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Thursday, October 3, 2019

[Bloomgberg],How Far Hong Kong’s Emergency Law Can Go

Escalating violence in Hong Kong, including the shooting of an 18-year-old protester, has led the city’s leader to invoke a colonial-era law -- still on the books -- to try to quell months of unrest with a ban on face masks. The powers the ordinance, similar to martial law, grants go much further, however, from curfews to confiscations to censorship. The law could be cited to authorize the blocking of messaging apps or websites favored by protesters or even to disrupt internet service entirely, a prospect one trade group official called “worse than having the Chinese army come in.” The ripple effects could extend far beyond the Asian financial hub.

1. What is the emergency law?
The Emergency Regulations Ordinance, introduced by the British in 1922. It hasn’t been used in more than half a century, but can still be invoked in case of emergency or public danger. It affords the chief executive (as Hong Kong’s post-colonial leaders are called) the power to make “any regulations whatsoever which he may consider desirable in the public interest.” Its provisions include arrests, property seizures, deportation, control of the ports and transportation -- and censorship.

2. What’s being considered?
Associations representing front-line police officers and inspectors have urged the city to impose curfews. Some pro-China lawmakers in Hong Kong have called for a ban on wearing masks at public gatherings, a move aimed at making it harder for protesters to hide their identity. Local media reports said the mask ban was likely to be adopted at a meeting of the city’s Executive Council on Friday.

3. Does the law cover the internet?
It would seem so. The law was last invoked during Hong Kong’s 1967 riots -- long before the internet. But the authority granted specifically covers “the control and suppression of publications, writings, maps, plans, photographs, communications and means of communication.”

4. How could it be disrupted?
Chief Executive Carrie Lam could order private telecommunication companies to cut internet services delivered through fixed-line and mobile phone networks. Alternatively, she could compel these providers to take other measures including slowing internet speeds, disabling particular mobile phone networks and public WiFi spots or blocking certain websites and platforms.

5. What about apps?
Many of the digital tools that protesters use to organize demonstrations, including the Telegram messaging app and LIHKG discussion forum, use cloud-hosting services. That means to block one site hosted on, say, Amazon Web Services, the government would have to block the entire AWS domain, which hosts thousands of websites.

6. Would it be just Hong Kong?
The city is one of the largest so-called core nodes of Asia’s optical fiber network, and has the region’s biggest internet exchange, which means traffic from outside could be slowed as it flows through Hong Kong. (That includes 80% of mainland China’s external web traffic, according to the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association.) Hong Kong also hosts more than 100 data centers operated by local and international companies, according to the ISP trade group. So it might be hard or impossible for someone in Singapore, say, to access certain data if it were stored on a server in Hong Kong.

7. Could someone get around it?
Even if the Hong Kong government were able to block certain sites, residents could use services called virtual private networks, or VPNs, that allow people to bypass these blockades by connecting to servers outside of the city. Russia, for instance, has blocked Telegram but users continue to flock to the messaging service by using VPNs that circumvent banned sites.

8. Can courts stop it?
There’s nothing overt in the emergency ordinance that says the judicial system can review the chief executive’s extraordinary actions, but current and past lawmakers say that citizens could try to challenge them in court.

9. What companies would be involved?
Hong Kong has hundreds of internet-service providers, but less than a dozen companies that operate mobile networks or provide actual infrastructure, like the optical fiber that connects homes and business to the internet. One of the biggest is PCCW Ltd., which is controlled by billionaire Richard Li. Large tech companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google that operate data centers in Hong Kong would be affected. Many of these data centers power cloud services in the greater Asia-Pacific region, which in turn serve hundreds of thousands of companies around the world.

10. What about Hong Kong’s hub status?
Hong Kong hosts hundreds of international companies, many of which came to the city, rather than mainland China, in part because it was easier to do business in a place that doesn’t censor the internet or block online tools and social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter. The “one country, two systems” framework has allowed Hong Kong’s internet to bypass China’s so-called Great Firewall. “If we lose freedom of the internet, there is no Hong Kong any longer,” said Francis Fong, honorary president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, a trade group with more than 100 members including Microsoft, Cisco Systems, and IBM. “This would be worse than having the Chinese army come in.”

11. Where else has this happened?
India has cut connectivity in the region of Kashmir in August, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped its autonomy and imposed a military lock down. India has had the highest number of internet shutdowns in the world: 134 times in 2018, according to technology and human rights nonprofit Access Now. Globally, there were 196 documented shutdowns across 25 countries, up from 75 in 2016, it said.

The Reference Shelf
QuickTakes on why Hong Kong’s still protesting and where it may go, Hong Kong’s autonomy, the Chinese army troops stationed in the city, and replacing Hong Kong’s chief executive.
Violence on the street doesn’t stop deal-making in Hong Kong.
How Hong Kong’s leaderless protest army gets things done and the technology that fuels the demonstrations.
The South China Morning Post on how Hong Kong’s Emergency Regulations Ordinance was passed by the colonial government in 1922 to combat seamen’s strikes that brought the harbor to a standstill.
Hong Kong’s protests by the numbers.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-03/how-far-hong-kong-s-emergency-law-can-go-online-too-quicktake?srnd=premium-asia

[端新聞], 華爾街日報:彈劾調查可能改變中美貿易戰的走向

據密切關注華盛頓和北京的觀察人士表示,美國眾議院對特朗普發起的彈劾調查可能給特朗普帶來新的壓力,迫使他尋求與中國達成一份有限的貿易協議,以便可以在他所領導的政府面臨決定性一戰之前,獲取更多政治支持。

據密切關注華盛頓和北京的觀察人士表示,美國眾議院對總統特朗普(Donald Trump)發起的彈劾調查可能給特朗普帶來新的壓力,迫使他尋求與中國達成一份有限的貿易協議,以便可以在他所領導的政府面臨決定性一戰之前,獲取更多政治支持。

觀察人士表示,值此之際,甚至連達成一份所謂迷你協議的前景也被蒙上陰霾,因雙方都不願意做出任何重大讓步。

除此之外,分析人士指出如果中國認為特朗普的政治地位岌岌可危,那麼中國甚至可能不太願意達成貿易協議。

駐華盛頓的戰略與國際問題研究中心(Center for Strategic and International Studies)的中國問題資深專家Scott Kennedy表示:「他們需要向中國提出非常有說服力的理由,不僅讓中國覺得需要一份協議,還能讓中國願意幫助特朗普。中國或許對達成一份小協議有點興趣,但中國對美國的信任還不足以促使他們作出達成全面協議所要求的讓步。」

特朗普2016年當選總統之後華盛頓採取了更為激進的經濟立場,關税戰不斷升級,將於12月15日生效的最新關税舉措會覆蓋幾乎所有中國出口至美國的商品。而2021年上台的美國新政府可能會扭轉這一趨勢。

在特朗普努力爭取連任之際,他的一些支持者認為,他應該努力從與中國的強硬談判中獲得一些好處,並安撫支持他的共和黨議員。

參議院專注貿易事務的委員會中的共和黨成員、得克薩斯州參議員John Cornyn說,出於特朗普自身的政治考慮,在他們繼續討論其他棘手問題的同時達成某種臨時協議是有意義的,從現在到大選,中美雙方都可能宣告談判勝利。他表示,近期內這將符合特朗普的最佳利益。

位於北京的全球化智庫(Center for China and Globalization)創始人王輝耀也持類似觀點。王輝耀表示,特朗普需要完成貿易協議,以顯示他取得了一些進展。

最近幾周,特朗普政府官員和商界領袖討論了雙方可能做出讓步的方式,以達成一項迷你協議,推遲12月15日加徵的關税,或重啟曠日持久的談判。

美國貿易代表萊特希澤(Robert Lighthizer)和兩國的其他高級官員本月將在華盛頓會晤,以評估並可能化解美國官員5月份指責中方反悔部分承諾以來陷入的談判僵局。

