Armed robbers target mainland visitors at currency exchange, make off with HK$10 million in Tsim Sha Tsui attack
3 week agoSpoke to some hardcore frontline protesters aged 16, 17 & 20. They said they'd rather get shot & die than get arrested, bc you don't know what you'd face. They joked that if the police threatened to shoot (live rounds), they'd point to their foreheads & ask for them to aim there
3 week agoWorkers are cleaning up Hong Kong's PolyU campus. Volunteers urged by China's liaison office are also helping to clear the nearby Cross-Harbour Tunnel entrance — although most take photos rather than remove debris.
3 week agoAccording to @StandNewsHK, this 16-year-old, accompanied by Bishop Joseph Ha, surrendered himself to the police this morning (Nov 20) after staying at @HongKongPolyU for six days. He told that he is also a Catholic and that he was moved by Bishop Ha.
Hong Kong Department of Justice asks High Court to suspend ruling that anti-mask law is unconstitutional – as it scrambles to defend the legislation
3 week agoPolyU president Teng Jin-guang earlier visited campus besieged by police. He said no information if police had set deadline and called his plan to let protesters leave peacefully successful. He said he was given assurance by police not to use force as long as protesters don't
@hkpoliceforce said they arrested + registered about 1000 protesters from PolyU, including 300 under the age of 18. Police previously said they would arrest everyone aged 18 or above on rioting charges
3 week ago6 people, including 2 men who climbed out of a sewage tunnel under Cheong Wan Flyover outside PolyU, were arrested at 10am this morning, for rioting and assisting criminals, after police noticed 4 people opened a lid and extended a robe into the sewage
3 week agoChina has warned the US that it would retaliate if the Hong Kong democracy bill is signed into law, shortly after it was passed by the US Senate
3 week ago@AFPgraphics: Map of Hong Kong locating the Polytechnic University where dozens of protesters are still barricaded
3 week ago13:20: sit-in demonstration at True Light College, a girls' secondary school on Ap Lei Chau.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill backing Hong Kong protesters that would require annual reviews of the city's special status under U.S. law and sanction Chinese officials who undermine its "fundamental freedoms and autonomy"
3 week agoEducators held a prayer meeting in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday. Photo: Benjamin Yuen, Kevin Cheng/United Social Press.
Marco Rubio: Today at 5:25pm EST I & my colleagues will be moving to pass the HongKong Human Rights & Democracy Act in the U.S. Senate. If no Senator objects it will pass & head over to the U.S. House & then hopefully swiftly to the President
3 week agoSuddenly about a half dozen people try to flee & apprehended by a large number of police near the fence to the Cross-Harbor Tunnel
3 week agoAt least 7 protestors in @HongKongPolyU sneaked out to escape during lawmaker Ip Kin-yuen leading First Aider to evacuate from campus. They failed.
3 week agoMore than 10 walked out from PolyU campus accompanied by medics, under the heavy guard by riot police. HongKongProstest Protests to Continue as Hundreds Hospitalized
3 week agoMedical evacuations currently underway at PolyU. Some can walk, some cannot
3 week agoAll pretty quiet at the entrance to HongKong's Polytechnic University as riot teams wait for the remaining student activists to run out of supplies and come out to be arrested. Can't be too many protestors left now.
A 26yo reporter in Hong Kong is charged with unlawful possession of ammunition for collected used tear gas canisters, tear gas grenades, sponge grenade and rubber bullet. He was denied bail and has to be in custody till next hearing on January 14
3 week agoHK teachers demonstrating at Tsim Sha Tsui harborfront in support of PolyU protesters & to express concern for all their students on the frontlines
Former Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho was attacked by black clad stalkers outside Tin Hau station this evening. His head and back were wounded, and he went to hospital on his own
A witness tells RTHK that riot police ignored people's cries for help after a "stampede" in Yau Ma Tei last night, as firefighters confirm they saw the aftermath.
Police said they found 3,900 petrol bombs in CUHK and the university found 100L of sulfuric acid and nitric acid missing. "How many are 3,900 petrol bombs If you throw one every 10 seconds, it will take you 11 hours to throw them all out." Police PR head Kwok Ka-chuen said
3 week agoHongKong legislator Ted Hui told reporters that protestors and students who're still at PolyU campus said they are not involved in any illegal activists but worried about Hong Kong Police brutality, they will leave the campus in peace accompanied by Hui.
3 week ago49 senators cosponsored the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act - including @senatemajldr
Among all the arrests made near PolyU included a Japanese tourist in his 20s, who has been taken away by police on Sunday, the Japanese consulate confirmed
3 week agoHKPolice seen carrying an MP5 and an M16 in Central where office workers are protesting during their lunch break.
3 week agoA large number of firefighters and medics went inside the PolyU campus at around 10am on Tuesday to treat the injured, with some having suffered from hypothermia since being repeatedly doused with water cannon on Sunday. Photo: Stand News screeenshot.
3 week agoChina's legislature: Hong Kong courts have no power to rule on constitutionality of the city's legislation with regards to Basic Law, after HK High Court nullified face mask ban. A major contradiction of common-law judicial review in HK
