When HK police suddenly moved forward, a pregnant woman didn't walk away in time and fell on the street. Her husband was enraged. The HK police then fired pepper spray to stop reporters from reporting the scene.
#fightforfreedom#standwithhk#freedomhk#hongkonger#hongkong
First they ban dining in, then they arrest some teenagers on suspicion of breaking the national security law, then they retracted the dine-in ban, and now this.
For every 12 hours, something absolutely ridiculous happens in #hongkong.
#BREAKING: Pro-democracy activists Lester Shum and Tiffany Yuen and politicians Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Tat Cheng and Kwok Ka-ki are barred from contesting in the upcoming legislative election, local media report, and as many as 12 people are disqualified. #HongKongProtests
Mass barring of pro-democracy legislators from running in LegCo elections (which may be delayed anyway). Not surprising, but also death knell for any pretense HK had to even a semi democratic system.
🇭🇰 JUST IN: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong @joshuawongcf is among those barred from upcoming Hong Kong legislative elections, SCMP reports. More @business: https://t.co/x5x9AK0Uzf #香港
[I was just disqualified from LegCo election, despite being the biggest winner in #Hkprimaries]
1. Few minutes ago, I was just disqualified from running in the upcoming LegCo election in #Hongkong, even though I got the highest vote share in the primary, w/ 30000+ votes obtained
BREAKING: Mass disqualifications of democratic candidates in #HongKong happening right now.
Another hammer-blow to Hong King’s autonomy.
“Lifeboat” policies have clearly been inadequate to curb Beijing’s bullying. It’s time for coordinated sanctions.
The list is as follows. Some "mild" candidates are also barred. No just those who are being named as "national enemies"
Lester Shum
Dennis Kwok
Alvin Yeung
Kwok Ka-ki
Cheng Tat-hung
Alvin Cheung
Tiffany Yuen
Joshua Wong
Fergus Leung
Gwenyth Ho
Ventus Lau
Kenneth Leung