生前有參與反修例抗爭活動的15歲女生陳彥霖上月浮屍油塘對開碧海，惹來揣測。調景嶺知專設計學院今日（15日）再公開兩段上月19日閉路電視（CCTV）片段，第一段顯示一名穿黑背心、長褲及黑鞋的女子當日下午5時50分進入升降機按掣，她手持文件，其間曾抬頭張望升降機四周。約半分鐘後，一名白衣漢進入升降機按掣，女子站在升降機一角落，白衣漢則站在另一角落，雙方無交流。片段停在女子步出升降機一刻，未有顯示白衣漢有否跟隨女子步出升降機。
第二段為同日晚上停車場出入口片段。昨日（14日）有學生質疑片段曾遭剪輯，今日公開的片段開始於被質疑遭剪輯部分之後，該片顯示一名疑似陳彥琳的女子，於上月19日晚上6時59分離開知專校園，當時雙腳疑赤腳行走。
院方表示，由於網上就事件流傳不同的信息及臆測，在保障私隱的情況下，校方公開陳同學傍晚回校及離校片段，重申無任何隱瞞的需要，除因應保障私隱要求，不能展示閉路電視片段中不相關者的容貌外，並沒有刪改任何片段。校方明白學生及公眾關注事件，因此已保留閉路電視紀錄，以在有需要時再提供資料。
知專學生：睹調景嶺站女生赤腳步行
知專學生Black（化名）表示，上月19日晚上7時許行經港鐵調景嶺站，曾見到一名赤腳、沒束髮的女生，衣著與閉路電視片段中的女子有七、八成相似。Black說，該女子當時緩緩從站內步行，其間以水平角度四周張望，形容她似在找人、精神恍惚，手上沒持物。Black入閘後再回頭望該女子，見她轉入站內一掘頭路，而非走向海邊。
Black稱，看到校方的閉路電視片段後，才憶起曾在調景嶺站見到該女子，後悔當日因趕時間未有上前查問何事，促請院方交出閉路電視原片。
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
[明報 Mingpao], !即時 Instant News, 【知專女生浮屍】知專保安搬走載CCTV片主機惹質疑 (12:00)
生前有參與反修例抗爭的15歲女生陳彥霖上月浮屍油塘對開碧海，惹來揣測，有學生要求其上課的調景嶺知專設計學院交出閉路電視片段「還原真相」。校內保安昨晚搬走兩部載有閉路電視片段的主機，保安經理今早在學生追問下，稱為確保片段完好、不壞不失，才運走電腦。
至昨晚約8時，網上流傳疑似校方保安試圖從保安室內搬走兩座電腦主機，並運上一輛可疑貨車。有地區組職聯同街坊於校內搜索，發現搬走主機的是一名姓劉的保安經理，他當時聲稱該兩部主機內載有閉路電視片段，當時只把主機搬到校內其他位置，並非運離校園，承認事前未獲校方同意。
該保安經理稱目前只有他一人知道及能進入兩座主機的位置，承諾於今早9時於校內公開交代學校的閉路電視片段保存期限、9月19日至10月14日內有何人曾經打算查閱該閉路電視片段、有關可疑車輛有否曾進入學校範圍及重申主機現時保存位置。
今早9時許，約20名學生到場等候，有學生指出，學生代表昨曾與院長會面，當時院長一度稱閉路電視片段是由警方提供。至早上10時50分，保安部經理劉先生及高級經理莫先生到場，突然改稱校方已宣布停課3日，院方不會有人返校，着學生明日再來。
在將軍澳社區主任張偉超及學生追問下，劉經理解釋，昨有同學敲打保安室門，因怕同學「掃爛野」，情急之下運走電腦。莫經理補充，昨日有水浸情况，為確保片段完好、不壞不失，才運走電腦。
劉強調，保安昨日沒有就事件報警，除消防外，沒有政府部門人員曾進入學校。他說，翻查9月14日至今紀錄，沒警員曾進入保安室取片，又稱自己沒權翻看閉路電視片段，只有院方主任級人員才有權。劉表示，院方現留起電腦，強調院方已承諾不會刪除片段。
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至昨晚約8時，網上流傳疑似校方保安試圖從保安室內搬走兩座電腦主機，並運上一輛可疑貨車。有地區組職聯同街坊於校內搜索，發現搬走主機的是一名姓劉的保安經理，他當時聲稱該兩部主機內載有閉路電視片段，當時只把主機搬到校內其他位置，並非運離校園，承認事前未獲校方同意。
該保安經理稱目前只有他一人知道及能進入兩座主機的位置，承諾於今早9時於校內公開交代學校的閉路電視片段保存期限、9月19日至10月14日內有何人曾經打算查閱該閉路電視片段、有關可疑車輛有否曾進入學校範圍及重申主機現時保存位置。
今早9時許，約20名學生到場等候，有學生指出，學生代表昨曾與院長會面，當時院長一度稱閉路電視片段是由警方提供。至早上10時50分，保安部經理劉先生及高級經理莫先生到場，突然改稱校方已宣布停課3日，院方不會有人返校，着學生明日再來。
在將軍澳社區主任張偉超及學生追問下，劉經理解釋，昨有同學敲打保安室門，因怕同學「掃爛野」，情急之下運走電腦。莫經理補充，昨日有水浸情况，為確保片段完好、不壞不失，才運走電腦。
劉強調，保安昨日沒有就事件報警，除消防外，沒有政府部門人員曾進入學校。他說，翻查9月14日至今紀錄，沒警員曾進入保安室取片，又稱自己沒權翻看閉路電視片段，只有院方主任級人員才有權。劉表示，院方現留起電腦，強調院方已承諾不會刪除片段。
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Monday, October 14, 2019
[路透社 Reuters], !即時 Instant News, China's crackdown on sugar smuggling leaves global storage headache
By Maytaal Angel and Hallie Gu
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A crackdown on sugar smuggling into China has left abundantly supplied markets in Asia and beyond struggling to absorb excess supplies, causing a wider storage problem for global markets.
Vast tonnages of sugar smuggled into China are believed to be produced mostly in India or Thailand and shipped to Myanmar, Laos or Vietnam before entering the Chinese mainland.
Those flows should more than halve this year to about 800,000 tonnes versus previous years when between 1.5-2.8 million tonnes would be smuggled in, according to Wang Weidong, a sugar analyst based in southern China.
The crackdown comes as Beijing faces pressure from industry to extend hefty sugar import tariffs beyond 2020 and keep growth in licensed imports into China historically low.
“Chinese authorities have really clamped down on that (smuggling trade) this year. It’s been shut down for all intents and purposes,” said a source a London-based sugar trader with ties to Asia.
Traders and analysts in London and Beijing said they expect the clamp-down to continue.
International Sugar Organization (ISO) figures show the global market will record a deficit of nearly 5 million tonnes in the 2019/20 season, meaning Asia will be able to absorb some of the excess resulting from China’s crackdown.
However, following two straight years of surplus, the world market has some 95 million tonnes of stock to absorb, the ISO said. That is equivalent to about six months worth of demand and is disproportionately concentrated in Asia.
CHINA’S OFFICIAL IMPORTS SLOW
China’s tariffs should leave official sugar imports into the country little changed this year at around 3 million tonnes, said Justin Liu, China-based senior sugar analyst at Chaos Research Institute.
The lack of growth is unusual for a developing economy like China which has a sugar deficit, and shows Beijing is serious about protecting its domestic industry.
“With the domestic output and imports under the quota, China’s domestic demand can be met. Supply and demand is balanced. If China opens its market completely, the domestic sugar industry will be doomed,” said Weidong.
“Everyone is speaking from their own interest. Why produce so much when you can’t consume it?” he added.
China in May 2017 hit major exporting nations with hefty tariffs on sugar imports, and started to levy extra tariffs on out-of-quota sugar imports from all origins in August last year.
The measures, with the smuggling crackdown, have helped push Chinese white sugar prices up some 20 percent this year, after they sank to near four-year lows last year.
THAI STOCKS BUILD
China’s smuggling crackdown has also contributed to a build-up of stock in Thailand, some of which made its way onto global markets mid this year via record deliveries against ICE futures contracts.
Analysts Green Pool said Thailand, the world’s second largest exporter, was sitting on nearly 7 million tonnes of stock at end-September, 1.1 million tonnes more than last September and nearly 3 million more than the previous two years.
“In an ideal world they would have sold all their stock by September,” Green Pool analyst Tom McNeill said. A large proportion of this stock will have to be cleared by the end of the year to make way for the new crush, he added.
Industry sources say Thai raw sugar is again trading at a premium to the ICE futures, indicating the supply-demand balance in Asia is starting to tighten. But the China crackdown still leaves Asian markets with unwelcome excess supply.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-sugar-smuggling-analysis/chinas-crackdown-on-sugar-smuggling-leaves-global-storage-headache-idUSKBN1WT005
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A crackdown on sugar smuggling into China has left abundantly supplied markets in Asia and beyond struggling to absorb excess supplies, causing a wider storage problem for global markets.
Vast tonnages of sugar smuggled into China are believed to be produced mostly in India or Thailand and shipped to Myanmar, Laos or Vietnam before entering the Chinese mainland.
Those flows should more than halve this year to about 800,000 tonnes versus previous years when between 1.5-2.8 million tonnes would be smuggled in, according to Wang Weidong, a sugar analyst based in southern China.
The crackdown comes as Beijing faces pressure from industry to extend hefty sugar import tariffs beyond 2020 and keep growth in licensed imports into China historically low.
“Chinese authorities have really clamped down on that (smuggling trade) this year. It’s been shut down for all intents and purposes,” said a source a London-based sugar trader with ties to Asia.
Traders and analysts in London and Beijing said they expect the clamp-down to continue.
International Sugar Organization (ISO) figures show the global market will record a deficit of nearly 5 million tonnes in the 2019/20 season, meaning Asia will be able to absorb some of the excess resulting from China’s crackdown.
However, following two straight years of surplus, the world market has some 95 million tonnes of stock to absorb, the ISO said. That is equivalent to about six months worth of demand and is disproportionately concentrated in Asia.
CHINA’S OFFICIAL IMPORTS SLOW
China’s tariffs should leave official sugar imports into the country little changed this year at around 3 million tonnes, said Justin Liu, China-based senior sugar analyst at Chaos Research Institute.
The lack of growth is unusual for a developing economy like China which has a sugar deficit, and shows Beijing is serious about protecting its domestic industry.
“With the domestic output and imports under the quota, China’s domestic demand can be met. Supply and demand is balanced. If China opens its market completely, the domestic sugar industry will be doomed,” said Weidong.
“Everyone is speaking from their own interest. Why produce so much when you can’t consume it?” he added.
China in May 2017 hit major exporting nations with hefty tariffs on sugar imports, and started to levy extra tariffs on out-of-quota sugar imports from all origins in August last year.
The measures, with the smuggling crackdown, have helped push Chinese white sugar prices up some 20 percent this year, after they sank to near four-year lows last year.
THAI STOCKS BUILD
China’s smuggling crackdown has also contributed to a build-up of stock in Thailand, some of which made its way onto global markets mid this year via record deliveries against ICE futures contracts.
Analysts Green Pool said Thailand, the world’s second largest exporter, was sitting on nearly 7 million tonnes of stock at end-September, 1.1 million tonnes more than last September and nearly 3 million more than the previous two years.
“In an ideal world they would have sold all their stock by September,” Green Pool analyst Tom McNeill said. A large proportion of this stock will have to be cleared by the end of the year to make way for the new crush, he added.
Industry sources say Thai raw sugar is again trading at a premium to the ICE futures, indicating the supply-demand balance in Asia is starting to tighten. But the China crackdown still leaves Asian markets with unwelcome excess supply.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-sugar-smuggling-analysis/chinas-crackdown-on-sugar-smuggling-leaves-global-storage-headache-idUSKBN1WT005
[路透社 Reuters], !即時 Instant News, China September exports, imports in deeper contraction as tariffs take toll
BEIJING (Reuters) - A slide in China’s exports picked up pace in September while imports contracted for a fifth straight month, pointing to further weakness in the economy and underlining the need for more stimulus as the Sino-U.S. trade war drags on.
Analysts say it could take time for Chinese exports to recover amid slowing global growth despite tentative signs of a thaw in tense trade relations between the world’s top two economies.
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump outlined the first phase of a deal to end the trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff hike set for Oct. 15. But existing tariffs remain in place and officials on both sides said much more work needed to be done.
September exports fell 3.2% from a year earlier, the biggest fall since February, customs data showed on Monday. Analysts had expected a 3% decline in a Reuters poll after August’s 1% drop.
“The headline figures suggest that global demand softened last month, adding to the pressure from the U.S. tariffs that went into effect in September,” said analysts at Capital Economics.
Economists also attributed the export slowdown to a fading in the so-called “front-loading” effect. Some Chinese firms had rushed to ship goods to the United States ahead of the September deadline, supporting overall July and August export readings.
“We expect shrinking exports will likely be one of the biggest drag on China’s economic growth in the coming months, as the tariff impact will be further in place, along with the pay-back effects,” said Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura.
Total September imports fell 8.5% after August’s 5.6% decline, the lowest since May, and were expected to fall 5.2%.
Some sectors held a silver lining. China’s industrial metals imports, including iron ore and copper, surged in September fueled by firm demand at steel mills.
But analysts at ANZ noted volumes were buoyed by recovery from recent disruptions in Australia and Brazil, and may also have been lifted by restocking ahead of China’s 70th anniversary celebrations, suggesting overall demand remains weak.
Nomura’s Lu pointed to subdued imports in the raw material processing sector and softening global commodity prices possibly playing a role in depressing overall imports.
Despite more than a year of growth boosting measures, China’s domestic demand has remained stubbornly weak as economic uncertainty weighs on business and consumer confidence and discourages fresh investment.
TRADE SURPLUS
China reported a trade surplus of $39.65 billion last month, compared with a $34.84 billion surplus in August. Analysts had forecast $33.3 billion.
Its trade surplus with the United States stood at $25.88 billion in September, narrowing from August’s $26.96 billion.
China’s exports to the United States fell 10.7% from a year earlier in dollar terms in January-September, while U.S. imports dropped 26.4% during that period, the customs data showed.
September had marked a major escalation in the trade row, with Washington imposing 15% tariffs on more than $125 billion in Chinese imports from Sept. 1, and Beijing hitting back with retaliatory levies.
Though President Trump had agreed not to proceed with a hike in tariffs set for Tuesday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Trump had not made a decision about tariffs that were subject to go into effect in December.
Analysts are also skeptical that the “mini deal” would mark a major breakthrough.
“It is difficult to take that much comfort from the latest signs of progress given that we’ve had plenty of apparent truces in recent months end abruptly in a sudden further escalation in trade tensions,” said analysts at Capital Economics.
Customs spokesman Li Kuiwen told a news conference on Monday China’s stable domestic economy had provided a strong cushion against external challenges, but added that trade development in the future was still complicated and severe.
Economists at UBS expect further pressure on China’s job market as the impact of the latest U.S. tariff escalations filter through to struggling manufacturers.
“We think the time to watch for potentially significant job losses is from December this year until March 2020, assuming all announced tariff hikes are implemented. Job losses may be more concentrated in a few sectors that have higher exposure to foreign final demand, such as textiles, computers and electronics and electrical equipment, among others.”
Analysts believe China’s economic growth cooled further in the third quarter from a near 30-year low of 6.2% hit in April-June, and is threatening to breach the lower end of the government’s full-year target of 6.0-6.5%.
A growing number of economists are forecasting growth could fall into the upper 5% range in 2020 due to lingering trade tensions and a combination of cyclical and structural factors.
Writing by Lusha Zhang; Editing by Jacqueline Wong
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-september-exports-imports-in-deeper-contraction-as-tariffs-take-toll-idUSKBN1WT07P
Analysts say it could take time for Chinese exports to recover amid slowing global growth despite tentative signs of a thaw in tense trade relations between the world’s top two economies.
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump outlined the first phase of a deal to end the trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff hike set for Oct. 15. But existing tariffs remain in place and officials on both sides said much more work needed to be done.
September exports fell 3.2% from a year earlier, the biggest fall since February, customs data showed on Monday. Analysts had expected a 3% decline in a Reuters poll after August’s 1% drop.
“The headline figures suggest that global demand softened last month, adding to the pressure from the U.S. tariffs that went into effect in September,” said analysts at Capital Economics.
Economists also attributed the export slowdown to a fading in the so-called “front-loading” effect. Some Chinese firms had rushed to ship goods to the United States ahead of the September deadline, supporting overall July and August export readings.
“We expect shrinking exports will likely be one of the biggest drag on China’s economic growth in the coming months, as the tariff impact will be further in place, along with the pay-back effects,” said Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura.
Total September imports fell 8.5% after August’s 5.6% decline, the lowest since May, and were expected to fall 5.2%.
Some sectors held a silver lining. China’s industrial metals imports, including iron ore and copper, surged in September fueled by firm demand at steel mills.
But analysts at ANZ noted volumes were buoyed by recovery from recent disruptions in Australia and Brazil, and may also have been lifted by restocking ahead of China’s 70th anniversary celebrations, suggesting overall demand remains weak.
Nomura’s Lu pointed to subdued imports in the raw material processing sector and softening global commodity prices possibly playing a role in depressing overall imports.
Despite more than a year of growth boosting measures, China’s domestic demand has remained stubbornly weak as economic uncertainty weighs on business and consumer confidence and discourages fresh investment.
TRADE SURPLUS
China reported a trade surplus of $39.65 billion last month, compared with a $34.84 billion surplus in August. Analysts had forecast $33.3 billion.
Its trade surplus with the United States stood at $25.88 billion in September, narrowing from August’s $26.96 billion.
China’s exports to the United States fell 10.7% from a year earlier in dollar terms in January-September, while U.S. imports dropped 26.4% during that period, the customs data showed.
September had marked a major escalation in the trade row, with Washington imposing 15% tariffs on more than $125 billion in Chinese imports from Sept. 1, and Beijing hitting back with retaliatory levies.
Though President Trump had agreed not to proceed with a hike in tariffs set for Tuesday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Trump had not made a decision about tariffs that were subject to go into effect in December.
Analysts are also skeptical that the “mini deal” would mark a major breakthrough.
“It is difficult to take that much comfort from the latest signs of progress given that we’ve had plenty of apparent truces in recent months end abruptly in a sudden further escalation in trade tensions,” said analysts at Capital Economics.
Customs spokesman Li Kuiwen told a news conference on Monday China’s stable domestic economy had provided a strong cushion against external challenges, but added that trade development in the future was still complicated and severe.
Economists at UBS expect further pressure on China’s job market as the impact of the latest U.S. tariff escalations filter through to struggling manufacturers.
“We think the time to watch for potentially significant job losses is from December this year until March 2020, assuming all announced tariff hikes are implemented. Job losses may be more concentrated in a few sectors that have higher exposure to foreign final demand, such as textiles, computers and electronics and electrical equipment, among others.”
Analysts believe China’s economic growth cooled further in the third quarter from a near 30-year low of 6.2% hit in April-June, and is threatening to breach the lower end of the government’s full-year target of 6.0-6.5%.
A growing number of economists are forecasting growth could fall into the upper 5% range in 2020 due to lingering trade tensions and a combination of cyclical and structural factors.
Writing by Lusha Zhang; Editing by Jacqueline Wong
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-trade/china-september-exports-imports-in-deeper-contraction-as-tariffs-take-toll-idUSKBN1WT07P
[路透社 Reuters], !即時 Instant News,As options narrow on Syria, Trump prepares to drop sanctions hammer on Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara, potentially as early as this week, for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey.
Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters was never an option, defense officials have said, and Trump asked the Pentagon on Sunday to begin a “deliberate” withdrawal of all U.S. troops from northern Syria.
After Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that Trump had authorized “very powerful” new sanctions targeting Turkey, the administration appeared ready to start making good on Trump’s threat to obliterate Turkey’s economy.
On Sunday, Trump said he was listening to Congress, where Republicans and Democrats are pushing aggressively for sanctions action.
“Dealing with @LindseyGrahamSC and many members of Congress, including Democrats, about imposing powerful Sanctions on Turkey,” Trump said on Twitter, referring to the loyal Trump ally and U.S. senator who lambasted the president last week.
“Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned!” he added.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that sanctions were “being worked out at all levels of the government for rollout.”
Trump is struggling to quell harsh criticism, including from some of his staunchest Republican backers, that he gave Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan a green light to attack the Kurds last Sunday when he decided to pull a small number of U.S. troops out of the border area.
Turkey’s offensive aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and seen by Ankara as a terrorist group aligned with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey. But the SDF has also been Washington’s key ally in fighting that has dismantled Islamic State’s jihadist “caliphate” in Syria.
Trump’s decision, rooted in his long-stated aim to get the United States out of “endless wars,” has prompted bipartisan concerns that it opens the door to the revival of Islamic State.
While sanctions appear to be the strongest tool of deterrence, the United States and its European allies could also ponder arms sales bans and the threat of war crimes prosecutions.
“Good decision by President @realDonaldTrump to work with Congress to impose crippling sanctions against Turkeys outrageous aggression/war crimes in Syria,” Graham tweeted.
‘MONUMENTAL FAILURE’
It is unclear what sanctions are in the order drafted last week, which Mnuchin said was ready for activation at any moment, and whether they would be as severe as what lawmakers are proposing.
Representatives Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike McCaul, the committee’s senior Republican, introduced a bill last Friday that would sanction Turkish officials involved in the Syria operation and banks involved with Turkey’s defense sector until Turkey ends military operations in Syria.
It also would stop arms from going to Turkish forces in Syria, and require the administration to impose existing sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa-sanctions/as-options-narrow-on-syria-trump-prepares-to-drop-sanctions-hammer-on-turkey-idUSKBN1WS0SF
Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters was never an option, defense officials have said, and Trump asked the Pentagon on Sunday to begin a “deliberate” withdrawal of all U.S. troops from northern Syria.
After Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that Trump had authorized “very powerful” new sanctions targeting Turkey, the administration appeared ready to start making good on Trump’s threat to obliterate Turkey’s economy.
On Sunday, Trump said he was listening to Congress, where Republicans and Democrats are pushing aggressively for sanctions action.
“Dealing with @LindseyGrahamSC and many members of Congress, including Democrats, about imposing powerful Sanctions on Turkey,” Trump said on Twitter, referring to the loyal Trump ally and U.S. senator who lambasted the president last week.
“Treasury is ready to go, additional legislation may be sought. There is great consensus on this. Turkey has asked that it not be done. Stay tuned!” he added.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that sanctions were “being worked out at all levels of the government for rollout.”
Trump is struggling to quell harsh criticism, including from some of his staunchest Republican backers, that he gave Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan a green light to attack the Kurds last Sunday when he decided to pull a small number of U.S. troops out of the border area.
Turkey’s offensive aims to neutralize the Kurdish YPG militia, the main component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and seen by Ankara as a terrorist group aligned with Kurdish insurgents in Turkey. But the SDF has also been Washington’s key ally in fighting that has dismantled Islamic State’s jihadist “caliphate” in Syria.
Trump’s decision, rooted in his long-stated aim to get the United States out of “endless wars,” has prompted bipartisan concerns that it opens the door to the revival of Islamic State.
While sanctions appear to be the strongest tool of deterrence, the United States and its European allies could also ponder arms sales bans and the threat of war crimes prosecutions.
“Good decision by President @realDonaldTrump to work with Congress to impose crippling sanctions against Turkeys outrageous aggression/war crimes in Syria,” Graham tweeted.
‘MONUMENTAL FAILURE’
It is unclear what sanctions are in the order drafted last week, which Mnuchin said was ready for activation at any moment, and whether they would be as severe as what lawmakers are proposing.
Representatives Eliot Engel, the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, and Mike McCaul, the committee’s senior Republican, introduced a bill last Friday that would sanction Turkish officials involved in the Syria operation and banks involved with Turkey’s defense sector until Turkey ends military operations in Syria.
