Twelve Hong Kong youths who participated in last year’s anti-sending campaign were intercepted by Chinese Coast Guard in late August on their way to Taiwan on a suspected speedboat and detained in Shenzhen’s Yantian Detention Center, where they entered their 100th day on Monday. A student organization called for continued international attention to the situation of the 12 Hong Kong people.
The convener predicted that the 12 Hong Kong people may be “confessed” under official arrangement in an attempt to create white terror, hoping that the Hong Kong people will continue to uphold their belief in freedom and democracy in the midst of despair. Some of the families of the detained Hong Kong people expressed their gratitude to the people of Hong Kong for their continued concern and support, and hoped that the case would be concluded soon so that the 12 Hong Kong people could return home safely.
Four members, including Wang Yizhan (blue mask), the convenor of Civic Politics, and three citizens, were arrested by police and released on bail in the early morning of December 1. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
Four members, including Wang Yizhan (in blue mask), the convenor of Xianxue SiGong, and three citizens, all seven of whom were arrested after being stopped by police, were released on bail in the early morning hours of December 1. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
Twelve Hong Kong youths between the ages of 16 and 30, including 11 men and one woman, including “Hong Kong Story” member Lee Yu-heun, who was arrested by Hong Kong police on August 10 on suspicion of violating Hong Kong’s version of the National Security Law.
Student groups set up a street station to keep the heat on the 12 Hong Kong people.
Former Hong Kong Public Chi Secretary General Huang Zhi Feng and a number of protesters, based on media reports and internal records of the Hong Kong Government Flying Service, have questioned whether the Hong Kong police knew that 12 Hong Kong people were planning to sneak across the border, and that the incident may have been set up by the police to deliver the 12 Hong Kong people to the Chinese Coast Guard.
A student organization “Xianxue Si zheng” and the 12 Hong Kong people concern group, established in May this year, took advantage of the 100th day of the detention of the 12 Hong Kong people in Shenzhen to distribute stickers and propaganda in Mong Kok and Causeway Bay on Monday night, and printed a batch of greeting cards and Christmas cards for the public to write their blessings and send them to the Yantian detention center.
“In an interview with the Voice of America, Wang Yizhi, the convenor of Hsien Xue Si Zheng, expressed his hope to call on the people of Hong Kong and the international community to continue to pay attention to the situation of the 12 Hong Kong people through the street stations, so that the attention will not cool down and the 12 Hong Kong people will not forget all the sacrifices they have made for democracy and freedom.
The 12 Hong Kong people are expected to “confess” to their crimes under official arrangement, and attempt to create white terror. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
Wang Yizhang, convenor of the student organization Xianxue, predicts that 12 Hong Kong people may be officially arranged to “confess” their crimes in an attempt to create white terror. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
Wang Yizhang said: “We hope that through this event or this street station, we can make more people pay attention to this issue of 12 Hong Kong people, because we know that in the beginning, when this issue came out, it was very sensational, and even other countries did something about it. Twelve ‘brothers and sisters’, twelve Hong Kong people are separated from us. We put up this street station to remind everyone that every time we breathe the air of freedom now, in fact, many people have used their blood and their youth to get it back, and we hope that those of us who are still free now can know why we still have this space to do things. “
Convener expects 12 Hong Kong people may be arranged to “plead guilty”
Many family members of the 12 Hong Kong people suspected of being sent to China for more than 3 months received letters in their own handwriting earlier, expressing regret for what they had done and urging their families not to make trouble or accept media interviews. The Shenzhen Public Security Bureau announced on November 27 that the case of the 12 Hong Kong people was transferred to the Yantian District People’s Procuratorate for review and prosecution.
Wang Yizhang said that the content of the letters of the 12 Hong Kong people is more or less the same, and it is suspected that they were written under the threat of the authorities, and he expects that the 12 Hong Kong people may be “confessed” under the official arrangement in an attempt to create white terror, which he believes is the usual way the Chinese Communist Party treats dissidents.
