#BREAKING whole area around the #PillarOfShame in #HKU has been covered up by white plastic sheets and surrounded by yellow boards. Lots of noises can be heard but security guards have been driving me away and asking me not to film, while refusing to answer what’s going on.
A cargo container is placed on the ground outside a cafeteria next to the #PillarOfShame. All the ways around the Pillar have been guarded and blocked and some students said windows facing the Pillar are boarded. The arrangements seem aiming to make sure no image can be captured.
How tightly #HKU has been blocking areas around #PillarOfShame? Not even a food deliverer and a bag of meal he was carrying was allowed in after some 20mins of confusion and negotiation.
HKU students’ media Undergrad reported per source that HKU council resolved on Wednesday that the #PillarOfShame will be removed and stored somewhere safe until a proper owner can take it away under conditions permitted by laws.

instagram.com/undergrad.hkus…
Wrapped like a mummy , a chunk that looks like - but can’t verify - the tip of the #PillarOfShame has been moved out and placed next to the cargo container for nearly an hour. If that’s the tip, it means the Pillar has been dismantled.
The #PillarOfShame has been dismantled into two parts , wrapped , boxed and sent away . All done before dawn.
After #PillarOfShame is gone, more boards are sent in to completely block the stairs leading down to the pillar’s old spot. Along the new Great Wall of Yellow Barriers, #HKU prepared a row of Christmas flowers.

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20 Dec
Key takeaways from #CarrieLam's post-election/pre-duty visit presser:

Record low turnout: Never set a goal so we didn't fail anything / 4.47 million voters registered and 1.35 million voted so you can't say the election is not significant / I don't know why 3million didn't vote.
Diversified or Homogeneous legislature: I have no opinion if voters choose a certain background and stance out of many - it's voters' autonomy; I personally find the 90 candidates elected of broad representation.
Re BL23 legislation: aim to dish out a general framework by the end of June 2022, but do not expect to complete legislation; won't use 2003 version ; need to take into account of cases under #NSL.
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20 Dec
#BREAKING Beijing published a whitepaper entitled "Hong Kong's democratic developments under One Country Two Systems".
The white paper said under British colonial rule, there was no democracy in Hong Kong and after resuming the exercise of sovereignty, the Chinese government established democracy in the HKSAR.
news.cn/english/2021-1…
The whitepaper reads like a verdict for the 47 pro-democracy activists charged of "conspiracy to subversion" for joining the unofficial pro-dem primaries in July 2020. And not just that - district council election in 2019 and protests in 2016 LegCo swear-in as well. Image
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22 Oct
Given that the reporting restriction is lifted, I will detail the bail application proceeding that spans from ystd to this morning re the case of 5 #HKAlliance ex leaders charged for refusing to submit info demanded by #nationalsecurity police in this #thread.
The most significant point comes first, the play of bail under #NSL has evolved just now from blanket denial to undeniable bail with condition restricting the defendant's speech.

This morning, #NSL magistrate Peter Law granted bail to all 5 defendants in the case despite ...
...lack of applications from D3 Simon Leung and D4 Chan To-wai with the usual bail conditions (cash, surety, reporting requirements, deposit of travel docs etc) and an additional #NSL condition imposed by the prosecution.
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22 Oct
#BREAKING #NSL magistrate Peter Law granted bail for #HKAlliance ex leaders Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan, and Tsui Hon-Kwong in refusal to provide info case. But Chow will remain in custody for incitement to subversion case.
In his oral ruling, #NSL magistrate Peter Law said he denied bail for all five defendants at the 1st mention in Sep as he was not satisfied that they would not commit acts endangering national security and he minded the risks of them destroying evidence or helping others to flee.
“There have been some developments,” Law said. “The case has been widely reported and the police have raided the alliance’s premises and seized a huge amount of exhibits - that left an impression that the risks have been substantively reduced.”
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21 Oct
HK DOJ is seeking to adjourn the pre-trial review for the trial of 5 #HKAlliance ex leaders for refusing to submit materials demanded by national security police till 29 Dec to wait for the leave application for the judicial review against the police notice’s legality set in Nov.
While the prosecution oppose bail for all 5 defendants, if adjournment is granted by #NSL magistrate Peter Law, that would mean the defendants will stay in jail for over 3 months since arrest in early September while the max penalty for the charge is only 6 months imprisonment.
The defense’s position opposing the adjourn lies upon the basis that the defendants are entitled to collateral challenge of the legality of the police notice in JR while the criminal trial of their non compliance to the notice goes on : Boddington v British Transport Police
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8 Sep
#Thread about Chow Hang-tung @zouxingtong and Gwyneth Ho @KwaiLamHo , the vertiginous Wednesday and the less-discussed legal fights they have been devoting to.

It was more or less expected but still fictional than fiction that five hours before Ho was due to appear in court...
...national security police arrived at her counsel Chow's chamber and impatiently rang the doorbell.

Chow who worked overnight in the chamber for Ho's application did not immediately answer - like how she handled the police's letter demanding HK Alliance to empty its bag.
Instead, Chow started two - not so successful as she concluded in police custody - FB live, telling the world that police was at her door, and made a series of public posts, beading the last free moments she had, such as...
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