It also would stop arms from going to Turkish forces in Syria, and require the administration to impose existing sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa-sanctions/as-options-narrow-on-syria-trump-prepares-to-drop-sanctions-hammer-on-turkey-idUSKBN1WS0SF
[中央通訊社 CNA], !日報 Daily News,北京拿簽證要脅阻美議員訪台 代表團：霸凌國會
（中央社華盛頓13日綜合外電報導）「華爾街日報」今天刊登美國聯邦眾議員馬洛尼的投書，他撰文指出，本月稍早，他和一群跨黨派國會議員申請北京簽證遭拒，理由只有一個：代表團打算造訪台灣。
馬洛尼（Sean Patrick Maloney）表示，北京此舉，和試圖壓下美國對香港「反送中」的支持出自同樣邏輯，都是感覺到有必要控制國際論述。在台灣面臨北京強烈施壓之際，他將在國會努力，試著以符合美台國安利益的方式，加強對台支持。
民主黨籍的馬洛尼以「北京試圖霸凌國會」（Beijing Tries To Bully Congress）為文寫道，中國官員多次告訴他們一行人，「如果我取消台灣行程，就可以拿到簽證」。
「這是簽證勒索，是要制止美國國會和台灣穩健交流的悠久傳統。在行政部門對官方訪問自我設限的情況下，如此交流格外重要。」
「當我方明確表示，代表團取消停留台灣不在選項之中，這些官員要求我發表聲明，支持北京版的『一個中國』政策。」
馬洛尼寫道，毋庸置疑，台灣彰顯華人也能有蓬勃的民主，讓北京深受威脅，而台灣政治上的成功，挑戰了中國獨裁共產黨的謊言和藉口，中國國家主席習近平才會試圖利用經濟脅迫與軍事壓力扼殺台灣民主，強迫台灣與中國統一。
「近年來，包括萬豪酒店（Marriot）、聯合航空（United）、達美航空（Delta）、美國航空（American Airlines）等美國大企業，都被迫把官網提及台灣為國家的部分移除。」
「更有甚者，中國透過國家資助的假新聞行動干預台灣2018年九合一大選，現在又有跡象顯示，台灣2020年1月的總統大選，他們也想故技重施。」
馬洛尼說，中國非常喜歡壓下美國對「反送中」以及對新疆「再教育營」維吾爾人的支持，這和他們試圖限制與台灣交流邏輯相同：都是出於控制國際論述的必要性。如同美國職業籃球聯盟（NBA）和其他美企現在學到的，若想和北京有商業往來，這幾項都是碰也碰不得的敏感議題。
馬洛尼說，中國外交部8日多次表示，包括NBA在內，美企若不聽取中國民意，就不會受到中國歡迎，「於是乎越來越仰賴中國市場的美企被迫在利潤與美國核心價值之間抉擇，最後常是答應中國要求」。
他說，中國動作頻頻，拒國會議員於門外只是最新舉動，但美國有義務履行1979年台灣關係法，中國官員聰明的話，就會接受這點。
「接下來這幾個月，我會看看有哪些方法，可在符合共同國安利益的前提下，讓國會加強對台支持。在台灣面臨中國強烈施壓之際，這樣的支持不僅有實質上的必要，也是義之所驅。面對中國共產黨的壓迫和威權，美國必須支持民主與自由。」
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201910140156.aspx
馬洛尼（Sean Patrick Maloney）表示，北京此舉，和試圖壓下美國對香港「反送中」的支持出自同樣邏輯，都是感覺到有必要控制國際論述。在台灣面臨北京強烈施壓之際，他將在國會努力，試著以符合美台國安利益的方式，加強對台支持。
民主黨籍的馬洛尼以「北京試圖霸凌國會」（Beijing Tries To Bully Congress）為文寫道，中國官員多次告訴他們一行人，「如果我取消台灣行程，就可以拿到簽證」。
「這是簽證勒索，是要制止美國國會和台灣穩健交流的悠久傳統。在行政部門對官方訪問自我設限的情況下，如此交流格外重要。」
「當我方明確表示，代表團取消停留台灣不在選項之中，這些官員要求我發表聲明，支持北京版的『一個中國』政策。」
馬洛尼寫道，毋庸置疑，台灣彰顯華人也能有蓬勃的民主，讓北京深受威脅，而台灣政治上的成功，挑戰了中國獨裁共產黨的謊言和藉口，中國國家主席習近平才會試圖利用經濟脅迫與軍事壓力扼殺台灣民主，強迫台灣與中國統一。
「近年來，包括萬豪酒店（Marriot）、聯合航空（United）、達美航空（Delta）、美國航空（American Airlines）等美國大企業，都被迫把官網提及台灣為國家的部分移除。」
「更有甚者，中國透過國家資助的假新聞行動干預台灣2018年九合一大選，現在又有跡象顯示，台灣2020年1月的總統大選，他們也想故技重施。」
馬洛尼說，中國非常喜歡壓下美國對「反送中」以及對新疆「再教育營」維吾爾人的支持，這和他們試圖限制與台灣交流邏輯相同：都是出於控制國際論述的必要性。如同美國職業籃球聯盟（NBA）和其他美企現在學到的，若想和北京有商業往來，這幾項都是碰也碰不得的敏感議題。
馬洛尼說，中國外交部8日多次表示，包括NBA在內，美企若不聽取中國民意，就不會受到中國歡迎，「於是乎越來越仰賴中國市場的美企被迫在利潤與美國核心價值之間抉擇，最後常是答應中國要求」。
他說，中國動作頻頻，拒國會議員於門外只是最新舉動，但美國有義務履行1979年台灣關係法，中國官員聰明的話，就會接受這點。
「接下來這幾個月，我會看看有哪些方法，可在符合共同國安利益的前提下，讓國會加強對台支持。在台灣面臨中國強烈施壓之際，這樣的支持不僅有實質上的必要，也是義之所驅。面對中國共產黨的壓迫和威權，美國必須支持民主與自由。」
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/201910140156.aspx
[DW], !日報 Daily News, 江天勇获释后续遭软禁 妻批中国法律是“废纸”
中国维权律师江天勇的妻子向德国之声表示他今年2月28日获释之后，并未真正获得自由，而是持续被软禁在位于河南信阳市的老家。 中国政府除了派人对江天勇进行24小时的监控外，在10月1日国庆前夕，更增派监控人手。
(德国之声中文网) 虽然江天勇已获释七个多月，但他的妻子金变玲告诉德国之声，中国政府目前仍持续对他与他的家人进行24小时的严格监控。 她说：“信阳市当地警局在江天勇父母家的正对面搭建一个临时小屋，24小时派人轮班监控江天勇。 此外，他们在江天勇父母家、妹妹家还有他出门必经之路都装了监视器。 ”
提到丈夫恐怕会面临无限期的软禁，金变玲说如果中国政府一直强调自己是个依法治国的国家，那根据江天勇的案件来看，中国的法律“根本是张废纸。 ”她强烈的呼吁中国政府：“既然中国政府一直对国际社会说你是依法治国的国家，那请你还江天勇应有的自由，我也希望国际社会与人权组织能在访华时，找到机会探望江天勇，并将中国当地打压人权的真实情况分享到全世界。 ”
此外，金变玲说江天勇在被关押的两年期间，疑似因受虐与被强迫服用不明药物，导致他不仅记忆力严重下降，出狱后腰也因严重受伤而无法如常人一般坐立，而脚也持续出现浮肿症状。 她向德国之声表示：“江天勇出狱后身体一直不好，但当局只准他到村里的诊所就诊。 但诊所中没有医疗设备，所以他们只随便针对他所叙述的症状开药让他吃，导致他健康状况持续恶化。 ”
虽然后来在律师与朋友持续向当局反映后，当局才派人陪江天勇到信阳市医院进行检查。 但检查完后，医生却称江天勇身体很健康，这样的解释让金变玲深信院方是受到国保的威胁下，才说出这样的话。 她说：“江天勇后来再次要求去北京就医，但当局却断然拒绝。 往后只要江天勇与父母要出门，警局人员便会立即贴身跟踪他，甚至在过程中骚扰或打骂他。 他们不断说他是卖国贼、叛徒与汉奸，并以江天勇说话不老实为由，动手打他。 当局可以说是用尽各种方法来威胁江天勇。 ”
忧江天勇被二度关押
在十月一日国庆假期前，信阳市警局突然派长官到江天勇父母家中，表示要对刑满释放的人进行回访。 当江天勇再度提出要就医后，他们不同意并开始与江天勇发生争执。 根据金变玲的说法，江天勇在过程中不断抱怨自己虽然表面上被刑满释放，但他一点自由也没有。 她说：“他们在骂江天勇的同时还录像，我认为他们这么做是想藉由激怒江天勇来录下他的反应，然后以后可能以此为证据来再次拘捕他。 ”
金变玲说她目前只能透过微信偶尔与江天勇发讯息或通话，而目前她也不清楚江天勇到底何时能赴美与她跟女儿团聚。 根据金变玲的说法，美国政府已核准庇护申请的相关文件，所以江天勇是可以合法前往美国的。 她告诉德国之声：“我跟女儿目前都没收到任何关于江天勇何时能赴美探望我们的信息。 从出狱到现在，他还是处于被软禁的状态，与外界隔绝。 我们一家已分散6年多，我们真的不知道何时才能一家团聚。 ”
人权专家忧江案余波效应
国际人权服务社 (International Service for Human Rights) 的亚洲部专员戴维 (Raphaël Viana David) 自从江天勇首次被关押后便持续关注此案， 而他向德国之声表示中国过去几年逐渐开始将刑满获释的人从监狱转移至居所软禁，而他认为中国政府很可能会以相同作法来对待接下来陆续获释的维权律师。
戴维说：“国际社会常常将焦点放在正在受虐的维权人士上，而遗忘了那些获释后仍被软禁于家中，人身自由受到限制的维权人士。 江天勇的案例显示中国政府如何运用各种法律名义来持续打压已刑满获释的维权律师。 ”
戴维指出维权律师在中国维权运动中扮演极为重要的角色，因为律师将各个不同领域的维权团体串连起来，而中国政府打压维权律师，也是为了要能够斩断这些团体之间的链接性，并防止中国的维权运动未来继续扩大。 他告诉德国之声：“打压维权律师不仅能弱化中国维权运动整体的影响力，也能防止他们未来的规模持续扩大。 ”
联合国人权高级专员办事处9月24日发布新闻稿，呼吁中国政府立即停止对江天勇的监控与骚扰。 联合国专家表示北京对江天勇进行的惩罚不但过于极端，也是违法的。
此前，包含失明人权人士陈光诚在内的多名维权人士也曾在刑满获释后，遭中国政府以软禁的方式持续打压。 德国科隆大学的中国法律专家阿尔 (Björn Ahl) 曾在接受德国之声访问时表示，中国刑法规定，只有在对当事人存在刑事犯罪的嫌疑，而且已开始调查程序的情况下，才能采用监视居住。 而中国政府对维权人士采取的软禁，在刑法中是找不到依据的。
今年2月，中国国家主席习近平在一篇曝光的谈话中表示，中国在全面推行依法治国时，必须要走自己的路，推进共产党的领导制度化与法治化。 他强调，中国绝对不能走西方“宪政”、“三权鼎力”、“司法独立”的路子，而是应该透过法治建设来加强党的领导。
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E6%B1%9F%E5%A4%A9%E5%8B%87%E8%8E%B7%E9%87%8A%E5%90%8E%E7%BB%AD%E9%81%AD%E8%BD%AF%E7%A6%81-%E5%A6%BB%E6%89%B9%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E6%98%AF%E5%BA%9F%E7%BA%B8/a-50818274
(德国之声中文网) 虽然江天勇已获释七个多月，但他的妻子金变玲告诉德国之声，中国政府目前仍持续对他与他的家人进行24小时的严格监控。 她说：“信阳市当地警局在江天勇父母家的正对面搭建一个临时小屋，24小时派人轮班监控江天勇。 此外，他们在江天勇父母家、妹妹家还有他出门必经之路都装了监视器。 ”
提到丈夫恐怕会面临无限期的软禁，金变玲说如果中国政府一直强调自己是个依法治国的国家，那根据江天勇的案件来看，中国的法律“根本是张废纸。 ”她强烈的呼吁中国政府：“既然中国政府一直对国际社会说你是依法治国的国家，那请你还江天勇应有的自由，我也希望国际社会与人权组织能在访华时，找到机会探望江天勇，并将中国当地打压人权的真实情况分享到全世界。 ”
此外，金变玲说江天勇在被关押的两年期间，疑似因受虐与被强迫服用不明药物，导致他不仅记忆力严重下降，出狱后腰也因严重受伤而无法如常人一般坐立，而脚也持续出现浮肿症状。 她向德国之声表示：“江天勇出狱后身体一直不好，但当局只准他到村里的诊所就诊。 但诊所中没有医疗设备，所以他们只随便针对他所叙述的症状开药让他吃，导致他健康状况持续恶化。 ”
虽然后来在律师与朋友持续向当局反映后，当局才派人陪江天勇到信阳市医院进行检查。 但检查完后，医生却称江天勇身体很健康，这样的解释让金变玲深信院方是受到国保的威胁下，才说出这样的话。 她说：“江天勇后来再次要求去北京就医，但当局却断然拒绝。 往后只要江天勇与父母要出门，警局人员便会立即贴身跟踪他，甚至在过程中骚扰或打骂他。 他们不断说他是卖国贼、叛徒与汉奸，并以江天勇说话不老实为由，动手打他。 当局可以说是用尽各种方法来威胁江天勇。 ”
忧江天勇被二度关押
在十月一日国庆假期前，信阳市警局突然派长官到江天勇父母家中，表示要对刑满释放的人进行回访。 当江天勇再度提出要就医后，他们不同意并开始与江天勇发生争执。 根据金变玲的说法，江天勇在过程中不断抱怨自己虽然表面上被刑满释放，但他一点自由也没有。 她说：“他们在骂江天勇的同时还录像，我认为他们这么做是想藉由激怒江天勇来录下他的反应，然后以后可能以此为证据来再次拘捕他。 ”
金变玲说她目前只能透过微信偶尔与江天勇发讯息或通话，而目前她也不清楚江天勇到底何时能赴美与她跟女儿团聚。 根据金变玲的说法，美国政府已核准庇护申请的相关文件，所以江天勇是可以合法前往美国的。 她告诉德国之声：“我跟女儿目前都没收到任何关于江天勇何时能赴美探望我们的信息。 从出狱到现在，他还是处于被软禁的状态，与外界隔绝。 我们一家已分散6年多，我们真的不知道何时才能一家团聚。 ”
人权专家忧江案余波效应
国际人权服务社 (International Service for Human Rights) 的亚洲部专员戴维 (Raphaël Viana David) 自从江天勇首次被关押后便持续关注此案， 而他向德国之声表示中国过去几年逐渐开始将刑满获释的人从监狱转移至居所软禁，而他认为中国政府很可能会以相同作法来对待接下来陆续获释的维权律师。
戴维说：“国际社会常常将焦点放在正在受虐的维权人士上，而遗忘了那些获释后仍被软禁于家中，人身自由受到限制的维权人士。 江天勇的案例显示中国政府如何运用各种法律名义来持续打压已刑满获释的维权律师。 ”
戴维指出维权律师在中国维权运动中扮演极为重要的角色，因为律师将各个不同领域的维权团体串连起来，而中国政府打压维权律师，也是为了要能够斩断这些团体之间的链接性，并防止中国的维权运动未来继续扩大。 他告诉德国之声：“打压维权律师不仅能弱化中国维权运动整体的影响力，也能防止他们未来的规模持续扩大。 ”
联合国人权高级专员办事处9月24日发布新闻稿，呼吁中国政府立即停止对江天勇的监控与骚扰。 联合国专家表示北京对江天勇进行的惩罚不但过于极端，也是违法的。
此前，包含失明人权人士陈光诚在内的多名维权人士也曾在刑满获释后，遭中国政府以软禁的方式持续打压。 德国科隆大学的中国法律专家阿尔 (Björn Ahl) 曾在接受德国之声访问时表示，中国刑法规定，只有在对当事人存在刑事犯罪的嫌疑，而且已开始调查程序的情况下，才能采用监视居住。 而中国政府对维权人士采取的软禁，在刑法中是找不到依据的。
今年2月，中国国家主席习近平在一篇曝光的谈话中表示，中国在全面推行依法治国时，必须要走自己的路，推进共产党的领导制度化与法治化。 他强调，中国绝对不能走西方“宪政”、“三权鼎力”、“司法独立”的路子，而是应该透过法治建设来加强党的领导。
https://www.dw.com/zh/%E6%B1%9F%E5%A4%A9%E5%8B%87%E8%8E%B7%E9%87%8A%E5%90%8E%E7%BB%AD%E9%81%AD%E8%BD%AF%E7%A6%81-%E5%A6%BB%E6%89%B9%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%BE%8B%E6%98%AF%E5%BA%9F%E7%BA%B8/a-50818274
[The Times], !日報 Daily News, Poland’s ruling party claims victory in general election
Poland’s ruling conservative nationalist party has claimed victory in the general election of the deeply divided nation.
“We have victory,” Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, told his supporters at in Warsaw after late exit polls indicated that he had won more than 40 per cent of the vote.
“We have four years of hard work ahead. Poland must change more and it must change for the better,” he said.
“We received a lot but we deserve more,” he added, pointing to projections which indicate the PiS will fall well short of the 307 seats required to change the constitution.
Official results this morning from 82.8 per cent of constituencies indicated that the PiS had won 45.2 per cent of the vote, with full results expected later.
The strong showing will nevertheless secure the continuation of the party’s wide-ranging reform programme in its second four-year term. This has included reforms to the judiciary, which have caused concern in the European Union.
