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    Hong Kong says will not interfere with Chinese law enforcement arrest of 12 residents

    Hong Kong’s government stood fast in its refusal to interfere with the arrest of 12 residents seeking to flee to Taiwan by sea, despite pleas from families for assistance, saying the crime falls under mainland Chinese jurisdiction.


    In a statement late on Sunday, Hong Kong authorities said they had received requests for help from the families of the residents who were detained last month by mainland law enforcement for illegal entry into mainland China after trying to flee to Taiwan.


    China on Sunday labelled the group as ‘separatists’.


    “The relevant crime falls within the jurisdiction of the mainland and the special administrative region government respects and will not interfere with law enforcement actions,” Hong Kong’s government said.


    The group was suspected of committing “various criminal offences” in Hong Kong, it added, as it urged the families to make use of a free legal consultation service being provided.


    The comments came a day after relatives of the detainees held a news conference in Hong Kong, demanding the urgent return of the 12 who were intercepted by the Guangdong coast guard on Aug. 23 on a boat bound for Taiwan.


    Donning masks and hats to shield their identities, families plead for those arrested to be allowed to consult lawyers appointed by them and not the Chinese government, and to be allowed to call relatives in Hong Kong.


    A boy aged 16 is the youngest being held and several need medication, relatives said.


    The arrests came about two months after Beijing imposed a security law on the Asian financial hub following months of pro-democracy demonstrations.


    Critics have said the law has pushed the former British colony onto a more authoritarian path.


    China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that the arrested people were separatists, in response to its U.S. counterpart’s characterisation of the arrest as a deterioration of human rights.


    U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus had tweeted the arrests were “another example of the deterioration of human rights in Hong Kong”, and called on mainland authorities to “ensure due process”.

    Hong Kong says will not interfere with Chinese law enforcement arrest of 12 residents at sea | Thai PBS World : The latest Thai news in English, News Headlines, World News and News Broadcasts in both Thai and English. We bring Thailand to the world

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    12 residents seeking to flee to Taiwan by sea
    that was smart.



    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    Hong Kong’s government stood fast in its refusal to interfere
    That's just weasley, but not entirely unexpected.

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    Since the "Hong Kong government" is primarily chinky lackies, that's no surprise whatsoever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Since the "Hong Kong government" is primarily chinky lackies, that's no surprise whatsoever.
    Hong Kong is a part of China. Fullstop.

    If China had any brains or balls , they would start testing nuclear weapons to remind the fucksticks in the west , who really owns HK and Taiwan.

    But nope. They keep playing this passive aggressive game like a bunch of pussies

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    Why on earth should they? They weren't arrested in HK.

    But I'd be curious to find out the real story here, we're obviously not being told something. "Flee" to Taiwan, like Vietnamese boat people? Seems most unlikely- Taipei HKG is one of the busiest air routes in the world. Not like you need any permission to leave HK either, so just hop on a plane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Not like you need any permission to leave HK either, so just hop on a plane.
    Dear oh dear, how fucking thick are you?

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    Just how feckin' thick would you be trying to emulate Thor Heyerdahl, when there are a couple of dozen flights daily, and a flight time of 90 minutes?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Just how feckin' thick would you be trying to emulate Thor Heyerdahl, when there are a couple of dozen flights daily, and a flight time of 90 minutes?
    And....

    The group was suspected of committing “various criminal offences” in Hong Kong
    You fucking moron.

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    They were probably on the immigration 'stop' list if their bail conditions mandated that they could not leave HK.
    That said, they were detained for illegally entering China. So we k ow that China has intelligence about their departure.

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    They were probably on the immigration 'stop' list if their bail conditions mandated that they could not leave HK.
    Then they would have to have been charged with something. No information on this at all, just that some unnamed persons 'suspect' them of some unspecified miscreance. Real Pulitzer prize stuff.

    - Had they been charged with anything, prior to their boat trip Y/N?
    - If so, what?
    - If so, was their right to leave suspended as a bail condition? Y/N?
    - If not, what were they doing on a boat to allegedly go to a nearby destination that they could have easily flown to legally?

    Hope that's simple enuff for 'arry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Then they would have to have been charged with something. No information on this at all, just that some unnamed persons 'suspect' them of some unspecified miscreance. Real Pulitzer prize stuff.

    - Had they been charged with anything, prior to their boat trip Y/N?
    - If so, what?
    - If so, was their right to leave suspended as a bail condition? Y/N?
    - If not, what were they doing on a boat to allegedly go to a nearby destination that they could have easily flown to legally?

    Hope that's simple enuff for 'arry.
    So far as I know, all had been arrested at one time or another and some had been charged with court cases pending. Other details I don't know.

    What is really daft is Carrie Lam saying she will not interfere with another country (China) whilst at the same time demanding the return of 5 Hongkongers who made it by boat to Taiwan. She has even given a speech telling everyone that this is 'consistent'.

    There is a Chinese expression which says roughly 'The word Government has two mouths.'


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    The fact that they were on the chinky hit list means the chinkies were going to pick them up if they tried to leave legitimately.

    That's why they were trying to sneak to Taiwan on a fucking boat, you idiot.

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    The fact that they were on the chinky hit list
    What fact, where? There is no such fact, you are clutching at thin air and just showing yourself up more. This will remain the fact until someone (anyone!) produces some specific report as to whether or not they had been charged with anything, and had their right to leave suspended. Or indeed what they were purportedly suspected of, and by whom. You don't know that anymore than I do- the difference being, you just plunge in nose first with your stale, repetitive tropes and make a fool of yourself, yet again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    What fact, where? There is no such fact, you are clutching at thin air and just showing yourself up more. This will remain the fact until someone (anyone!) produces some specific report as to whether or not they had been charged with anything, and had their right to leave suspended. Or indeed what they were purportedly suspected of, and by whom. You don't know that anymore than I do- the difference being, you just plunge in nose first with your stale, repetitive tropes and make a fool of yourself, yet again.
    Oh blah fucking blah, why else do you think they were trying to sneak out on a boat instead of presenting themselves to border control?

    If you want to talk about straw clutching, explain that one dumbarse.

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    Caution: Fascists at work.

    More than 60 people have been arrested in Hong Kong after small crowds attending protests on China’s national day were met by thousands of police.

    Across central business and shopping districts police cordoned off and searched members of the public and the press – separated from the civilian crowds under widely criticised new police powers determining who is considered authorised media.

    At least 60 people were arrested in Causeway Bay, accused of participating in an unauthorised assembly, the police force said.


    A 23-year-old man was also arrested for possessing an offensive weapon, and a 35-year-old was arrested for vehicle registration offences and for possessing masks and stickers with pro-independence slogans.
    Hong Kong: at least 60 people arrested on China's national day | World news | The Guardian

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    ^ Good. These were probably the same lowlife that were running around smashing up public infrastructure

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    The chinkies continue to erode the freedoms of Hong Kong citizens.

    HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers said Wednesday they would all quit in protest at the ousting of four of their colleagues who were judged a threat to national security by authoritarian Beijing.

    The resignations will reduce the semi-autonomous city's once-feisty legislature to a gathering of Chinese central government loyalists, effectively ending pluralism in the chamber.

    They also mark another blow to Hong Kong's beleaguered pro-democracy movement, which has been under sustained attack since China imposed a sweeping national security law, including arrests for social media posts and activists fleeing overseas.


    "We, from the pro-democracy camp, will stand with our colleagues," Wu Chi-wai, convener of the 15 remaining pro-democracy legislators, told a press conference.


    "We will resign en masse."


    Earlier Wednesday, Hong Kong authorities ousted the four members minutes after one of China's top lawmaking committees ruled the city's government could remove any legislator deemed a threat to national security without going through the courts.


    Hong Kong's leader is chosen by pro-Beijing committees, but half of its legislature's 70 seats are directly elected, offering the city's 7.5 million residents a rare chance to have their voices heard at the ballot box.
    All Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers to resign as China crushes opposition

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