Hong Kong's steady descent into a police state

[AsianXpat0]

https://twitter.com/antd/status/1425469047752196096

https://twitter.com/xinwenxiaojie/st...81165410705409

Ever expanding tiny minority.

[Greghouse]

Is he an idiot, or just a bad liar?

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...abChangeable=0

[stickyears]

Is he an idiot, or just a bad liar?

There will be plenty of marches, they will just look like this now...

[Mefisto]

(Thread)
https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1427819187095830543

https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1427851392186679297

https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status...69794997444611

https://twitter.com/jgriffiths/statu...17004660973573



On a more "patriotic" note, here's what the co-founder of so-called "DAB", Tsang Yok-sing, wrote about actual (pro-CCP) bombings of 1967.


https://twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/sta...13233831055361

https://twitter.com/sebastianveghk/s...67168342077442


For better or worse, he's always struck me as a reasonably smart operator. Is he refusing to speak to (non-Party) media? I'm sure a lot of people would like to hear what he thinks about the regime's actions vis-à-vis Hongkonger rights activists...

[ByeByeEngland]

Be careful when engraving your phone!

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58258385

[Coolboy]

(Thread)
https://twitter.com/hkfp/status/1427819187095830543

https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1427851392186679297

https://twitter.com/tomgrundy/status...69794997444611

https://twitter.com/jgriffiths/statu...17004660973573



On a more "patriotic" note, here's what the co-founder of so-called "DAB", Tsang Yok-sing, wrote about actual (pro-CCP) bombings of 1967.


https://twitter.com/TMclaughlin3/sta...13233831055361

https://twitter.com/sebastianveghk/s...67168342077442


For better or worse, he's always struck me as a reasonably smart operator. Is he refusing to speak to (non-Party) media? I'm sure a lot of people would like to hear what he thinks about the regime's actions vis-à-vis Hongkonger rights activists...

Well the students were very dumb to have that motion in the first place in this political climate. Really not the smartest thing to do in this "new" HK. Then again, getting arrested for what is essentially "speech crimes" and likely facing years in prison seems way too excessive.

I know, this is done to deter any likely future similar calls by anyone else in HK. But a basic principle of justice is that the punishment must fit the crime. It should not be too harsh or too lenient. It has to be appropriate. And facing who knows how many years in the jail for speech crimes is just way out of proportions.

But then this is the new Hong Kong, is it not?

[AsianXpat0]

https://twitter.com/Transit_Jam/stat...74410654756867

https://twitter.com/Transit_Jam/stat...11449089609732

These RTHK-associated people need to be careful if they don’t want to become the next Kovrig and Spavor. Even being green isn’t going to keep you from well-incentivised paranoia (it’s like Salem with promotions).

[drumbrake]

Some RTHK stories are still funny as they report just the facts.

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...3-20210907.htm

[East_coast]

Q: How's Hong Kong
A: Can't complain

[RobRoy]

Might see a chocolate ban soon in HK, given that its a tool to threaten national security..