#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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The confidential work of national security committee was again revealed in court.
The court was shown two “judgement and decision” by NSC during the legislative exercise of the #Article23 security law which in general said the bill and the amendments were necessary…
…and the HK gov table them at the legislature. The prosecution confirmed that the documents were not available to the legislators and were revealed under special authorisation from the gov to assist the court in today’s proceeding.
Today’s proceeding concerned jailed #HKAlliance activist Chow Hang-tang’s application to introduce evidence from overseas witnessed by live TV link in the Alliance’s #NSL trial scheduled to start next May.
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”.