2 week agoFire services director, Li Kin-yat, addresses paramedics & ambulance officers in a letter that says they are no longer required to wear a name badge when on duty. It prompts worries that police would sneak into the protests in disguise of a paramedic.
Trump: "If it weren't for me, thousands of people would have been killed in Hong Kong." He says Xi is only not killing thousands of people and implementing a "police state" because Trump is telling him not to ruin their trade talks
Trump: "We have to stand with Hong Kong, but I'm also standing with President Xi."
"If it weren't for me, Hong Kong would have been obliterated in 14 minutes," says @POTUS claiming pressure from him deterred China President Xi from launching a military crackdown
.@SiuSinGallery just got unconditionally released for her arrest last month - asking for police warrant card
@icablenews has filed complaints to the Hong Kong Police against "violent treatment" of its 23 journalists & news workers, such as being throw tear gas canisters, sprayed by water cannon & pepper sprayed. First media org to file complaints collectively in HongKong
2 week agoOn day 6 of the siege of polyu saw about a dozen protesters escape through a manhole into the sewer system this am. That's how desperate they are to leave
High Court reinstates the mask ban for the following seven days, despite finding it unconstitutional earlier. The ban was legislated by Hong Kong embattled leader, Carrie Lam, in Oct through invoking the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance.
#HongKong Govt partially wins its bid in asking the High Court to suspend the declaration of unconstitutionality of the #AntiMaskLaw for a week, pending appeal
2 week agoMasked arsonists set fire to The EpochTimes' printing press in Hong Kong, CCTV footage shows
Police Commissioner Chris Tang says the force is planning a high-profile presence around polling stations on Sunday and voters will feel safe when they see his officers are there.
2 week agoYuen Long. Stand News reporter gets harassed by HKPolice, who gets ticked off when he suggests to use English to tell foreign reporters to leave. They shine a strobe light to his face and says he's provoking them.
2 week agoSix more people left PolyU during the night, walking hand in hand through the main exit to be arrested by police. Over the course of yesterday, about 20 left in all. Dozens are estimated to remain on the sixth day of the police siege of the campus
Apple Daily reports that some of those who left PolyU without arrest but with their ID details recorded were detained when they tried to leave Hong Kong Their lawyer called it unreasonable to impose travel restrictions on someone who hadn't been arrested
2 week agoThe HongKong HumanRights and Democracy Act is enrolled by @SpeakerPelosi
2 week agoHong Kong General Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern over the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
China demands that Donald Trump veto bills on HongKong, saying Beijing will definitely take strong countermeasures if the US "continues to make the wrong moves"
2 week agoThe VA Student Canteen is a regular gathering place for protesters who remain at PolyU. Volunteer chefs have been serving food, which has continued to Thursday despite the police siege. Video: HKFP.
2 week agoOne protestor leaves the campus at Polytechnic University escorted by police
China expresses willingness to respond firmly to US draft law on supporting Hong Kong protesters
US House passes Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (S. 1838), sending the bill directly to desk of @POTUS for his signature
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