The biggest opposition group, the centrist Civic Coalition (KO), secured 25.5 per cent of the vote. The leftist alliance, Lewica Razem, received 10.9 per cent, followed closely by the bloc of agrarian PSL and anti-system Kukiz’15, which won 9.8 per cent. The far-right Confederation is expected to receive 6.6 per cent.
Konrad Piasecki, a prominent Polish journalist, called the results “the largest triumph in the history of parliament elections” in Poland, with a voter turnout estimated to be 60 per cent.
The winning PiS has promised a “Polish version of the welfare state”. They have run on a platform of vast welfare programmes — with a 100 per cent rise in the minimum wage, increased retirement benefits and western-level subsidies for Poland’s farmers — all financed by an economic boom.
The controversial reforms span the justice system, the media, cultural institutions, banking and the energy sector. Experts fear court reforms could undermine judicial independence and the party’s anti-gay rhetoric could spell uncertainty for LGBT rights in Poland.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/polands-ruling-party-claims-victory-in-general-election-dqzh3fnft
“We have victory,” Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, told his supporters at in Warsaw after late exit polls indicated that he had won more than 40 per cent of the vote.
“We have four years of hard work ahead. Poland must change more and it must change for the better,” he said.
“We received a lot but we deserve more,” he added, pointing to projections which indicate the PiS will fall well short of the 307 seats required to change the constitution.
Official results this morning from 82.8 per cent of constituencies indicated that the PiS had won 45.2 per cent of the vote, with full results expected later.
The strong showing will nevertheless secure the continuation of the party’s wide-ranging reform programme in its second four-year term. This has included reforms to the judiciary, which have caused concern in the European Union.
The biggest opposition group, the centrist Civic Coalition (KO), secured 25.5 per cent of the vote. The leftist alliance, Lewica Razem, received 10.9 per cent, followed closely by the bloc of agrarian PSL and anti-system Kukiz’15, which won 9.8 per cent. The far-right Confederation is expected to receive 6.6 per cent.
Konrad Piasecki, a prominent Polish journalist, called the results “the largest triumph in the history of parliament elections” in Poland, with a voter turnout estimated to be 60 per cent.
The winning PiS has promised a “Polish version of the welfare state”. They have run on a platform of vast welfare programmes — with a 100 per cent rise in the minimum wage, increased retirement benefits and western-level subsidies for Poland’s farmers — all financed by an economic boom.
The controversial reforms span the justice system, the media, cultural institutions, banking and the energy sector. Experts fear court reforms could undermine judicial independence and the party’s anti-gay rhetoric could spell uncertainty for LGBT rights in Poland.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/polands-ruling-party-claims-victory-in-general-election-dqzh3fnft
[The Times], !日報 Daily News, Assad sends troops to confront Turkish forces
Syrian regime soldiers began moving north last night to confront the Turkish forces that have invaded northern Syria, adding to growing chaos in the area that analysts fear could spiral into a far wider confrontation.
The US announced it was starting to withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from the country; an unexpected retreat, and an example British and other western powers are likely to follow.
The decision followed the realisation in Washington that Turkey is intending to go farther in its drive to oust the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces than had been expected. Turkish forces were last night moving well beyond the border towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad, their initial targets.
The defenders, the YPG Kurdish militia that is the vanguard of the multi-ethnic SDF, have responded by striking a deal — with the help of Russia — for Syrian forces loyal to President Assad to join them. The regime forces are expected to move into the towns of Manbij and Kobani.
The Kurds described the deal with the Syrian government as a necessary step to stop the assault. “In order to prevent and confront this aggression, an agreement has been reached with the Syrian government . . . so the Syrian army can deploy along the Syrian-Turkish border to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces,” the Kurdish administration said in a statement.
In an editorial published in Foreign Policy magazine, SDF chief Mazlum Abdi wrote: “If we have to choose between compromises and the genocide of our people, we will surely choose life for our people.”
Mark Esper, the US defence secretary, told CBS a broadening of the offensive had made the situation “untenable” for US forces and that after a conversation with President Trump, a “deliberate withdrawal” would begin.
There were reports yesterday that the withdrawal of American troops had already begun. Mr Trump faced a growing backlash at home for effectively stepping aside to allow Turkey to attack the Kurdish forces which have been the West’s most reliable ally in the fight against Islamic State in the area.
Adam Kinzinger, a Republican congressman, said the decision had increased the risk of a resurgence of Isis. “We have left them [the Kurds] to the wolves,” he said.
Adding fuel to the fire, the SDF said yesterday hundreds of foreigners with links to Isis, mostly women and children, had escaped from the Ain Issa displacement camp after its Kurdish guards came under attack from Turkish forces. One monitoring group put the number who fled at 100, but Kurdish authorities said that almost 800 relatives of foreign Isis members had escaped.
Separately, video published online appeared to show Syrian rebel fighters who are aligned with the Turkish invaders executing civilians on the side of the M4 highway.
Among the dead was Hervin Khalaf, a female Kurdish politician who was dragged from her car and shot. A shaky video showed the group shooting another captive, his hands bound, by the roadside.
Turkey launched the operation in Syria, dubbed Peace Spring, on Wednesday after Mr Trump unexpectedly agreed that American troops in northern Syria would pull back from some parts of the border.
The YPG is the Syrian arm of the PKK, the guerrilla force that has been waging a four-decade war for autonomy against the Turkish state. It joined forces with pro-western Arab groups to form the SDF to fight Isis, after the jihadist group swarmed across Kurdish territory in 2014, but the alliance was uncomfortable for the US, Britain and other countries in Nato, of which Turkey is a member. However, it was successful in seizing eastern Syria from Isis — at a cost of 11,000 SDF lives.
President Erdogan had said for more than a year that he intended to seize a 20-mile border strip as a “safe zone”, which would also allow him to resettle two million Syrian refugees.
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies first targeted the border towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain. Since then about 104 SDF fighters, 76 Turkey-backed rebels and 52 civilians have been killed, according to monitors, with another 18 civilians killed in Turkey, according to local media. Shelling around the two towns continued yesterday amid conflicting reports over the control of Ras al-Ain. Turkey’s defence ministry said it was under their control, but the SDF disputed that. Isis seems to be taking advantage of the chaos, launching car-bomb attacks in both Hasakah and Qamishli. The group also declared the start of a new campaign in Syria, described as vengeance for the SDF’s detention of its members.
Five suspected Isis fighters broke out of a jail in Qamishli on Saturday when the area was hit by Turkish forces.
