Hong Kong plans partial lockdowns for Covid-19 hotspots and more tests, as number of new infections surges
7 month agoHong Kong plans partial lockdowns for Covid-19 hotpots and more tests, as number of new infections surges
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam rebuffs complaints of 'political revenge' by exiled democrat Ted Hui after bank accounts frozen
The Good Neighbour North District Church said on Facebook that police officers from the Narcotics Bureau Financial Investigation unit raided their Kwun Tong premises with a search warrant at 2:30pm. They said officers wished to contact the church pastor and directors
The Hong Kong SAR police arrested eight people on suspicion of involvement in unauthorized protests on July 1, the police said on Tuesday, adding the eight men arrested are aged 24-64 and include four district councilors
7 month agoHong Kong church says HSBC account frozen 'in retaliation' for helping protesters last year
Hong Kong police said today that they arrested a 50-year-old man and charged him with inciting others to cause serious bodily harm and hurt others. Police claimed the man shared a post on Facebook earlier this month, calling on others to attack the police HQ and kill
In all, 8 were reportedly arrested on Tuesday morning, including Tsang Kin-shing, Leung Kwok-hung, Tang Sai-lai, Eddie Chu, Lancelot Chan, Figo Chan, Wu Chi-wai and Andy Chiu. Separately, an arrest warrant was issued for activist Koo Sze-yiu
In a press release, the League of Social Democrats said that the police are seeking to cause a chilling effect by rounding up democrats, citizens and students en masse
"The mass arrest of democrats is undoubtedly retaliation against the US sanctioning of the 14 vice chairpersons of the National People's Congress over [Beijing]'s disqualification of democrat lawmakers." the LSD said
Covid-19 – Hong Kong to reimpose dine-in ban from 6pm and gyms to shut, as Lam warns of low compliance with social distancing rules
7 month agoLam says the number of untraceable carriers are on the rise. 36 patients are in a critical condition, 40 are in a serious condition. Recently, patients are younger, she adds. "We have to exercise extra caution, do not be careless," Lam says
7 month agoChief Exec. Carrie Lam says Hong Kong is seeing a Covid19 outbreak almost as bad as July's surge. Lam says it is "more complicated" this time
7 month agoOutside Chief Executive Carrie Lam's weekly press conference, pro-democracy protester Alexandra Wong holds a placard saying "awaiting vindication
7 month agoMore people from opposition camp including Leung Kwok-hung, former LegCo lawmakers Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Wu Chi-wai and Tsang Kin-shing, were arrested by @hkpoliceforce this morning for being suspected of taking part in illegal assembly on July 1: local media
7 month agoVice-convenor of Hong Kong anti-govt group Civil Human Rights Front Figo Chan was reportedly arrested by @hkpoliceforce on Tuesday morning for being suspected of taking part in illegal assembly on July 1: local media reports
7 month agoComment from @SecPompeo on designations of National People's Congress officials who are undermining the autonomy of HongKong
US Treasury sanctioned over 14 vice-chairmen of the Chinese National People's Congress standing committee, or Chinese legislative body. The move however does not cover head of NPCSC Li Zhanshu, nor any Hong Kong envoys like Tam Yiu-chung
Hong Kong reported 78 confirmed cases of Covid19 on Monday. Seven had a travel history during the incubation period
NGO @Amnesty says the arrests in Hong Kong over a graduation day campus protest are a "blatant attack on human rights
7 month agoHSBC re-freezes accounts belonging to family of exiled democrat Ted Hui amid Hong Kong police money laundering probe
7 month agoHong Kong police confirm 8 arrested for unlawful assembly and 'inciting secession' during peaceful CUHK campus demo
7 month agoHong Kong police arrest 3 people for chanting banned slogans at a university last month. Detained are accused of violating draconian national security law imposed by China. Chinese University of Hong Kong students rally near the "Goddess of Democracy"
7 month agoThe Law Society has said it "strongly condemns the act of intimidation against a judicial officer" following the death threat
7 month agoWan Chai District Council Chairperson @clarisseysy told RTHK on Sunday that HongKong has failed the benchmarks put forward by the last colonial governor Chris Patten. legislature's Hansard: @hk_watch
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7 month agoSai Kung District Councillor and CUHK alumni Isaac Lee was also among the 8 arrested, HK01 reported. HKFP has contacted the police for comment
TVB cited an anonymous source saying that pro-democracy district councillor Eason Chan - another CUHK graduate - was also among the 8 detained
A total of 8 people were arrested by police from the national security unit in HongKong for participating in the graduation rally on the campus of CUHK last month
7 month agoNGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) @RSF_inter has urged the Hong Kong government "to end judicial harassment against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai
