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On Monday, Hong Kong celebrates #Handover with a public holiday.
"""According to reports, police deployment this year would be similar to last year. The report also noted that anyone seen wearing seditious clothing in public and drawing attention could face arrest.
The report quoted a police insider saying that “anyone wearing such attire in public will be monitored or stopped and searched, with officers immediately notifying the command center at police headquarters.”
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The "Hong Kong 47", a group of politicians who have been charged under the National Security Law for their political plans and actions back in 2019, have received their verdicts. From what I can tell, the charge is "subversion". Their illegal actions were to ... *checks notes* ... try to win an election and then ... engage in politics. Truly heinous crimes.
Out of 47 charged, 31 pleaded guilty, 14 were found guilty and 2 were acquitted. The government is planning to appeal the two acquittals.
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Aaand it continues.
"Authorities said that those arrested — four men and six women, aged 26 to 43 — were suspected of conspiring to collude with the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.
The now-disbanded fund helped pay legal and medical costs for people arrested during the mass pro-democracy protests that rocked the Chinese city in 2019."
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The MTR had some ad about the upcoming election with the text "[improve election system]", "[ensure patriots leading hong kong]" or something like that and I am feeling physically ill.
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👆 hongkongfp article on the "patriotic" filtering of LegCo candidates
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> The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam, and 10 other top officials from Hong Kong and mainland China.
> The sanctions were used to target those undermining Hong Kong's autonomy, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
www.bbc.com/news/world-us-cana…
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> A succinct summary of the past three days by @appledaily_hk:
> Tuesday: academic freedom gone (HKU’s firing of Benny Tai)
> Wednesday: freedom of speech gone (arrest of Student Localism members under NSL)
> Thur: freedom to run for office gone (mass DQ of pro-democracy LegCo hopefuls)
nitter.net/rhokilpatrick/statu…
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> Over 600,000 Hongkongers cast their ballot in the democratic camp primaries elections over the weekend, despite the authorities claiming the exercise may be illegal.
hongkongfp.com/2020/07/12/hong…
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> The Education Secretary, no less, has said on radio that “Glory to Hong Kong” should not be played in schools because it is “propaganda.” The song “Love the Basic Law,” on the other hand, is allowed because it is “rule of law education.” This is the sort of thing you get when you put an accountant in charge of education.
That was the month *before* the #HKNSL
hongkongfp.com/2020/06/21/care…
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An intriguing comparison between Northern Ireland and Hong Kong, and a look into possible futures:
www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion…
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From what I understand, the claim that the primaries would be breaking the #HKNatSecLaw is based on the suspicion that some candidates might express independence ideas in debates, but Tai said they would have none of that.
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