Ain Issa camp, about 20 miles south of the Turkish border, houses about 12,000 displaced people. Among their number were 249 foreign women and 700 children with links to Isis. They had previously included a number of British orphans, as well as the British nationals Tooba Gondal, Zahra Iqbal and Lisa Smith. Their whereabouts at the time of the escape was unknown.
The Turkish invasion has been met by near-universal international condemnation, with countries including France, Germany and Sweden announcing suspensions or bans in weapons exports to Turkey. Boris Johnson expressed “grave concern” about the situation in a call with Mr Erdogan.
Mr Trump sought to defend his decision yesterday, tweeting: “The Kurds and Turkey have been fighting for many years. Turkey considers the PKK the worst terrorists of all. Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. Let them! Endless Wars!”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/assad-sends-troops-to-confront-turkish-forces-b89dw5prx
The US announced it was starting to withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from the country; an unexpected retreat, and an example British and other western powers are likely to follow.
The decision followed the realisation in Washington that Turkey is intending to go farther in its drive to oust the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces than had been expected. Turkish forces were last night moving well beyond the border towns of Ras al-Ain and Tal Abyad, their initial targets.
The defenders, the YPG Kurdish militia that is the vanguard of the multi-ethnic SDF, have responded by striking a deal — with the help of Russia — for Syrian forces loyal to President Assad to join them. The regime forces are expected to move into the towns of Manbij and Kobani.
The Kurds described the deal with the Syrian government as a necessary step to stop the assault. “In order to prevent and confront this aggression, an agreement has been reached with the Syrian government . . . so the Syrian army can deploy along the Syrian-Turkish border to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces,” the Kurdish administration said in a statement.
In an editorial published in Foreign Policy magazine, SDF chief Mazlum Abdi wrote: “If we have to choose between compromises and the genocide of our people, we will surely choose life for our people.”
Mark Esper, the US defence secretary, told CBS a broadening of the offensive had made the situation “untenable” for US forces and that after a conversation with President Trump, a “deliberate withdrawal” would begin.
There were reports yesterday that the withdrawal of American troops had already begun. Mr Trump faced a growing backlash at home for effectively stepping aside to allow Turkey to attack the Kurdish forces which have been the West’s most reliable ally in the fight against Islamic State in the area.
Adam Kinzinger, a Republican congressman, said the decision had increased the risk of a resurgence of Isis. “We have left them [the Kurds] to the wolves,” he said.
Adding fuel to the fire, the SDF said yesterday hundreds of foreigners with links to Isis, mostly women and children, had escaped from the Ain Issa displacement camp after its Kurdish guards came under attack from Turkish forces. One monitoring group put the number who fled at 100, but Kurdish authorities said that almost 800 relatives of foreign Isis members had escaped.
Separately, video published online appeared to show Syrian rebel fighters who are aligned with the Turkish invaders executing civilians on the side of the M4 highway.
Among the dead was Hervin Khalaf, a female Kurdish politician who was dragged from her car and shot. A shaky video showed the group shooting another captive, his hands bound, by the roadside.
Turkey launched the operation in Syria, dubbed Peace Spring, on Wednesday after Mr Trump unexpectedly agreed that American troops in northern Syria would pull back from some parts of the border.
The YPG is the Syrian arm of the PKK, the guerrilla force that has been waging a four-decade war for autonomy against the Turkish state. It joined forces with pro-western Arab groups to form the SDF to fight Isis, after the jihadist group swarmed across Kurdish territory in 2014, but the alliance was uncomfortable for the US, Britain and other countries in Nato, of which Turkey is a member. However, it was successful in seizing eastern Syria from Isis — at a cost of 11,000 SDF lives.
President Erdogan had said for more than a year that he intended to seize a 20-mile border strip as a “safe zone”, which would also allow him to resettle two million Syrian refugees.
Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies first targeted the border towns of Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ain. Since then about 104 SDF fighters, 76 Turkey-backed rebels and 52 civilians have been killed, according to monitors, with another 18 civilians killed in Turkey, according to local media. Shelling around the two towns continued yesterday amid conflicting reports over the control of Ras al-Ain. Turkey’s defence ministry said it was under their control, but the SDF disputed that. Isis seems to be taking advantage of the chaos, launching car-bomb attacks in both Hasakah and Qamishli. The group also declared the start of a new campaign in Syria, described as vengeance for the SDF’s detention of its members.
Five suspected Isis fighters broke out of a jail in Qamishli on Saturday when the area was hit by Turkish forces.
Ain Issa camp, about 20 miles south of the Turkish border, houses about 12,000 displaced people. Among their number were 249 foreign women and 700 children with links to Isis. They had previously included a number of British orphans, as well as the British nationals Tooba Gondal, Zahra Iqbal and Lisa Smith. Their whereabouts at the time of the escape was unknown.