He said: “This is actually the Chinese Communist Party’s usual way of dealing with dissidents, that is, we have seen many examples of them ‘confessing’, and even the old lady Wang, she said she was forced to sign some (repentance) letters in the Shenzhen Detention Center, or brainwashing education, patriotic education, all to force her to confess her guilt, so that she could be released. Knowing that the next 12 siblings do not rule out the possibility of confessing in official channels, maybe some images, some footage, even some words, we know that there is a chance, we know it is a Chinese Communist Party’s usual way of dealing with dissidents, but we all know that the situation may worsen, because we always know that the Chinese Communist Party is a country that is not too democratic.”
Desperate to still hold on to the belief in fighting for democracy and freedom
The Chinese Communist Party used the case of the 12 Hong Kong people to create a white terror that led to the implementation of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law on June 30, and he frankly felt desperate, but because of desperation, it is all the more important to stick to the belief in fighting for democracy and freedom.
A Hong Kong citizen writes a Christmas card to the 12 Hong Kong people at Mong Kok Street station on the night of November 30. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
A Hong Kong citizen writes a Christmas card to 12 Hong Kong people at Mongkok Street Station on the night of November 30. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Huiyun Tang)
Wang Yizhang said: “In fact, what I am giving now is far less than what some of our frontline brothers and sisters gave last year. Although I was not born in Hong Kong, I am willing to die in Hong Kong. Even if I give my youth or whatever, I will protect this land.
International attention helps Hong Kong people fight for democracy and freedom
The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, formally signed into law by President Trump on November 27 last year, requires the U.S. government to sanction Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for human rights abuses in Hong Kong, and so far more than 10 Chinese and Hong Kong officials have been sanctioned by the U.S. government, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.
Wang Yizhi said that the international attention has helped Hong Kong people in their fight for democracy and freedom, but he believes that the most important thing is that Hong Kong people continue to persist.
In fact, the United States must be the most important among the so-called international lines, because in fact, every country in the international (on), they all depend on how the United States treats China, in terms of Hong Kong’s attitude to follow, I believe that the future of Hong Kong we promote a democratic agenda to help, because we all know in fact we all have to understand! Foreign countries are not selfless to help us, the most important thing is how we regain our homeland, if other countries help us again, but if we Hong Kong people, our own thinking, our actions do not know how to evolve, do not know how to do, even if others try to help us, it is useless.”
Fears that 12 Hong Kong people may be tortured
The power of one person is very small, but if many people keep doing the same thing, it will be very powerful,” she said in an interview with the Voice of America. She wrote this sentence to encourage the 12 Hong Kong people, but also worried about their situation in Shenzhen Yantian Detention Center, because she grew up not trust the Chinese government’s words.
She put a slogan on her back and held up the “Five Demands, One Without the Other” sign of the anti-sending-China movement. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Tang Huiyun photo)
Hong Kong citizen Li Li wrote a greeting card to 12 Hong Kong people at the Mong Kok Street station on the evening of November 30, putting a slogan on her back and holding up the “five demands, one without” sign of the anti-sending campaign. (Voice of America Special Correspondent Tang Huiyun photo)
A Li said: “I would be very worried, because I grew up with my perception is that in China, all government things are not credible, they talk about freedom is not free, and most of the mainlanders gave me a bad image, that is, tainted milk powder, followed by their own quality control to do a poor job, and then come down (Hong Kong) to grab the milk powder, but also to talk about our (Hong Kong). (Mainlanders) to buy milk powder you (Hong Kong people) before you can make money, that is, is very annoying some of the practices.”
In her opinion, the contents of the letter from the 12 Hong Kong people may be contrary to the reality.
Because China is really too many very bad track record, and before there are some characters are going back to the mainland, followed by possible (by) imprisonment, but out after the finger twisted it?
Citizens feel indebted to 12 Hong Kong people
The Chinese Communist Party is using the case of the 12 Hong Kong people to scare Hong Kong people, hoping that they will not do anything more because they may be “sent to China” or “disappeared”, but she believes that the 12 Hong Kong people have sacrificed too much for democracy and freedom, and Hong Kong people should continue to pay attention to them.
