam answered "yes, you are right, we have not seen ...
...the complete details of the proposed legislation". Today #CarrieLam emphasized that she meant she didn't see "the whole bill" so she was not kept in the dark. "This imagination and exaggeration are really eye-opening," she said.
If #CarrieLam's "I didn't see the whole bill but I was not kept in the dark" is not mind boggling enough, she also said the 116-page implementation rules passed by NSC last night were "not expanding police powers" because article 43 of #NSL has ...
...authorize HK police to wield 7 types of powers on top of their existing ones. "If we did not draft up those implementation rules, those powers are almost absolute. We rolled out the rules becos we must try out best to protect and respect human rights."
Asked by @tomgrundy if she can give an "100% guarantee" for press freedom under #NSL particularly when police are authorised to search phones and premises without court warrant, #CarrieLam said "If @fcchk or all reporters in HK can give me a 100% guarantee...
...that they will not committ any offences under this legislation then i will do the same. It not a question of me standing here to give you a guarantee of what you may or may not do in the days and weeks and years ahead."
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What happened in Hong Kong around June 4, 2024, the 35th anniversary of the deadly, military crackdown on democracy protests in China in 1989. It’s the first Tiananmen anniversary in Hong Kong since the city enacted a second national security law.
🗓️ May 24: Ex pro-democracy district councillor Debby Chan disclosed on social media that police called her concerning where she would run on June 4 and warned her not to contravene national security law.
🗓️ May 28: HK national security police made the first arrests under the newly enacted “#Article23” Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, rounding up jailed Tiananmen activist Chow Hang-tung and five associates over the allegation of…
#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.”