The Turkish invasion has been met by near-universal international condemnation, with countries including France, Germany and Sweden announcing suspensions or bans in weapons exports to Turkey. Boris Johnson expressed “grave concern” about the situation in a call with Mr Erdogan.
Mr Trump sought to defend his decision yesterday, tweeting: “The Kurds and Turkey have been fighting for many years. Turkey considers the PKK the worst terrorists of all. Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other. Let them! Endless Wars!”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/assad-sends-troops-to-confront-turkish-forces-b89dw5prx
[法廣 rfi], !日報 Daily News, 趙紫陽百歲冥壽 子女發文指中國面臨百年未見精神困局 應先改變自己
本周四(17日)是已故中共總書記趙紫陽的百歲冥壽，他的子女發表文章，指中國很多思想和學問因為領導者的不了解、不認同和不喜歡而被毀掉，令中國現時正面臨思想退化和理論缺失，是百年未見的精神困局。
他們指出，趙紫陽寧願下台也拒絕鎮壓人民，是以行為向中國呼籲，若要改變中國和世界，應先改變自己；而趙的經驗是，社會主義初級階段的理論是中國持續發展的出路。
在1989年「六四事件」後被罷黜及軟禁至壽終的中共前總書記趙紫陽，育有四子一女，香港《明報》今天在兩個版面刊登其子女以「趙家兄妹」名義發表的《祭先父趙紫陽百歲冥壽文》。趙紫陽子女在冥壽文中首先回顧了趙的一生，讚揚他善良和對剝削及壓迫的仇視，對人權有着天生的敏感。趙和很多老前輩在文革結束後，都有這種濃重的內疚情結，認為對中國人民，尤其是農民有所虧欠，故此進行改革，並先在農村開始。
文章指出，資源缺乏的中國因改革而取得巨大成就，但至今仍在為走什麼的發展道路的問題而搖擺不定，而2005年去世的趙紫陽經過深思後仍然認為，以毛澤東「新民主主義論」和鄧小平「改革開放思想」為基礎的「社會主義初級階段論」，是中國繼續前進的指導思想，是一條能走得通的路。
文章續稱，可惜的是，「多少舉世無雙的思想、多少興滅繼絕的學問，……因領導者的不了解、不認同、不喜歡而毀掉了，無復再生。」今天，中國面臨的，是思想的退化、理論的缺失；既沒有人道關懷暖，人民也沒有絲毫感動。這是百年未見的精神困局。
文章援引趙紫陽說：「君子動口不動手，一動手，打死了就沒有了。」後來，真的動手了，真的打死了。人心收服的努力、道義資源的培育、百家爭鳴的局面、政治改革的設計……全都化為烏有。文章續稱，經過多年優敗劣勝的「逆向淘汰」，更是令「剛正耿介者寥若晨星；寡廉鮮恥輩洋洋大觀」而這方面變化之快和徹底，「亘古未聞」。
文章以「眾所皆知的那件事」暗指「六四事件」，指趙紫陽在這事上是一個「不敢肆意而為」的「膽小的人」，為怕後世罵名而選擇了苦路。而其一生雖已是過眼煙雲，但他「以最後的行為，向中國共產黨人發出的呼籲，仍在迴響：我們希望改變中國，希望改變世界，為什麼我們不能改變一下自己呢？」
《趙紫陽傳》出版
另外，《中國青年報》前「冰點」副主編盧躍剛為趙紫陽所著的《趙紫陽傳 - 一位失敗改革家的一生》，亦在趙的百年冥壽時由台灣印刻出版社出版，填補了《軟禁中的談話》、《秘密錄音》《趙紫陽文集》等書籍只記載其生平一部分的空缺。
1919年出生的趙紫陽，1980年進入北京中央，從主管財經到總理，並在擔任總理期間開始主導政治體制改革，在中共「十三大」中以代理中共總書記身分發表政改報告，提出社會主義初級階段理論。其後，在「六四事件」中主張與學生話話、反對鎮壓的趙紫陽下台，遭軟禁15年後，於2005年1月因病逝世，但其骨灰下葬問題至今未解決。
http://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20191014-%E8%B6%99%E7%B4%AB%E9%99%BD%E7%99%BE%E6%AD%B2%E5%86%A5%E5%A3%BD-%E5%AD%90%E5%A5%B3%E7%99%BC%E6%96%87%E6%8C%87%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E9%9D%A2%E8%87%A8%E7%99%BE%E5%B9%B4%E6%9C%AA%E8%A6%8B%E7%B2%BE%E7%A5%9E%E5%9B%B0%E5%B1%80-%E6%87%89%E5%85%88%E6%94%B9%E8%AE%8A%E8%87%AA%E5%B7%B1
他們指出，趙紫陽寧願下台也拒絕鎮壓人民，是以行為向中國呼籲，若要改變中國和世界，應先改變自己；而趙的經驗是，社會主義初級階段的理論是中國持續發展的出路。
在1989年「六四事件」後被罷黜及軟禁至壽終的中共前總書記趙紫陽，育有四子一女，香港《明報》今天在兩個版面刊登其子女以「趙家兄妹」名義發表的《祭先父趙紫陽百歲冥壽文》。趙紫陽子女在冥壽文中首先回顧了趙的一生，讚揚他善良和對剝削及壓迫的仇視，對人權有着天生的敏感。趙和很多老前輩在文革結束後，都有這種濃重的內疚情結，認為對中國人民，尤其是農民有所虧欠，故此進行改革，並先在農村開始。
文章指出，資源缺乏的中國因改革而取得巨大成就，但至今仍在為走什麼的發展道路的問題而搖擺不定，而2005年去世的趙紫陽經過深思後仍然認為，以毛澤東「新民主主義論」和鄧小平「改革開放思想」為基礎的「社會主義初級階段論」，是中國繼續前進的指導思想，是一條能走得通的路。
文章續稱，可惜的是，「多少舉世無雙的思想、多少興滅繼絕的學問，……因領導者的不了解、不認同、不喜歡而毀掉了，無復再生。」今天，中國面臨的，是思想的退化、理論的缺失；既沒有人道關懷暖，人民也沒有絲毫感動。這是百年未見的精神困局。
文章援引趙紫陽說：「君子動口不動手，一動手，打死了就沒有了。」後來，真的動手了，真的打死了。人心收服的努力、道義資源的培育、百家爭鳴的局面、政治改革的設計……全都化為烏有。文章續稱，經過多年優敗劣勝的「逆向淘汰」，更是令「剛正耿介者寥若晨星；寡廉鮮恥輩洋洋大觀」而這方面變化之快和徹底，「亘古未聞」。
文章以「眾所皆知的那件事」暗指「六四事件」，指趙紫陽在這事上是一個「不敢肆意而為」的「膽小的人」，為怕後世罵名而選擇了苦路。而其一生雖已是過眼煙雲，但他「以最後的行為，向中國共產黨人發出的呼籲，仍在迴響：我們希望改變中國，希望改變世界，為什麼我們不能改變一下自己呢？」
《趙紫陽傳》出版
另外，《中國青年報》前「冰點」副主編盧躍剛為趙紫陽所著的《趙紫陽傳 - 一位失敗改革家的一生》，亦在趙的百年冥壽時由台灣印刻出版社出版，填補了《軟禁中的談話》、《秘密錄音》《趙紫陽文集》等書籍只記載其生平一部分的空缺。
1919年出生的趙紫陽，1980年進入北京中央，從主管財經到總理，並在擔任總理期間開始主導政治體制改革，在中共「十三大」中以代理中共總書記身分發表政改報告，提出社會主義初級階段理論。其後，在「六四事件」中主張與學生話話、反對鎮壓的趙紫陽下台，遭軟禁15年後，於2005年1月因病逝世，但其骨灰下葬問題至今未解決。
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中國海關總署今天公布，以美元計價9月出口同比下降3.2%，進口同比下降8.5%，其中，9月出口降幅為今年2月以來最大。據路透社認為，受全球經濟增長放緩、中美貿易摩擦持續等因素影響，中國9月外貿數據如期回落，但進出口降幅都超出預期，一方面印證全球貿易活動減速，另一方面也顯現內需未有明顯好轉。
據路透社報道，中國9月出口降幅為七個月最大，內外需疲弱未來仍承壓。中國海關總署周一公布，以美元計價9月出口同比下降3.2%，進口同比下降8.5%，路透調查預估中值分別為下降3%和降5.2%；9月貿易順差為396.5億美元，路透預估中值為順差333億美元。其中，9月出口降幅為今年2月以來最大。
海關數據顯示，前三季度以美元計價出口同比下降0.1%，進口同比下降5.0%，貿易順差為2,984.3億美元。
據報道引述華泰金融經濟評論，從基本面來看，全球經濟下行和中美貿易摩擦是導致中國出口增速下行的兩大因素。中美貿易談判在波折中前行，不僅對中美兩國產生影響，也會拖累全球經濟增長，雖然最新一輪談判階段性向好，但我們認為中美博弈仍然是波折中前行，而且已加的關稅沒有降低，因此我們估計關稅對進出口貿易的影響可能已經實際產生。
從需求端的數據來看，全球貿易需求較差成為制約中國出口增長的重要因素。中國貿易差額主要取決於出口和進口回落的速度，如果全球經濟回落風險和貿易摩擦的風險更大，那麼可能會制約出口增速從而導致我國貿易順差收窄，如果中國內需不振，從而限制進口增速，並且回落幅度快於出口增速，那麼可能會導致“衰退式”順差。目前來看，衰退式順差仍在持續。
據路透社說，美國和中國上周五就第一階段貿易協議達成一致，促使美國總統特朗普暫緩實施威脅將在下周二生效的上調對華關稅舉措，但官員們表示，該協議仍需形成文字，需要更多工作才能最終敲定。美國總統特朗普在橢圓形辦公室告訴記者，雙方非常接近結束貿易戰。
國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)新任總裁格奧爾基耶娃表示，全球經濟正陷入“同步放緩”，且警告稱，如果各國政府不採取任何行動來解決貿易衝突和支持增長，全球經濟將進一步放緩。世界貿易組織(WTO)表示，今年全球貿易將增長1.2%，2020年則將增長2.7%，下修此前的預估，因美國和中國間的貿易衝突打壓全球貿易。
http://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20191014-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%96%E8%B2%BF9%E6%9C%88%E9%99%8D%E5%B9%85%E5%A4%A7%E5%86%8D%E5%BC%95%E5%85%A7%E9%9C%80%E8%99%9B%E5%BC%B1%E6%86%82%E6%85%AE
據路透社報道，中國9月出口降幅為七個月最大，內外需疲弱未來仍承壓。中國海關總署周一公布，以美元計價9月出口同比下降3.2%，進口同比下降8.5%，路透調查預估中值分別為下降3%和降5.2%；9月貿易順差為396.5億美元，路透預估中值為順差333億美元。其中，9月出口降幅為今年2月以來最大。
海關數據顯示，前三季度以美元計價出口同比下降0.1%，進口同比下降5.0%，貿易順差為2,984.3億美元。
據報道引述華泰金融經濟評論，從基本面來看，全球經濟下行和中美貿易摩擦是導致中國出口增速下行的兩大因素。中美貿易談判在波折中前行，不僅對中美兩國產生影響，也會拖累全球經濟增長，雖然最新一輪談判階段性向好，但我們認為中美博弈仍然是波折中前行，而且已加的關稅沒有降低，因此我們估計關稅對進出口貿易的影響可能已經實際產生。
從需求端的數據來看，全球貿易需求較差成為制約中國出口增長的重要因素。中國貿易差額主要取決於出口和進口回落的速度，如果全球經濟回落風險和貿易摩擦的風險更大，那麼可能會制約出口增速從而導致我國貿易順差收窄，如果中國內需不振，從而限制進口增速，並且回落幅度快於出口增速，那麼可能會導致“衰退式”順差。目前來看，衰退式順差仍在持續。
據路透社說，美國和中國上周五就第一階段貿易協議達成一致，促使美國總統特朗普暫緩實施威脅將在下周二生效的上調對華關稅舉措，但官員們表示，該協議仍需形成文字，需要更多工作才能最終敲定。美國總統特朗普在橢圓形辦公室告訴記者，雙方非常接近結束貿易戰。
國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)新任總裁格奧爾基耶娃表示，全球經濟正陷入“同步放緩”，且警告稱，如果各國政府不採取任何行動來解決貿易衝突和支持增長，全球經濟將進一步放緩。世界貿易組織(WTO)表示，今年全球貿易將增長1.2%，2020年則將增長2.7%，下修此前的預估，因美國和中國間的貿易衝突打壓全球貿易。
http://www.rfi.fr/tw/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B/20191014-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%A4%96%E8%B2%BF9%E6%9C%88%E9%99%8D%E5%B9%85%E5%A4%A7%E5%86%8D%E5%BC%95%E5%85%A7%E9%9C%80%E8%99%9B%E5%BC%B1%E6%86%82%E6%85%AE
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【隱瞞傷勢】
【本報訊】警方濫暴醜聞不斷，昨日更被指隱瞞中度智障被捕人士傷勢及拒讓社工接觸事主逾15小時。香港社會工作者總工會稱，昨日凌晨接獲律師通知，指一名中度智障男子被捕，後腦、肩膀和門牙受傷，被捕後十分驚恐，但社工凌晨趕至旺角警署，警方卻多次否認事主受傷，又拒讓社工接觸事主，至事主被捕逾15小時後，社工及律師始獲安排接見事主，社總狠批警方「講大話」，延誤其接受治療及法律支援機會，亦憂事主十多小時無社工協助，情緒嚴重受困。
社總昨在facebook帖文指，昨日凌晨2時許，社總社工接到律師通知，指一名持有「守護卡」的中度智障男子被捕，據知他被扣查於旺角警署，按警方指引，事主持「守護卡」，屬精神上無行為能力人士（MIP），他被捕後應由「合適成人」陪伴接受調查，包括其親人或社工等，但社總社工到達警署後，警員卻多次否認事主有受傷，亦拒讓社工接見。
