(1) 8 of the 12 HK people who were intercepted in mainland waters by the Chinese coastguard on 23/8/2020 after boarding a Taiwan-bound speedboat have been returned to HK today, after serving their sentences for crossing the border illegally
(2) among the 8 released from Shenzhen prison & returned to HK, Andy Li 李宇軒 was arrested last August on suspicion of money laundering & collusion with foreign forces, an offence under the national security law, but he fled (left- Li visited a US official in Washington)
(3) before charges were laid - now appropriate charges are expected to be laid soon - Andy Li is Founder of pro-secession organization "Hong Kong Story" & a member of “Fight for Freedom-Stand With HK,” an organization that seeks foreign assistance for the HK protests
(4) the other 7 who were returned to HK today include a mechanical technician, MTR Technician Apprentice, a surveyor, a school student, 2 uni students & an unemployed man - before they fled, they were wanted/on bail in HK for attempted arson, wounding with intent, rioting,
(5) assault of police, dangerous use of chemicals to make explosives, possession of guns, ammunition & assault weapons with license, & were all banned from leaving HK due to these charges
(6) Among the 12 arrested in Shenzhen, 4 were former members of the now disbanded "Dragon Slaying Brigade 屠龍小隊" - a militant faction of HK protesters who boasted about slaying riot police using semi-automatic pistols, daggers, telescoping sticks
(7) , fireworks & many other offensive weapons - 21/4/2020, a 20-year-old college student who was suspected of being a member of the Dragon Slaying Team was arrested for allegedly making a bomb with a circuit board at home
(8) The Dragon Slaying Brigade is no more - they supposedly disappeared last October with these fake "suicide notes" (of course fake cos many simply fled to evade charges) - you can read the "suicide notes" here
(9) some former members of the Dragon Slaying Brigade are in exile in Taiwan & have set up an online store "RS International" - in 2/2021, they opened a stall in Fengjia Night Market in Taichung, focusing on HK-style snacks web.archive.org/web/2021020416…
(10) today only 1 protester, Alexandra Wong Fung-yiu 王鳳瑤 turned up in support of the 8 HK fugitives released in Shenzhen & returned to HK - aged 65 & nicknamed Grandma Wong, she was often seen waving a British flag at many HK protests
(11) Grandma Wong went to Vienna to study music & lived in the US briefly - after returning to HK in 2004, she worked as a volunteer for a US NGO in Shaanxi, China - bought a property & settled in Shenzhen in 2006 & engaged in cross-border parallel trading hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/…
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(1) Welcome to The WTF HK Protest "Chinese Agents Tortured Me" Series - "How Dare HK Courts Wouldn't Buy My Story" Special Edition
Flashback to April 2020 Hong Kong Int'l Business Channel news on the "plight" of HK opposition politician, Howard Lam 林子健
(2) Howard Lam, a protege of former HK The Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee (Lee is dubbed by the West as HK's "Father of Democracy"), claimed he was kidnapped and tortured by mainland agents in 2017, was ordered to serve his 5-month prison sentence archive.ph/lseE4
(3) for lying about being "tortured by Chinese agents" after his appeal was rejected in April 2020 - what was that all about? A graduate of the Chinese Uni of HK with a PhD in theology, Howard Lam became the youngest founding member of the Democratic Party in 1994
(1) Boris Johnson's propaganda zoom meeting with a few HK families which have moved to the UK with BNO passports - note that the UK has NEVER given any HK BNO passport holders automatic right of abode in the UK for 155 years of its colonial rule
(2) BNO was as good as toilet paper - yet these BNO holders from HK are supposed to be "full of gratitude" to the former colonial rulers & the former colonial empire - the UK Govt is happy as long as they can suck some money from them & use them as propaganda props against China
(3) British National (Overseas) passports aka toilet paper
(1) according to its 2021 Special Report on the State of the Business in South China, the American Chamber of Commerce in South China (“AMCHAM South China”), found that US companies in China surveyed reported higher return on investment in China, despite
(2) a dip due to the pandemic, when compared to their global operations - none of the 208 companies surveyed (their operation time & focus shown below) showed willingness to leave China completely– rather, most companies still have expansion plans in China for the following 3 yrs
(3) most companies surveyed rated the business environment as ‘very good’ or ‘good’; answers were more positive than the previous year, accounting for nearly 80%; those seeing a decline in the business environment accounted for only about 14% – a decrease of 6% yoy
(1) Summary of today's Hong Kong Ming Pao Daily editorial:
the opposition has radicalized In the past 10 years, resulting in an irrational "anti-China" movement, but radical politics has now “reached a dead end” & they “can no longer side with
(2) pro-independence radicals, violent mobs, foreign forces and those who advocate mutual destruction to gain more political bargaining chips” - the moderate opposition camp should re-position, re-group and truly engage in rational, non-violent opposition, before the camp can
(3) regain a steady foothold in the political structure- some people argue that the opposition camp should boycott elections in order to "strike against the legitimacy of the govt", but this would ruin their own opportunities to promote democracy, as its promotion must involve