Bad week for Hong Kong's premier white boy cop Rupert Dover. 壹週刊/Next Mag's revealed he runs a business on the side, built an illegal structure on govt land he shouldn't even be living on, *AND* rented it out on Airbnb. He took refuge from reporters in a public toilet. Thread:
#NOW: The long-unheard #antiELAB protest anthem, Glory to Hong Kong, is once again sung by protesters at New Town Plaza, a protest hotspot, after months of lull due to the #coronavirus outbreak. Retail shops close as police advance into the shopping mall. #HongKongProtests
WhatsGap, a popular app in Hong Kong, maps businesses that are viewed as backing pro-democracy protestors, helping them to draw customers. But Google and Apple removed the app from their online stores, apparently to placate China. https://t.co/ZrZMLUoePG
I flew to Hong Kong to release @HRW’s new World Report. This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem. https://t.co/GRUaGh8QUb
Crowds at today’s rally. The march was not permitted but the rally received a letter of no objection. Spillover into statue square. #hongkongprotest via Instagram: https://t.co/CmqqRZAcEZ