Hong Kong police 7-1 mobilized 10,000 police officers to blockade Causeway Bay pro-democracy groups insist on marching to set up street stations to speak out

July 1 this year is the 24th anniversary of the handover of sovereignty in Hong Kong, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the first anniversary of the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, the Hong Kong police once again used the new crown pneumonia epidemic as a reason to oppose the pro-democracy groups to hold the 7-1 march, Wednesday 7-1 eve again arrested the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China Zou Xingtong, accused her of inciting others to participate in unauthorized assembly, Thursday in the whole of Hong Kong to deploy 10,000 The police force, and even blockade the Victoria Park and Causeway pedestrian zone to prevent people from demonstrating on the streets.

The League of Social Democrats, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and other civic groups still insist on 7-1 street stands in Wan Chai, Mong Kok and other areas, calling on the public to continue to speak out. Many people also wear black clothes, in response to the detained Zou Xingtong appeal to take to the streets to speak out, to express the heart of Hong Kong people will not die.

Today July 1 is the 24th year since the handover of sovereignty, the centenary of the Communist Party of China, the first anniversary of the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Law”, and the first acting Chief Executive’s 7-1 after the promotion of police officer Li Ka-chiu to Chief Secretary for Administration, the police for the second consecutive year to the new crown pneumonia epidemic and restrictions on gathering as a reason to oppose the pro-democracy groups to organize the 7-1 march.

4 people from the League of Social Democrats march to urge the Communist Party of China not to forget the founding of the party

For the second consecutive year without a march, this year’s police security than last year, the police deployed 10,000 police officers stationed in various districts throughout the territory, the Convention and Exhibition Center in Wanchai and Golden Bauhinia Square, held the 24th anniversary of the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong flag-raising ceremony and the venue of the reception, the police security is “watertight”, in addition to the entrance to the old wing of the Convention and Exhibition In addition to placing a large number of water horses around the entrance of the old wing of the Convention and Exhibition, Thursday morning, there are water cannon vehicles and Ruiwu armored vehicles in the area of Wan Chai on alert.

Although the police opposed the pro-democracy groups to hold the July 1 march, the League of Social Democrats still followed the tradition of the past years and marched to the 24th anniversary of the handover of sovereignty flag-raising ceremony outside the Golden Bauhinia Square in the morning of July 1 to demonstrate.

In accordance with the epidemic’s 4-person gathering restriction, the LSD President Wong Ho Ming and 4 other members participated in the march. Dozens of police officers were present to monitor the march before it started, and spent about half an hour searching the backpacks and other belongings of the 4 people one by one as well as registering their identity card information, and warning Wong Ho Ming and other people not to chant inflammatory slogans.

Huang and other members of the march chanted slogans such as “Celebrate the 100th anniversary, don’t forget the original intention, what is the original intention, implement universal suffrage, eradicate poverty, the original intention of the founding of the Party, don’t lose and don’t forget, does Xi Jinping hear?

Demand the Chinese Communist Party to honor its promise to implement universal suffrage and release political prisoners

Huang Haoming read out the manifesto of the march, saying that the CPC in the early days of its founding advocated “the implementation of unrestricted general elections” and “the protection of the people’s right to freedom of assembly, association, speech and publication, and the abolition of police regulations and criminal laws against strikes”, which were supported by the Chinese people at that time. This was embraced by the Chinese people at the time. However, Wong Ho-ming said that 100 years later in China and Hong Kong under the Chinese Communist Party, the people have no right to universal suffrage, and even the freedom of assembly, association, speech and publication have been seriously deprived.

Wong Ho-ming said that Hong Kong has been traumatized by the national security law and the new pneumonia epidemic in the past two years, and many protesters have been reduced to prisoners, and civil society is in danger.

Huang Haoming said, “Immediately fulfill the promises made to the Chinese people by formulating a truly democratic constitution, electing a truly democratic congress and government, and ensuring that the people have genuine freedom of speech, assembly, association and publication. Let the people supervise the government, let the people be the masters, let human rights take precedence over the regime, let the people be greater than the state, let power be vested in the people, let universal suffrage be implemented throughout the country, let political repression stop, and let all political prisoners be released.”

Chan Po-ying is upset and angry about the re-arrest of Zou Xingtong

Police earlier also banned the June 4 march of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (HKASPDMC) and the candlelight rally in Victoria Park with the new pneumonia restriction of gathering order, following the early morning of June 4, police arrested HKASPDMC Vice Chairman Zou Xingtong again on Wednesday, the eve of 7-1, accusing her of allegedly promoting and calling on the public to participate in the banned public event she planned to hold on June 4, and also allegedly calling on the public to participate in the banned march on 7-1, formally charging her with allegedly The charge of “inciting others to knowingly and unlawfully participate in an unauthorized assembly” will be brought in the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Court on Friday (July 2).

On the eve of Zou Xingtong 7-1 was revoked bail again arrested, the deputy secretary general of the League of Social Democrats Chen Bao Ying responded to a question from the Voice of America, said Zou Xingtong, himself a barrister, is the legal representative of the League of Social Democrats and other three pro-democracy groups on the 7-1 march was banned to appeal, in the appeal hearing although the committee ultimately rejected the 7-1 march appeal, but the chairman of the Appeal Board praised Zou Xingtong in the appeal hearing, put forward very insightful The legal opinion, for a rational legal democrats are arrested by the police, Chan Po-ying expressed unease and anger, but also reflects the current Hong Kong has been unreasonable.

