#NOW in the public transport terminus under Yuen Long MTR station, police officers wearing rather bulky vests are standing on guard.
Three young men from TSW Connect, including resigned district councillor Lam Chun, set up a street booth in the public transport terminus under Yuen Long Station. Police jotted down their personal info and reminded them of anti-gathering ban.
Police gave first public warning of gathering ban after a representative of the Confederation of Trade Unions arrived and was about to join the street booth.
Under watch of dozens of police, Lam Chun of TSW Connect began to speak, urging people not to forget what happened in Yuen Long tonight two years ago.
While two activists are trying to keep voices heard on street in Yuen Long, a number of young men are under stop and search a few meters in front of them.
Leo Tang (left) of CTU said a hotel staff union was warned this afternoon by police for handing out a leaflet reminding ppl 7 steps to wash hands for 21 seconds. Police said the leaflet was “beautifying the black violence” and “we could ask national security unit to handle you”.
Eight policemen surrounded one man for a search. Heard an officer said to the man, “Are you going to buy a bun? You should go if not. I have seen you twice here.”
Founder of Student Politicism Wong Yat-chin joined the street booth. He said every HKer can find something to do. “When we are arrested and jailed, it will become a duty to fill the vacated posts. We are now also merely filling some vacated posts.”
Not only police officers are guarding Yuen Long station tonight, but also their big dogs.
A man wore this blue “I ❤️ Police” T-shirt and walked around Yuen Long Station as his little act of sarcasm .
2 women with 3 young kids left a watermelon and a book entitled “Revolution of Our Times” on a fire hose in Yuen Long station, and 1 woman began to feed a meal to one of the kids. Police removed and returned the items to them warning that they might have violated some bylaws.
Ripped and riven, posters beneath Yuen Long Station two years on from #721Attack
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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.