後腦腫門牙崩裂
社總稱，律師大約於凌晨12時接獲警方通知拘捕一名智障男子，並引述警方指事主後腦受傷腫起、肩膀受傷流血和門牙亦崩裂，被捕後驚恐至不斷顫抖。律師隨即通知社總。凌晨2時許，社總2名社工到達警署，但警員卻指事主無受傷，指稱事主家人不適合見事主，故找到事主上司與事主見面，拒讓社工見事主。其後社工致電律師再與警方確認受傷位置，但警員反稱其上司曾與事主見面後稱沒有問題，事主亦指自己不需送院，社工曾詢問警員姓名及編號，對方拒交代。社工再表明事主根本無能力決定是否入院，警員仍堅稱事主無受傷。
在社工多次要求下，警署當值官終承認電腦紀錄內指事主有受傷，會觀察其是否需送院。至早上8時許，事主的前學校社工趕抵警署，但警方仍拒讓社工與事主會面。直至中午約12時，即事主被捕約12個小時後，警方始稱會安排被捕人前往醫院，但無確實時間。至下午約1時許，警察又稱已帶事主去看醫生及服藥，又聲稱事主曾被送往廣華醫院。
約下午3時許，警方在獲得社署確認後，將事主前學校社工列為其「合適成人」，警方亦在此時才確認事主的代表律師身份，換言之，事主在被捕至少15小時後，才獲警方安排會見律師和社工。
據社總知悉事主一直未有錄口供，而事主本身無社工跟進，故需社署指派合適成人協助，但事主被扣留逾15小時始獲安排見社工，社總批評根本不可接受，不但拖延事主接受法律支援的權利，亦憂令他有精神和情緒困擾，「最重要係處理佢情緒，佢驚足十幾個鐘，同埋無社工同律師陪佢去醫院，究竟做過啲咩？係咪要隱瞞佢受傷嘅情況？」
涉用雷射筆襲警
警方至深夜11時多回應稱，於上周六晚約9時發現有人在旺角太子道西及彌敦道交界非法集結，並懷疑以雷射光線照射旺角警署內的警務人員，警方拘捕3名年齡介乎14至32歲男子，兩名分別20歲及32歲男子身上各檢獲一支懷疑雷射筆，他們涉嫌「違反《禁止蒙面規例》」、「非法集結」及「襲警」被捕。其中32歲男被捕人的隨身物品，相信他屬精神上無行為能力人士，警方透過被捕人提供的資料聯絡該名男子的上司作為合適成人到場提供支援，其後警方安排被捕男子的社工及律師與被捕男會面。人員其後發現被捕男子肩膊、胸口及手腳等紅腫受傷，遂主動安排他到廣華醫院接受治理。警方強調十分重視保障精神上無行為能力人士的權利，並須遵守相關內部指引。
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【本報訊】警方濫暴醜聞不斷，昨日更被指隱瞞中度智障被捕人士傷勢及拒讓社工接觸事主逾15小時。香港社會工作者總工會稱，昨日凌晨接獲律師通知，指一名中度智障男子被捕，後腦、肩膀和門牙受傷，被捕後十分驚恐，但社工凌晨趕至旺角警署，警方卻多次否認事主受傷，又拒讓社工接觸事主，至事主被捕逾15小時後，社工及律師始獲安排接見事主，社總狠批警方「講大話」，延誤其接受治療及法律支援機會，亦憂事主十多小時無社工協助，情緒嚴重受困。
社總昨在facebook帖文指，昨日凌晨2時許，社總社工接到律師通知，指一名持有「守護卡」的中度智障男子被捕，據知他被扣查於旺角警署，按警方指引，事主持「守護卡」，屬精神上無行為能力人士（MIP），他被捕後應由「合適成人」陪伴接受調查，包括其親人或社工等，但社總社工到達警署後，警員卻多次否認事主有受傷，亦拒讓社工接見。
後腦腫門牙崩裂
社總稱，律師大約於凌晨12時接獲警方通知拘捕一名智障男子，並引述警方指事主後腦受傷腫起、肩膀受傷流血和門牙亦崩裂，被捕後驚恐至不斷顫抖。律師隨即通知社總。凌晨2時許，社總2名社工到達警署，但警員卻指事主無受傷，指稱事主家人不適合見事主，故找到事主上司與事主見面，拒讓社工見事主。其後社工致電律師再與警方確認受傷位置，但警員反稱其上司曾與事主見面後稱沒有問題，事主亦指自己不需送院，社工曾詢問警員姓名及編號，對方拒交代。社工再表明事主根本無能力決定是否入院，警員仍堅稱事主無受傷。
在社工多次要求下，警署當值官終承認電腦紀錄內指事主有受傷，會觀察其是否需送院。至早上8時許，事主的前學校社工趕抵警署，但警方仍拒讓社工與事主會面。直至中午約12時，即事主被捕約12個小時後，警方始稱會安排被捕人前往醫院，但無確實時間。至下午約1時許，警察又稱已帶事主去看醫生及服藥，又聲稱事主曾被送往廣華醫院。
約下午3時許，警方在獲得社署確認後，將事主前學校社工列為其「合適成人」，警方亦在此時才確認事主的代表律師身份，換言之，事主在被捕至少15小時後，才獲警方安排會見律師和社工。
據社總知悉事主一直未有錄口供，而事主本身無社工跟進，故需社署指派合適成人協助，但事主被扣留逾15小時始獲安排見社工，社總批評根本不可接受，不但拖延事主接受法律支援的權利，亦憂令他有精神和情緒困擾，「最重要係處理佢情緒，佢驚足十幾個鐘，同埋無社工同律師陪佢去醫院，究竟做過啲咩？係咪要隱瞞佢受傷嘅情況？」
涉用雷射筆襲警
警方至深夜11時多回應稱，於上周六晚約9時發現有人在旺角太子道西及彌敦道交界非法集結，並懷疑以雷射光線照射旺角警署內的警務人員，警方拘捕3名年齡介乎14至32歲男子，兩名分別20歲及32歲男子身上各檢獲一支懷疑雷射筆，他們涉嫌「違反《禁止蒙面規例》」、「非法集結」及「襲警」被捕。其中32歲男被捕人的隨身物品，相信他屬精神上無行為能力人士，警方透過被捕人提供的資料聯絡該名男子的上司作為合適成人到場提供支援，其後警方安排被捕男子的社工及律師與被捕男會面。人員其後發現被捕男子肩膊、胸口及手腳等紅腫受傷，遂主動安排他到廣華醫院接受治理。警方強調十分重視保障精神上無行為能力人士的權利，並須遵守相關內部指引。
https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20191014/20786688
[明報 Mingpao], !日報 Daily News, 厄國示威者允談判 總統下令宵禁添變數
【明報專訊】南美洲厄瓜多爾反政府示威截至上周六持續逾一周仍未平息。有份組織示威的原住民團體「土著民族聯合會」（CONAIE）前天同意周日跟總統莫雷諾會面，但後者又宣布在首都基多和附近村莊實施宵禁和軍事管制，引起原住民團體不滿，令談判再生變數。
因反對政府緊縮政策包括取消燃油補貼措施而觸發的示威持續，設有總審計長辦公室的大樓前日被示威者掟燃燒彈起火，當地電視台Teleamazonas辦公室亦受襲，有人掟石、強行開門和掟汽油彈，電視台隨後疏散25名職員；厄瓜多爾《商報》（ El Comercio）亦在Twitter表示其辦公室被不明人物攻擊。
厄瓜多爾全國1730萬名國民有四分之一是原住民，帶領原住民示威的CONAIE早前拒絕與政府對話，組織領袖最後同意會面。然而當他們同意會面後，總統莫雷諾就宣布基多和附近村莊宵禁，又下令軍方恢復全國秩序，指摘動亂源於有極端分子滲入抗議活動。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20191014/s00014/1570992626056/%e5%8e%84%e5%9c%8b%e7%a4%ba%e5%a8%81%e8%80%85%e5%85%81%e8%ab%87%e5%88%a4-%e7%b8%bd%e7%b5%b1%e4%b8%8b%e4%bb%a4%e5%ae%b5%e7%a6%81%e6%b7%bb%e8%ae%8a%e6%95%b8
因反對政府緊縮政策包括取消燃油補貼措施而觸發的示威持續，設有總審計長辦公室的大樓前日被示威者掟燃燒彈起火，當地電視台Teleamazonas辦公室亦受襲，有人掟石、強行開門和掟汽油彈，電視台隨後疏散25名職員；厄瓜多爾《商報》（ El Comercio）亦在Twitter表示其辦公室被不明人物攻擊。
厄瓜多爾全國1730萬名國民有四分之一是原住民，帶領原住民示威的CONAIE早前拒絕與政府對話，組織領袖最後同意會面。然而當他們同意會面後，總統莫雷諾就宣布基多和附近村莊宵禁，又下令軍方恢復全國秩序，指摘動亂源於有極端分子滲入抗議活動。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20191014/s00014/1570992626056/%e5%8e%84%e5%9c%8b%e7%a4%ba%e5%a8%81%e8%80%85%e5%85%81%e8%ab%87%e5%88%a4-%e7%b8%bd%e7%b5%b1%e4%b8%8b%e4%bb%a4%e5%ae%b5%e7%a6%81%e6%b7%bb%e8%ae%8a%e6%95%b8
[明報 Mingpao], !日報 Daily News, 海貝思重創日本 河川決堤圍困長者 最少33死逾百傷 3.1萬自衛隊員助搜救
【明報專訊】強颱風「海貝思」上周六（12日）吹襲東日本，造成多個地區嚴重水浸、河道氾濫和決堤，重災區長野市的千曲川決堤約70米，水淹市區，造成數個社福設施的約360名長者被圍困。截至本港時間昨晚11時，日本共同社指海貝思令日本最少33人死亡、19人失蹤，消防廳稱有187人受傷；自衛隊派出約3.1萬人參與搜救。在川崎市外海有一艘巴拿馬籍貨船在風暴中沉沒，12名船員中有4人前天獲救，昨日發現一名中國籍船員死亡，仍有7人失蹤。
海貝思前晚登陸日本本州後，昨早開始移向海上。風暴吹襲期間日本中部及東部不少地區被水淹沒成澤國。NHK報道指中部及東部大面積住宅地區沒在水中，政府前日稱有逾40萬戶停電，昨日上午11時半過後仍有約19萬戶停電，亦一度呼籲全國逾600萬民眾疏散。多個受災地區都有民眾在風暴中遇難，例如神奈川縣相模原市昨早有一名女子和一名女童被發現死在河流下游；群馬縣富岡市有山泥傾瀉、住宅倒塌，有3人死亡。
長野市是重災區之一，當地千曲川昨日決堤約70米，住宅區嚴重水浸，中央政府預測部分水浸地區水深或達5米，住在長野市數個社福設施的約360名長者有待救援。位於長野市赤沼的JR東日本長野新幹線車輛中心亦被水淹沒，多列列車泡在水中。國土交通省稱直至周日早上，中央政府管理的14條河流及各地方政府管理的62條河流出現水浸。
2.7萬名自衛隊成員連同警方、消防及海上保安廳人員已出動加入搜救。風暴繼續影響航空交通，東京成田及羽田機場有逾800航班取消。
福島第一核電站出現泄漏警告
至於在福島縣，東京電力公司發言人表示福島第一核電站出現11個泄漏警告，其中8個確認為雨水觸發，其餘警報有待調查，不過東電未能確認有沒有放射性污水在風暴中流入大海。該縣磐城市一名77歲老婦由消防直升機救起期間意外墮下40米地面身亡，當局證實救援人員未有按程序為受助者扣上安全扣肇禍。
日本首相安倍晉三昨日召開緊急會議，宣布成立緊急救災小組。防衛大臣河野太郎昨日亦宣布，取消原定周一（14日）舉行的海上自衛隊海上閱兵，以救災為優先任務。
今次風暴再次暴露日本不少地區基建老化，未必能抵受天災的問題，亦令東京不少民眾再度醒覺當地易受自然災害特別是暴雨的威脅，不少人擔心氣候變化會令更多類似海貝思的強颱風出現。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20191014/s00014/1570992623575/%e6%b5%b7%e8%b2%9d%e6%80%9d%e9%87%8d%e5%89%b5%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac-%e6%b2%b3%e5%b7%9d%e6%b1%ba%e5%a0%a4%e5%9c%8d%e5%9b%b0%e9%95%b7%e8%80%85-%e6%9c%80%e5%b0%9133%e6%ad%bb%e9%80%be%e7%99%be%e5%82%b7-3-1%e8%90%ac%e8%87%aa%e8%a1%9b%e9%9a%8a%e5%93%a1%e5%8a%a9%e6%90%9c%e6%95%91
海貝思前晚登陸日本本州後，昨早開始移向海上。風暴吹襲期間日本中部及東部不少地區被水淹沒成澤國。NHK報道指中部及東部大面積住宅地區沒在水中，政府前日稱有逾40萬戶停電，昨日上午11時半過後仍有約19萬戶停電，亦一度呼籲全國逾600萬民眾疏散。多個受災地區都有民眾在風暴中遇難，例如神奈川縣相模原市昨早有一名女子和一名女童被發現死在河流下游；群馬縣富岡市有山泥傾瀉、住宅倒塌，有3人死亡。
長野市是重災區之一，當地千曲川昨日決堤約70米，住宅區嚴重水浸，中央政府預測部分水浸地區水深或達5米，住在長野市數個社福設施的約360名長者有待救援。位於長野市赤沼的JR東日本長野新幹線車輛中心亦被水淹沒，多列列車泡在水中。國土交通省稱直至周日早上，中央政府管理的14條河流及各地方政府管理的62條河流出現水浸。
2.7萬名自衛隊成員連同警方、消防及海上保安廳人員已出動加入搜救。風暴繼續影響航空交通，東京成田及羽田機場有逾800航班取消。
福島第一核電站出現泄漏警告
至於在福島縣，東京電力公司發言人表示福島第一核電站出現11個泄漏警告，其中8個確認為雨水觸發，其餘警報有待調查，不過東電未能確認有沒有放射性污水在風暴中流入大海。該縣磐城市一名77歲老婦由消防直升機救起期間意外墮下40米地面身亡，當局證實救援人員未有按程序為受助者扣上安全扣肇禍。
日本首相安倍晉三昨日召開緊急會議，宣布成立緊急救災小組。防衛大臣河野太郎昨日亦宣布，取消原定周一（14日）舉行的海上自衛隊海上閱兵，以救災為優先任務。
今次風暴再次暴露日本不少地區基建老化，未必能抵受天災的問題，亦令東京不少民眾再度醒覺當地易受自然災害特別是暴雨的威脅，不少人擔心氣候變化會令更多類似海貝思的強颱風出現。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e5%9c%8b%e9%9a%9b/article/20191014/s00014/1570992623575/%e6%b5%b7%e8%b2%9d%e6%80%9d%e9%87%8d%e5%89%b5%e6%97%a5%e6%9c%ac-%e6%b2%b3%e5%b7%9d%e6%b1%ba%e5%a0%a4%e5%9c%8d%e5%9b%b0%e9%95%b7%e8%80%85-%e6%9c%80%e5%b0%9133%e6%ad%bb%e9%80%be%e7%99%be%e5%82%b7-3-1%e8%90%ac%e8%87%aa%e8%a1%9b%e9%9a%8a%e5%93%a1%e5%8a%a9%e6%90%9c%e6%95%91