Chen said: “Miss Zou Xingtong is actually a very reasonable, very clear, clear understanding of the legal situation, but it is surprising to say that the police said it is because of ‘incitement’ of those unauthorized assembly and arrested, we feel very uneasy and very angry, you think about a I think there is no reasoning in Hong Kong now.”

The government is still hoping that the people of Hong Kong will continue to speak out on 7-1 after the arrest of Zou Xingtong

After her arrest, Zou Xingtong sent a message to the public through her lawyer on Wednesday night that she was wearing a T-shirt from the inaugural issue of Apple Daily at the moment, which was very appropriate. She is no longer free to go anywhere, and hopes that everyone can insist on speaking out on 7-1.

On the day of 7-1 Zou Xingtong again through friends and relatives in social networking site postings, to Hong Kong people’s July 1 message said, did not expect this year’s June 4, July 1, have to spend in the police station. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. I am grateful to the Party and State for looking up to me, but I am actually just one of the thousands of Hong Kong people who want to speak out on this day of July 1. You can’t arrest me alone, and you can’t plug the long mouth of the people.”

Zou Xingtong also said that the authorities want to make an example of monkeys, “we have to tell them that the people of Hong Kong is not scared back. All those who are still holding on, hang in there!”

The CTU criticized the police for being crazy and stifling freedom of expression

The League of Social Democrats, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions and other pro-democracy organizations were scheduled to stage a 7-1 procession in Causeway Bay at 3 p.m. on Thursday, calling on the public to continue to speak out, but the police began to blockade Victoria Park, the starting point of the scheduled 7-1 procession, at noon, and sent a large number of police officers to prevent pro-democracy groups from staging a procession in Causeway Bay. The pro-democracy group was driven to the Wan Chai area.

In an interview with the Voice of America, the director-general of the CTU in Wanchai, Mr. Mung Siu-tat, described the police security in Causeway Bay as a frenzied attempt to create a political panic effect and to reflect the stifling of Hong Kong people’s freedom of expression.

The police are trying to create a political panic effect, and all voices with different political views are to be eliminated, in fact, it is already with the so-called epidemic considerations, completely unable to see the relationship, because fundamentally we just set up a street station, is completely in line with the Not more than 4 people to limit the gathering of the provisions of the order, but all have to be such a strict array of defense, as the enemy, will we clear away some of the original open (street station) area, reflecting to really even a street station can not accommodate the time, in fact, completely stifled the freedom of expression that Hong Kong people should enjoy.”

Worried about Hong Kong towards the mainlandization of one country, two systems exist in name only

The police arrest of Zou Xingtong is a “political arrest” to fear the governance of Hong Kong, Hong Kong is becoming more and more mainland, reflecting the existence of Hong Kong’s one country, two systems, a high degree of autonomy in name only.

The recent political arrests and political crackdowns are a reflection of the fact that the Hong Kong government has been moving further and further away from the rule of law, and now it is the ‘governance by law’ that it talks about, but those laws are left to its interpretation, left to its new formulation, the law has only The laws have become a political tool, and furthermore, they are used to govern Hong Kong with fear, and apart from the laws, they keep spreading fear, so that people are afraid and worried, and then retreat and give up their rights and freedom. A high degree of autonomy in name only, now it seems to be increasingly integrated with the mainland.”

People were moved to go alone on the original 7-1 march route

Mr. Yin, who has participated in the 7-1 march every year since 2003, said in an interview with the Voice of America that he was alone today, dressed in black, and walked along the route of the previous 7-1 march from Victoria Park to the government headquarters in Admiralty, showing that the people of Hong Kong are not giving up the opportunity to speak out.

Mr. Yin said: “I set out before actually have seen her (Zou Xingtong) Facebook those appeals, or her that feeling, in fact, are very moved, but also very angry of course is that she was arrested again, of course, very angry, but see her ‘female stream of the generation’, that is ‘Women are not afraid of men’, can have so strong, so tenacious fighting spirit, we come out to shop, or again their own line (walk) once (the original 7-1 march route), are a very small responsibility.”

A uniformed police officer was stabbed suspect suspected of self-inflicted death

Hong Kong police said Thursday afternoon in Causeway Bay multi-place security, the afternoon area intercepted and arrested a man, said he was in possession of imitation firearms. Police said a crowd at 3 p.m. in the Causeway Bay area assembly and shouting, police intercepted a man in the vicinity, found him in possession of imitation firearms, immediately to suspected of “possession of imitation firearms” will be arrested him.

The police condemned the possession of imitation firearms in downtown, a threat to public safety and public order, reiterating that they will not tolerate any illegal acts of violence, and will continue to pay close attention to the situation, to make appropriate deployment, if there is any illegal behavior, will be strict law enforcement, to take arrest action.

According to a number of Hong Kong media reports, outside the main entrance of the Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay, about 10 p.m. Thursday, a police officer was attacked and injured. A man suddenly stabbed a uniformed police officer in the back with a knife, the man then suspected of self-harm, stabbed himself with a knife to the left chest, the suspect was then subdued by police officers, reportedly sent to hospital and confirmed dead, the injured police officer was sent to hospital for medical treatment.

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who is attending the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, strongly condemned the knife attack on the police officer, who was seriously injured, and offered her condolences to the injured officer.