Responding to @thetimes story, Hong Kong police had to issue a statement to "condemn act of impersonating police officers of national security department"
Hong Kong authorities, meanwhile, say rights not absolute and NSL and sedition offences are necessary given calls for independence and violence. They also argue not much difference between standard of HK and mainland law enforcement officers
Committee also asks HK authorities how to make sure mainland officers carrying out national security investigations in HK will comply with ICCPR given Beijing not signatory, while wondering what NSL means by mainland officers abiding by HK law but subject to its jurisdiction
Seeing no end to Sri Lanka's fuel crisis, many are now cooking with firewood and charcoal stoves, and turning away from automobiles and towards bicycles
Police boats at Tolo Harbour, near Science Park Video: Oscar Liu
Sedition should be tried at Hong Kong's high court, says lawyer of man facing 3 charges
CLP says electricity has been restored to all households affected by a massive power outage in New Territories West following a fire at a transmission cable bridge in Yuen Long #HongKong
Police have arrested three people following a shooting and machete attack on Wyndham Street that left three men injured #HongKong
Police investigate a shooting in Central on Friday morning, which saw three injured and three arrested
2 year agoActivist Chiu Yan-loy, previously jailed over a 2020 Tiananmen gathering, brought six white flowers and four red ones to Causeway Bay on Saturday. The numbers symbolise the date of the 1989 crackdown. Chui said police barred him from the area over the "seditious" flowers
Police carried out a large security operation during the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, as individual Hongkongers attempted to stage mini acts of defiance around Victoria Park on Saturday. The park was closed by police until Sunday. In full:
1/ As night fell in Mong Kok, groups of police officers patrolled around Nathan Road and Langham Place, where two people were stopped by officers and had their identification documents checked
HKFP_Live: Police are on standby near Victoria Park on the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
#Now back in CWB again a few hours after the early morning stroll around Victoria Park. Parts of the busy East Point Rd and Great George St are blocked by police with dozens of officers guarding the roads. Journos are asked to stay on pedestrian and reg with police
1/ Police have deployed to Victoria Park and ordered people to leave, as the venue in Causeway Bay is cordoned off until Sunday:
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Anti-terrorism drill with 100 officers staged ahead of expected visit by state leaders on Hong Kong's 25th handover anniversary
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Human rights lawyer Michael Vidler has left Hong Kong, with journalists from the state-backed press filming his departure at the airport. Last week, HKFP reported his law firm would be closing
2 year agoGoogle terminates John Lee YouTube channel citing US sanctions, leadership campaign chief says move 'illogical' After months of restrictions, Hong Kong starts to relax Covid-19 social distancing measures
2 year agoHong Kong man jailed for 14.5 years for biting off ex-District Councillor's ear, knife attack
Explosion aboard an oil tanker near Hong Kong: one dead and six injured
Officers in full protective gear swooped on a branch of the China Construction Bank (Asia) on Nathan Road at around 3.40pm
15% of Hong Kong ambulance personnel infected with Covid-19 in first two months of fifth wave
6 Hong Kong teachers disqualified over complaints linked to 2019 protests
China's state and party leaders continue to crack down on civil society and free media in Hong Kong. The respected journalist and columnist Allan Au was arrested this morning - on flimsy grounds
Hong Kong police at 6am local time raided home of Allan Au, veteran journalist, ex-Stand News blogger and journalism scholar, taken to police station accusation: "conspiracy to publish seditious publications," says sources, same as 2 other Stand News journalists who were charged
Hong Kong Chief Sec. John Lee resigns ahead of small-circle leadership election
Hong Kong protests: court upholds saleswoman's conviction for obstructing police, reduces jail sentence by quarter
HongKong leader CarrieLam said today she won't seek a 2nd term after 5 years marked by protests calling for her resignation, a security crackdown that quashed dissent & most recently a COVID19 wave that overwhelmed health system