[明報 Mingpao], !日報 Daily News, 無錫小吃店爆炸9死10傷
【明報專訊】江蘇無錫市錫山區鵝湖鎮新楊路一間小吃店，昨日上午發生燃氣爆炸。爆炸威力猛烈，周邊店舖受到波及，大批救援人員趕到現場，到下午救援工作結束。經搜救清理，事故共造成9人死亡、10人受傷，目前傷者情况穩定。
鵝湖鎮地處無錫東南角，毗鄰蘇州。發生事故的「秦緣籠包」約100米的距離內就是當地著名景點蕩口古鎮。據「無錫發布」微博消息，事發地屬於聯排商舖，上下共有三層。事發於上午11時許，附近居民表示，當時聽到「砰」的一聲巨響，隨即見到白色濃煙和玻璃碎從小吃店周邊擴散。
多間店舖受到爆炸波及，牆身、玻璃、窗框以及空調外機等都有不同程度的損壞。店門口的幾輛汽車也被炸得扭曲變形。
無錫市上周四亦曾發生高架橋倒塌事故，多輛車被壓橋下，官方其後指出，事發時有嚴重超載貨車在橋上行駛，可能為坍塌直接原因。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b/article/20191014/s00013/1570992622120/%e7%84%a1%e9%8c%ab%e5%b0%8f%e5%90%83%e5%ba%97%e7%88%86%e7%82%b89%e6%ad%bb10%e5%82%b7
鵝湖鎮地處無錫東南角，毗鄰蘇州。發生事故的「秦緣籠包」約100米的距離內就是當地著名景點蕩口古鎮。據「無錫發布」微博消息，事發地屬於聯排商舖，上下共有三層。事發於上午11時許，附近居民表示，當時聽到「砰」的一聲巨響，隨即見到白色濃煙和玻璃碎從小吃店周邊擴散。
多間店舖受到爆炸波及，牆身、玻璃、窗框以及空調外機等都有不同程度的損壞。店門口的幾輛汽車也被炸得扭曲變形。
無錫市上周四亦曾發生高架橋倒塌事故，多輛車被壓橋下，官方其後指出，事發時有嚴重超載貨車在橋上行駛，可能為坍塌直接原因。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b/article/20191014/s00013/1570992622120/%e7%84%a1%e9%8c%ab%e5%b0%8f%e5%90%83%e5%ba%97%e7%88%86%e7%82%b89%e6%ad%bb10%e5%82%b7
[明報 Mingpao], !日報 Daily News, 全國城市平均薪酬8698元
【明報專訊】根據智聯招聘最新發布的報告，全國38個主要城市的平均薪酬為月薪8698元（人民幣，下同），月薪中位數為7001元。本季度平均薪酬絕對值環比上升2.9%，同比漲幅為10.8%。
視覺中國報道，據《2019年秋季中國僱主需求與白領人才供給報告》顯示，排名前三的北京、上海和深圳均已跨過1萬元門檻，其中北京的平均月薪達到11,434元。杭州和廣州分別位列第四和第五，平均薪酬均在9000元以上。
報告還顯示，本期北上廣深的平均月薪環比漲幅均在3%以下，南京、寧波、武漢等新一線城市和廈門、佛山、南寧、貴陽、福州、無錫等二線城市平均月薪環比增幅在5%左右，與一線城市的薪酬差距縮小。
數據主要通過持續監測以上城市的職業競爭態勢，根據平台大數據，結合在線企業招聘需求及求職者投遞簡歷的情况得出。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b/article/20191014/s00013/1570992622608/%e5%85%a8%e5%9c%8b%e5%9f%8e%e5%b8%82%e5%b9%b3%e5%9d%87%e8%96%aa%e9%85%ac8698%e5%85%83
視覺中國報道，據《2019年秋季中國僱主需求與白領人才供給報告》顯示，排名前三的北京、上海和深圳均已跨過1萬元門檻，其中北京的平均月薪達到11,434元。杭州和廣州分別位列第四和第五，平均薪酬均在9000元以上。
報告還顯示，本期北上廣深的平均月薪環比漲幅均在3%以下，南京、寧波、武漢等新一線城市和廈門、佛山、南寧、貴陽、福州、無錫等二線城市平均月薪環比增幅在5%左右，與一線城市的薪酬差距縮小。
數據主要通過持續監測以上城市的職業競爭態勢，根據平台大數據，結合在線企業招聘需求及求職者投遞簡歷的情况得出。
https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e4%b8%ad%e5%9c%8b/article/20191014/s00013/1570992622608/%e5%85%a8%e5%9c%8b%e5%9f%8e%e5%b8%82%e5%b9%b3%e5%9d%87%e8%96%aa%e9%85%ac8698%e5%85%83
[明報 Mingpao], !日報 Daily News, 特朗普：波音向華出口額或達1570億
【明報專訊】中美第十三輪經貿磋商結束後，美國總統特朗普周六說，新一輪談判達成的「第一階段」協議對美國農民來說是一項前所未有的最了不起協議，而且這一協議還有可能使波音公司向中國的出口額達200億美元（約1570億港元）。中國商務部也表示，雙方在農業、擴大貿易合作等領域取得實質進展。
特朗普讚協議了不起 華：取實質進展
《美國之音》報道，特朗普在Twitter中說，「我剛剛跟中國達成的協議，無疑是我們國家歷史上，為農民爭得最了不起和最大一項交易。實際上，是否能生產這麼多農產品都有問題。我們的農民會有辦法。謝謝中國！」特朗普又說，「哇！農民真的發大財了。」
特朗普上周五在白宮表示，中美雙方已在口頭上達成「第一階段」協議，協議需要幾周時間制定。
特朗普說，「原則上」已達成的初步協議涉及中國購買價值400億美元至500億美元（約3140至3920億港元）的美國農產品。特朗普周六還在帖文中說，「此協議其他方面也很了不起，技術、金融服務，160億到200億美元的波音飛機（出口）等等。」
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特朗普讚協議了不起 華：取實質進展
《美國之音》報道，特朗普在Twitter中說，「我剛剛跟中國達成的協議，無疑是我們國家歷史上，為農民爭得最了不起和最大一項交易。實際上，是否能生產這麼多農產品都有問題。我們的農民會有辦法。謝謝中國！」特朗普又說，「哇！農民真的發大財了。」
特朗普上周五在白宮表示，中美雙方已在口頭上達成「第一階段」協議，協議需要幾周時間制定。
特朗普說，「原則上」已達成的初步協議涉及中國購買價值400億美元至500億美元（約3140至3920億港元）的美國農產品。特朗普周六還在帖文中說，「此協議其他方面也很了不起，技術、金融服務，160億到200億美元的波音飛機（出口）等等。」
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[明報 Mingpao], !即時 Instant News, 【10．13多區示威】73人受傷送院 6人情況嚴重
香港多區昨日（13日）爆發示威衝突，截至今早（14日）7時半，醫管局接獲73宗受傷報告。54男19女傷者中，5男1女情況嚴重，留醫明愛醫院、廣華醫院及屯門醫院；26男6女情況穩定；3男2女情況未知；20男10女經治理後已出院。
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[明報 Mingpao], !即時 Instant News, 【10．13多區示威】粉嶺學生涉刑毁被捕 校方稱不處分：學生無事是最大心願
昨日（13日）網民發起多區罷買活動，有人破壞商場店舖。民主黨北區區議員陳旭明表示，警方昨午於粉嶺中心以涉嫌非法集結及刑事毁壞拘捕26人，當中大部分為中學生，被捕者中最年輕為13歲。區內4間中學校長及教職員，昨晚到上水警署了解學生情况，有市民到場聲援被捕者，現場一度聚集近百人。
26被捕者多為中學生 4中學校長上水警署了解
陳旭明表示，昨午有人破壞粉嶺中心Starbucks設施，警方於下午5時許展開拘捕行動。陳引述在場街坊指出，部分被捕者事發時沒有參與破壞，只是身穿黑衣在場。陳旭明稱，被捕26人中，大部分為中三、中四學生，最年輕者僅13歲。他說，其中一名被捕者頭部受傷，事後送往北區醫院治理，其餘的人手腳擦傷，有人曾被警員用警棍打「一至兩下」，通宵在警署扣查。
陳旭明表示，已聯絡民間團體「星火同盟」及律師伍展邦到場協助被捕者。據陳了解，案件現交由大埔警區重案組跟進，仍有待相關警員到警署為被捕者錄取詳細口供，方可安排保釋手續。
拘捕消息傳出後，大批市民昨晚到上水警署聲援。陳旭明表示，高峰時現場有近百人聚集，另外，基督教香港信義會心誠中學、宣道會陳朱素華紀念中學、東華三院甲寅年總理中學及保良局馬錦明中學的校長及教職員，到場了解及跟進被捕學生情况。最先到達警署的基督教香港信義會心誠中學校長，獲准入內與學生會面。
本報今早向基督教香港信義會心誠中學查詢，該校黎副校確認一名中三男生昨午被捕。黎副校表示，校長近日接受腳部手術正在休假，今早未有返校；校長昨日獲悉有學生被捕後趕赴警署了解，該名學生情緒平靜、沒有受傷，校方已向家屬提供法律意見。黎副校表示，被捕學生曾參與校內反修例人鏈活動，他說，校方不會就事件處分涉事學生，待學生獲釋後，會派人為他「補進度」，「我哋都係希望佢無事，呢個係最大心願」。
另外，宣道會陳朱素華紀念中學亦向本報確認一名中六學生被捕。校長鄺永燊表示，學生被捕後報稱不適轉送至北區醫院，他昨晚到醫院了解，該學生精神情况尚可，但情緒「多少有點低落」。鄺表示，校方已啟動危機應變小組跟進事件，他又說，校方不會因事件開除學生，又說「唔係呢一刻嘅考慮」。
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26被捕者多為中學生 4中學校長上水警署了解
陳旭明表示，昨午有人破壞粉嶺中心Starbucks設施，警方於下午5時許展開拘捕行動。陳引述在場街坊指出，部分被捕者事發時沒有參與破壞，只是身穿黑衣在場。陳旭明稱，被捕26人中，大部分為中三、中四學生，最年輕者僅13歲。他說，其中一名被捕者頭部受傷，事後送往北區醫院治理，其餘的人手腳擦傷，有人曾被警員用警棍打「一至兩下」，通宵在警署扣查。
陳旭明表示，已聯絡民間團體「星火同盟」及律師伍展邦到場協助被捕者。據陳了解，案件現交由大埔警區重案組跟進，仍有待相關警員到警署為被捕者錄取詳細口供，方可安排保釋手續。
拘捕消息傳出後，大批市民昨晚到上水警署聲援。陳旭明表示，高峰時現場有近百人聚集，另外，基督教香港信義會心誠中學、宣道會陳朱素華紀念中學、東華三院甲寅年總理中學及保良局馬錦明中學的校長及教職員，到場了解及跟進被捕學生情况。最先到達警署的基督教香港信義會心誠中學校長，獲准入內與學生會面。
本報今早向基督教香港信義會心誠中學查詢，該校黎副校確認一名中三男生昨午被捕。黎副校表示，校長近日接受腳部手術正在休假，今早未有返校；校長昨日獲悉有學生被捕後趕赴警署了解，該名學生情緒平靜、沒有受傷，校方已向家屬提供法律意見。黎副校表示，被捕學生曾參與校內反修例人鏈活動，他說，校方不會就事件處分涉事學生，待學生獲釋後，會派人為他「補進度」，「我哋都係希望佢無事，呢個係最大心願」。
另外，宣道會陳朱素華紀念中學亦向本報確認一名中六學生被捕。校長鄺永燊表示，學生被捕後報稱不適轉送至北區醫院，他昨晚到醫院了解，該學生精神情况尚可，但情緒「多少有點低落」。鄺表示，校方已啟動危機應變小組跟進事件，他又說，校方不會因事件開除學生，又說「唔係呢一刻嘅考慮」。
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[明報 Mingpao], !即時 Instant News, 稱過馬路無故被「黑衣警」施襲 旺角街坊入稟索償
警方再度涉非法襲擊市民遭入稟索償。一名旺角街坊早前入稟區域法院，聲稱8月3日晚外出用膳時，過馬路期間無故被「黑衣警」從後施襲，更遭拖拉並棄於彌敦道上，須送往醫院救治。該名街坊認為涉事警員行為違法，已犯下公職人員行為失當罪，故入稟區院向警方申索懲罰性的賠償。
原告為蕭志雄（釋音），洋名Garry；被告為警務處長。
根據入稟狀，本身為旺角居民的原告今年8月3日夜晚出外用膳，行經彌敦道與旺角道交界。原告打算往西行過馬路前往餐廳，他確保所有警察均越過他，以及行人交通燈為綠燈後，遂走前兩步，此時一輛警車從他右邊沿南行線駛至。
入稟狀續稱，原告向警車示意交通燈為綠燈，他要過馬路，突然遭一群穿黑衣警察從後殘暴襲擊，被拖拉至彌敦道的南行線。該群黑衣警其後發現原告只是「街坊」，遂棄他於馬路上，原告最終被其他途人拯救，召救護車將他送往廣華醫院救治。
原告認為，警方非法襲擊他並構成酷刑，嚴重侵犯原告人權，違反《基本法》、《香港人權法案條例》，而涉事警察亦已瀆職，犯下公職人員行為失當罪（Misfeasance in public office）。
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原告為蕭志雄（釋音），洋名Garry；被告為警務處長。
根據入稟狀，本身為旺角居民的原告今年8月3日夜晚出外用膳，行經彌敦道與旺角道交界。原告打算往西行過馬路前往餐廳，他確保所有警察均越過他，以及行人交通燈為綠燈後，遂走前兩步，此時一輛警車從他右邊沿南行線駛至。
入稟狀續稱，原告向警車示意交通燈為綠燈，他要過馬路，突然遭一群穿黑衣警察從後殘暴襲擊，被拖拉至彌敦道的南行線。該群黑衣警其後發現原告只是「街坊」，遂棄他於馬路上，原告最終被其他途人拯救，召救護車將他送往廣華醫院救治。
原告認為，警方非法襲擊他並構成酷刑，嚴重侵犯原告人權，違反《基本法》、《香港人權法案條例》，而涉事警察亦已瀆職，犯下公職人員行為失當罪（Misfeasance in public office）。
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