(1) a Hong Kong court has dismissed a HK$1 m (US$128,300) discrimination claim by a British engineer who complained about being called a gweilo & excluded from a tunnel construction project after finding his poor work relationship with colleagues was the
(2) real reason he lost his job - in Chinese language media reports of this court case, the judge reportedly said there was no proof that when his colleagues talked about “gweilos“ it was about him...It was about him, cos he was not the only foreigner in the company
(3) the worst part for this whining Brit is that his own former boss is... wait for this... a foreigner, who testified in court that he sometimes referred to himself as "gweilo", & the judge believed the employer's reason for firing him was his inability to
(1) Hong Kong rioters now even threaten Taiwan's former leader!
At least 3 Kuomintang (KMT) heavyweights, incl former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou, have received threat letters from HK warning them "not to stop our HK brothers & sisters from going to Taiwan #RaamWTF
(2) (to evade charges, of course)"
1 of the letters, signed by "Ho Fun-hei's team" with HK stamps, was received by Ma's office in Taipei on Wed
It also warned the KMT to "be careful what it says"& included the slogan "Liberate K, Revolution of Our Times" from the 2019 HK riots
(3) the letter also contained 2 pieces of joss paper & 3 bombs
2 KMT lawmakers, Lee Guei-min & Lee De-wei, also received similar letters
China Television, a pro-China TV broadcaster, also received a letter from Ho's team, which stated the broadcaster "should support HKers and &
(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