NEW: Tony Chung, a pro-Hong Kong independence activist who finished his National Security Law sentence, has arrived in UK to seek asylum. He told me that after prison, the police demanded he be a source to provide information about other activists.

voacantonese.com/a/kc-former-pr… He was paid HK$500-3000 for each meeting with the police. He said he only provided unimportant info, like where activists went to travel, which bar they went to, etc. These meetings came maybe once to twice a month.

New: I spoke to one of the four victims of the Southampton attack. “John” was shocked by the attack, and was disappointed that no officers came after it. @HantsPolice say it’s a “hate-related assault” and are investigating

voacantonese.com/a/kc-suspected… It started with this man in white shirt showing up at the Hong Kong rally in Southampton on Sunday, where he tried to provoke people, saying “Hong Kong is China” and swearing, taking photos of the banners and calling his friends to come. Not much happened there after.

Hong Kong paper Ming Pao adds disclaimer to opinion pieces: "Critical articles aim at pointing out mistakes or faults of systems & policies to fix or eradicate them via legal means, no intention of incitement of hatred, discontent or hostility against govt or other communities" You can see it at end of any article. The disclaimer is also printed on the newspaper.

This is added certainly due to closure of 3 news outlets in 6 months, including Citizen News whose editors said they can no longer see where is the 'red line'
news.mingpao.com/pns/%E8%A7%80%…

Now TV: @civicpartyhk's Dennis Kwok, Alvin Yeung, Kwok Ka-ki, and Cheng Tat-hung disqualified from running in Legislative Council election;

Lester Shum also barred - according to @hkcnews_com Ventus Lau disqualified

RTHK’s “Hong Kong Connection” programme checked security footage on July 21 last year and found a suspected police officer - apparently holding a warrant card - was present when people in white shirts gathered with weapons, before the men attacked people at Yuen Long MTR station In another shot, the suspected police officer clearly saw a man holding a stick - a weapon used later that night to beat people up.

Relevant segment starts at 19:45 of the programme.

Here it goes: National Security Law for Hong Kong full text. No English translation. gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/2… Main points:
-max life imprisonment
-anyone convicted cannot run for public office (or be disqualified) w/o mentioning for how long
-cases involving national secrets will not have open trials
-uncertain if have retroacting effect
-no bail for suspects
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