Ms. Zhang said: “I think they (the 12 Hong Kong people) are very miserable, that is, for the sake of Hong Kong has paid a lot, so we all feel that we owe them, if we can help, try to help, to pay attention to (them).”
The family thanked the Hong Kong people for their continued concern
Mrs. Lee, mother of one of the detained Hong Kong residents, expressed her gratitude to the people of Hong Kong for their continuous attention and support to her family. Even though she knew that the greeting cards and Christmas cards written to the 12 Hong Kong people might sink into the sea, she still insisted on keeping the attention.
Mrs. Lee said: “In fact, we Hong Kong people know that there are more chances of sinking into the sea, but we Hong Kong people must keep on doing it, because the 12 of us have to flee because of this campaign, but many Hong Kong people know what is happening. Keeping (maintaining) this heat, not letting it cool down.”
I hope the case will be closed soon and my son will be home safely as soon as possible.
Mrs. Li said that her son has been detained for 100 days, and her only feeling is to wait. Recently, she received a notice that the case of the 12 Hong Kong people was transferred to the Yantian District People’s Procuratorate for review and prosecution.
I think they (12 Hong Kong people) did not commit any major crimes, that is, if many lawyers told us that these crimes of sneaking across the border are very trivial, it’s just that it (the Chinese authorities) took a long time, and now we have to communicate with them again,” she said. If you can’t, you’re really worried.”
Mrs. Lee said that she had received a letter from her son, but she did not think that the contents were what her son really meant, as if she had been instructed to write them.
The letter said, “Actually, it must be, because we read the letter ourselves, and almost every one of them is the same, saying that they live well, they are fat, they have three meals a day, they don’t need to work, and they are very good to him.
Criticism of China’s opaque judicial process
Mrs. Li criticized the lack of transparency in China’s judicial process, and was recently contacted by a government-appointed lawyer.
Even if we go to the Immigration Department (Hong Kong) to do so many things, the Immigration Department is useless, it can do nothing. I remember my first letter was to go to the Immigration Department and ask the Immigration Department to forward it to the Guangdong Office, but I couldn’t receive it, I sent those myself and didn’t mention it, I think in fact they said that Hong Kong is part of China, I don’t think they (the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities) have anything closely related to it. “
Families of 12 Hong Kong People Insist on Refusing Official Lawyers
In a statement issued on Monday (November 30), 12 Hong Kong People’s Concern Group (HKPCG) said that for the past three months, Hong Kong people and their families have been experiencing the black hole of Chinese justice. Lawyers independently appointed by the families have not yet been given access to their clients, and have been replaced by “official lawyers”; family letters sent back to Hong Kong in the middle of the month are so unwieldy and awkward that they seem more like a propaganda text appointed by the Chinese Communist Party.
According to the statement, over the past week, a number of self-proclaimed “representative lawyers” began contacting the family, saying that they had visited the client. Most of them were evasive and did not even provide names; although the families indicated that they had appointed lawyers, they said, “Don’t worry about the legal fees, you can pay in installments,” and some mainland authorities even said that they had paid the fees with cash that the clients had with them. The statement said that even the secret detention was explained by the Chinese authorities as a logical step.
The statement also said that the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau’s Yantian Branch announced on Nov. 27 that it had transferred the cases of 12 people to the Yantian District People’s Procuratorate for review and prosecution. The family members are worried that the prosecutor’s office and the court will delay the case indefinitely, and they are also worried that the court will suddenly start the trial, which will make it impossible for them to go to the Shenzhen court in time to listen to the trial, which will be disguised as a secret trial of the 12 people.
The families of the 12 Hong Kong people reiterated their insistence that they be represented by official lawyers and that the Chinese authorities must allow the family lawyers to meet with them and go to the prosecutor’s office to review the case files and prepare for their defense.
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