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[hailey @haileyhmt]

Hong Kong Fire: Summary of Open Documents

This matters because it was preventable. The rapid spread suggests human negligence, unsafe decisions, and systemic oversight failures, not an “accident”.

Here are the suspected cases of corner-cutting in the renovation project:

[Kevin Yam 任建峰 @kevinkfyam]

Surprise surprise. The Hong Kong police is now treating the mass self-mobilisation of citizen-led volunteers in aid of victims of the Tai Po fires as a national security threat, with Chief superintendent Lee Kwai-wah (who is sanctioned by the US for his leading role in Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in HK) from the National Security Division inspecting relief operations sites for “evidence” of national security crimes.

[hailey @haileyhmt]

(1/3) Regarding the Hong Kong fire: CNN quoted PolyU’s Prof. Huang saying bamboo is flammable, implying the bamboo scaffold was the main driver.

But multiple clips show the netting and wrap igniting, not the scaffold; most bamboo poles remained intact.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

[Students are not puppets]

1. Calling for education reform, protection of #freespeech in schools and democracy, #Thai high school students today rallied outside #Thailand’s education ministry, with white ribbons urging the release of detained activists in prison.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

This film is released today. But because Disney kowtows to Beijing, and because Liu Yifei openly and proudly endorses police brutality in Hong Kong, I urge everyone who believes in human rights to #BoycottMulan.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

Joshua Wong supported calls to boycott the movie, which will debut in cinemas. "Because Disney kowtows to Beijing, and because Liu Yifei openly and proudly endorses police brutality in HK, I urge everyone who believes in human rights to #BoycottMulan” https://t.co/YE5FcQ93tL

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

[First anniversary of #831 #PrinceEdward attack]

1. In the past year, everything worsens in #HK, with a draconian #NationalSecurityLaw imposed, textbooks censored, #hkprotesters forced into exile, and the fate of 12 asylum seekers now left unknown during detention in #China.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

After one year, #HKPoliceBrutality intensifies. Tonight #hkpolice suddenly charged at unarmed #HKers causing chaos that made a pregnant woman fallen on the ground. #Police then pepper-sprayed reporters to stop them from reporting. #HongKongProtests

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

[Detainee faces indefinite detention & tortures in #HK]

1. A detainee from #India on hunger strike was brutally beaten by officers at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Center (CIC, aka "black prison"), before unwillingly sending to hospital for forced injection, per @appledaily_hk.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

1/ Mark Zuckerberg said that he hopes Facebook will "find a way" to keep offering its services in HK after @SecPompeo declared that HK was "no longer autonomous" from China. It implied the risk of great firewall adopts from Mainland China to HK.

https://t.co/ynFFOshPhh

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

We must stand up and fight back. More than thousands of HKers take back to the street again, including @SunnyCheungky, #JannelleLeung, #TiffanyYuen and I. Time is running out in Hong Kong. We need to try our best to oppose the evil national security law.

[Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 @joshuawongcf]

1/ From anti-extradition law to anti-national security law, more than thousands of #Hongkongers took to streets to protest against this highly controversial law since the new law will kill future democratic movements, and murder any slight chance to seeking justice in the city.

[City Broadcasting Channel(CBC) @cityusucbc]

[5.24 Causeway Bay]

Police shot protesters directly with pepper-spray pellets while they were falling back. A protester was caught. Meanwhile, police also shot journalists near their leg area

#hongkong #hongkongprotest

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

BREAKING:

Boris Johnson reportedly said he is going to help Hong Kongers in a Ugandan-style "lifeboat" immigration scheme. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

We should be cautious. We need to see the detail - and @Number10press response - BUT:

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Police in Hong Kong fire tear gas against protesters taking part in the first pro-democracy demonstration since China announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory

https://t.co/ED9vrZjDX5

[Clifford Stott @cliffordstott]

A continuing pattern of disproportionate policing by the HKPF at practically every protest since June 12th 2019 - the only exception being June 16th when approximately one quarter of the HK population peacefully protested in support of the five demands.

[CNN International @cnni]

Police have fired tear gas after thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong to oppose the Chinese government's move to impose a controversial national security law, which threatens the city's autonomy and civil liberties. https://t.co/FAkt0Pq8Ty

[NBC Chicago @nbcchicago]

Hong Kong Police Fire Volleys of Tear Gas at Protesters https://t.co/4qgfIVMAoJ

[Reuters @Reuters]

Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters https://t.co/Kqh3IZx054