Covid-19: Images show mostly elderly patients on hospital beds lined up outside A&E departments in Hong Kong, whilst hours-long queues form for community testing. https://t.co/UBRUHzJWhJ Photos: @inmediahk, via CC2.0.
Koo had called a protest at China Liaison Office today with his signature handmade coffin to “celebrate” the opening of Beijing Winter Olympics, to highlight cases of detained activists and citizens. Now he unfortunately becomes one of them, as he battles terminal rectal cancer
London remembers Jimmy Lai and the Apple Daily 7. One of a series of transatlantic illuminations on the eve of the Lunar New Year - and the most shameful Olympics since the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin.
A first aider arrested at protest scene was convicted of riot today. Judge Edmond Lee argued providing first-aid services for protestors is a way to abet the riot, and the argument that non-protestors may have also sought help from the defendant simply defies the truth.
Hong Kong’s RTHK Blacklists Pro-Democracy Musicians
This is not unexpected, but it’s so sad to see RTHK’s swift change from being a public broadcaster that serves the People of HK into a state-controlled media that serves the People’s Republic of China 🇨🇳
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1/ Queues for daily, compulsory #Covid19 testing have formed around Kwai Chung estate, the epicentre of an Omicron outbreak with over 170 cases. In full: https://t.co/EslGWUHyLy
Today is Claudia Mo’s 65th birthday. It’s her second birthday since Hong Kong Police imprisoned her without trial for running for office against the Govt as permitted by the Basic Law. Her imprisonment is a continuous reminder of Beijing and HK Govt’s open contempt for HK law.
Tong Ying-kit, first person convicted under the Hong Kong National Security Law, has given up his appeal because he could not trust lawyers appointed for him by the Legal Aid Department, sources told RFA. Tong was jailed for 9 years.
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Wondering if Carrie Lam would slam Cathay Pacific for infecting her cabinet. Local media report that home affairs minister Caspar Tsui, police commissioner Raymond Siu and ex-customs and excise commissioner Hermes Tang are subject to a mandatory quarantine after a private party.
2349, #breaking: InMedia announced its closure due to #StandNews Staff being arrested in suspicion of“conspiring to publish seditious materials”; In order not to fall into legal traps, it will cease operation on Jan 1 2022 and let go all staff. #1229HK@benedictrogers@nytimes
Stand News acting editor-in-chief Patrick Lam was taken out of the building where the newsroom is located on Wednesday at around noon, and was escorted into a vehicle by police officers.
Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.
Footage shows national security police taking boxes of items out of the Stand News newsroom during a raid on Wednesday. Full story: https://t.co/Fd798Glect
BREAKING: #HongKong national security police arrested six current and former senior staff members of @StandNewsHK on Wednesday morning on suspicion of breaching the colonial-era Crimes Ordinance by conspiring to publish seditious publication. Photo: Stand News FB live screenshot.