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4 Jun, 8 tweets, 3 min read
Breaking: Hong Kong police detain democracy activist Chow Hang-tung (@zouxingtong) on Tiananmen anniversary, according to an @AFP reporter on scene
A police source tells me Chow was arrested under section 17A of the Public Order Ordinance -- that's the part that covers publicising unlawful assemblies

elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap245
Four people identified themselves as plainclothes police officers to Chow outside her office building in the city's Central district and said they were arresting her, according to an @AFP reporter on the scene.

She was placed in a black saloon car and driven away.
Here is exclusive @AFP footage of Chow being arrested
Chow is also a barrister and a member of Harcourt Chambers.

harcourtchambers.com/members/chow-h…
She is one of the few prominent pro-democracy figures not currently in jail or fled overseas and has taken up a more public role in recent months after her colleagues kept getting arrested

hk.appledaily.com/opinion/202105…
Guess what's trending in Hong Kong today
Here's the latest @AFP wrap on events in Hong Kong this morning as the city prepares to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown under the shadow of a strict new national security law

news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-demo…

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4 Jun
Breaking: Hong Kong's Victoria Park empty for first time in 32 years on Tiananmen anniversary as police cordon off venue -- @AFP
Powerful combo picture has just hit the @AFP wire.

Shows Tiananmen anniversary vigils in Hong Kong's Victoria Park in 1990, 1999, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and... tonight
These pictures were all taken between 8-8.09pm -- the moment each June 4 anniversary when the crowds inside Victoria Park would normally light candles to remember those killed at Tiananmen Square.

Tonight, they are lighting them on the streets and in their homes instead.
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3 Jun
Having witnessed skeletons being pulled from their shallow graves in the jungle camps this guy's gang used to run, I'm struggling to muster much sympathy.

bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener…
Back in 2015:

The two boys in the back of the Thai police pickup truck were terrified. Dressed in ragged clothes, they had been caught close to a remote people smugglers' camp in southern Thailand where authorities found the remains of 26 people.
ucanews.com/news/thai-peop…
Thai forensic teams dug out badly decayed skeletons from shallow graves covered by bamboo and a few of feet of dirt at the abandoned jungle camp in Sadao district, in Songkhla province.
news.yahoo.com/news/thai-auth…
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3 Jun
Hong Kongers are seeking innovative ways to commemorate the victims of China's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown after authorities banned an annual vigil and vowed to stamp out any protests come Friday's anniversary -- @AFP

news.yahoo.com/hong-kongers-c…
Local artist Kacey Wong has collected hundreds of spent candle stubs from previous vigils and plans to give them to residents on Friday night. Image
"Each burned candle contains a person's mourning towards those who sacrificed themselves in pursuit of democracy, as well as one's longing for democracy, a mix of complex emotions," Wong told @AFP. "I hope they can continue to shine the way towards freedom and democracy." Image
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11 May
A 7-month investigation by @AP & Oxford University's @oiioxford, found that China's rise on @Twitter has been powered by an army of fake accounts that have retweeted Chinese diplomats & state media tens of thousands of times.

money.yahoo.com/army-fake-fans…
"Beijing’s appetite for guiding public opinion – covertly, if necessary -- extends beyond its borders and beyond core strategic interests, like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang."
“You have a seismic, slow but large continental shift in narratives,” said Timothy Graham, a senior lecturer at Queensland University of Technology who studies social networks. “Steer it just a little bit over time, it can have massive impact.”
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11 May
I am in awe of my @AFP colleagues both inside and outside Myanmar who have worked tirelessly to provide accurate, verified and compelling coverage in what are truly difficult circumstances 💪🏼🇲🇲

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Here are some of just a fraction of the remarkable images taken by @AFP colleagues over the last 100 days
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10 May
Breaking: Covid jab maker BioNTech says to build factory in Singapore -- @AFP
Covid jab maker BioNTech said Monday it would build a factory in Singapore that could produce hundreds of millions of doses of vaccines based on its mRNA technology per year in southeast Asia.
Construction of the manufacturing plant and a regional headquarters in Singapore will start this year, and the site could become operational by 2023, the German company said in a statement.
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