(1) Yesterday in Hong Kong, 3 arsonists jailed for up to 4½ years after starting fire at a MTR underground station on 12/10/2019 during the unrest #RaamWTF
(2) all were found guilty of conspiring to commit arson. of which one was also found guilty of possessing items with intent to destroy/ damage property, offensive weapons/ instruments fit for unlawful purposes & firearms without license
this is how they set fire to the station
(3) they hurled petrol bombs to damage ticket gates inside Kowloon Tong MTR station that day -
Judge: Act of arson in 1 of the judge said that tough sentences were required to protect lives, prevent future attacks
(1) BREAKING & developing news: in Hong Kong today, National Security police arrested 6 linked to online media outlet, Stand News, over conspiracy to publish seditious materials incl faded pop singer (Canadian) Denise Ho 何韻詩, barrister Margaret Ng 吳靄儀, who are #RaamWTF
(2) both former board members of Stand News - Ng is a veteran Civic Party member - deputy assignment editor Ronson Chan, who chairs the HK Journalists Association, was taken for questioning- his home was searched over the crime of “publishing seditious publications” with a court
(3) warrant - the arrests were carried out under under the Crime Ordinance (not the new national security law) covering conspiracy to print or distribute seditious materials - this section was enacted during British colonial rule
(1) Flashback to Oct 2014 - Hong Kong’s ‘electronics king’ M. K. Koo, who founded the listed company Nam Tai Electronic & has donated HKD 100 million to Baptist University, explained why he rejected an honorary degree from BaptistU - at that time students there had been #raamwtf
(2) insulting & protesting against guests at graduation ceremonies by yelling slogans to drown out speeches, yelling out accusations against guests or making political declarations on stage - Koo told TVB News at that time that he knew he would be a target as he had criticised
(3) the Occupy Central movement which involved blocking roads & preventing folks from going to work or school - at the end Koo was close to tears as he said the Hong Kong Police were the best force in the world, as they had not only been retrained, but had even protected some
(1) Former UN Independent Expert & Rapporteur Dr. Alfred de Zayas, a Cuban-born US lawyer, writer, historian, expert in human rights & international law examines American exceptionalism, the Summit for Democracy - he believes only 20% of UN rapporteurs are truly independent
(2) while the rest are careerists who tout the status quo- he believes the US doesn't want to try Julian Assange & rather wants him dead- he describes the corruption in the humans rights industry & discusses the false accusations of Chinese genocide vs the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
(3) it's worth listening to the whole interview
Link for the Geopolitics & Empire podcast episode with Dr Alfred de Zayas:
(1) today in Hong Kong, advertising copywriter Yeung Ying-hei 楊迎曦, aged 36, was convicted of 3 charges - she intended to incapacitate police officers when she hurled a 6.8kg stanchion from the 3rd floor to the 2nd floor in Times Square in Causeway Bay on 1/7/2020 #RaamWTF
(2) the nasty woman tried to erase evidence (fingerprints) by putting on a pair of white gloves before taking the stanchion and pushing it over the edge but the act was caught on security camera
(3) judge didn't buy it when the defence tried to contend that she "might have tried to stop others from committing the crime" - she was found guilty of attempted wounding with intent, dropping an object from a building & theft & was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on
(1) Welcome to the WTF Hong Kong Protest Series- "What happens when people succumb to Western regime change propaganda & become discarded used condoms" Special Edition #RaamWTF
Meet Enoch, the British-subject-wannabe Hong Kong man who left HK for the UK to live his McBNO dream
(2) after rallying riot supporters to "pray for Her Majesty The Queen" outside the British Consulate in HK during the riots & announcing proudly "this is Enoch on the megaphone" - he laments that he "had a jolly good time in HK" before & now he can't even have a roof over his
(3) head - he told Sky News that this was "betrayal" (by the British Govt) - thanks to @Obukowsky1 for the source material
What's he gonna do? Live the rest of his life as a homeless used condom in the streets of the UK? Your guess is as good as mine- this is what happens when
(1) Welcome to the WTF Hong Kong Protest Series - "What happens when people succumb to Western regime change propaganda & become discarded used condoms" Special Edition #RaamWTF
Meet Enoch, the British-subject-wannabe Hong Kong man who left HK for the UK to live his McBNO dream
(2) after rallying riot supporters to "pray for Her Majesty The Queen" outside the British Consulate in HK during the riots & announcing proudly "this is Enoch on the megaphone" - he laments that he "had a jolly good time in HK" before & now he can't even have a roof over his
(3) head - he told Sky News that this was "betrayal" (by the British Govt) - thanks to @Obukowsky1 for the source material
What's he gonna do? Live the rest of his life as a homeless used condom in the streets of the UK? Your guess is as good as mine - this is what happens when