特朗普週一發布推文表示:「我們正在贏,而且我們會贏。他們不應該破壞我們此前與他們達成的協議。」

考慮到兩國之間日益敵對的互動以及特朗普政府對關税的堅定支持,幾乎沒有人看到短期內雙方可以達成全面協議的跡象。中國專家表示,為了凸顯自己的政績、激勵自己的政治陣營,特朗普甚至可能強化他對中國的立場。

北京大學國際關係學院教授王勇表示,美方對中國的立場可能會更加嚴厲。

特朗普單方面對中國產品加徵關税的策略遭到美國商業團體的普遍反對。特朗普8月份提出的讓美國公司開始計劃撤出中國市場的要求也引發了美國商界領袖的負面反應,這些商界領袖稱這一要求計劃不周。

上海美國商會(American Chamber Of Commerce In Shanghai)會長季愷文(Ker Gibbs)最近在華盛頓露面時表示:「如果我們全體退出中國市場,第二天就會被歐洲和日本公司取而代之,所以這樣做沒有一點好處。」

萊特希澤的發言人沒有回應就國內政治困境會如何影響貿易談判置評的請求。

中國商務部上週表示,中國企業已同意從美國購買「相當規模」的大豆和豬肉,但沒有說明具體數量。中國希望美國取消關税並提供豁免,以便美國公司可以向華為技術有限公司(Huawei Technologies Co.)出售產品。美國已經以安全威脅為由將華為列入黑名單。

中國政府中越來越多的人認為華盛頓想限制中國的經濟發展。對這一觀點構成支撐的是,上週有新聞報導稱,特朗普政府正在尋求限制美中投資流,包括阻止中國公司在美國證券交易所上市。

美國財政部週一表示,沒有阻止中國公司在美國上市的計劃。

貿易專家Bill Reinch表示,就特朗普個人而言,彈劾調查或其他國內政治鬥爭可能會佔用談判和達成協議所需的外交活動的時間和精力。克林頓(Bill Clinton)面臨彈劾時,Reinch在商務部工作。

過去,特朗普曾利用他與中國國家主席習近平之間的融洽關係在貿易僵局中取得突破,兩人之間的這種融洽關係常常在特別峰會和國際會議上表現出來。

參議院財政委員會主席、艾奧瓦州共和黨議員格拉斯利(Chuck Grassley)稱,只要特朗普和習近平之間的「個人能量」還在,彈劾程式就不會對美中談判產生太大不利影響。

目前尚不清楚特朗普是否會出席11月中旬舉行的亞太經濟合作組織(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, 簡稱APEC)峰會。這是一個包括中國領導人在內的國家元首的峰會。2013年,在政治鬥爭和政府停擺期間,奧巴馬(Barack Obama)取消了APEC之行,導致達成一項太平洋貿易協定的努力受挫。

Cowen & Co.分析師Chris Krueger說,如果特朗普不去APEC,今年達成臨時協議的可能性會變得非常低。

https://theinitium.com/article/20191003-wsj-trump-impeachment-probe-china-trade-war/

[端新聞], 晚報:據報港府日內引緊急法定《禁蒙面法》,建制派組成立法推動組

據報行會日內引緊急法定《禁蒙面法》,建制派組立法推動組

香港多間傳媒今天引述港府消息人士透露,行政會議將於明天(4日)、甚至今天內召開特別會議,通過禁止示威者蒙面的《禁蒙面法》。《蘋果日報》、無綫新聞及「香港01」更引述港府消息人士稱,港府準備引用《緊急法》所賦權力、以頒布《禁蒙面法》。

與此同時,建制派今天宣布成立「禁蒙面法推動組」,由民建聯立法會議員葛珮帆擔任召集人,《基本法》委員會副主任譚惠珠、中國全國人大常委譚耀宗及新民黨主席葉劉淑儀出任顧問。

據「香港01」報道,港府有關《禁蒙面法》的籌備工作已臨近尾聲,原本計劃於下週二(8日)行政會議上討論,但為了儘快控制「反修例」風波局勢,不排除最快今天內召開特別行政會議,以通過《禁蒙面法》。

報道引述消息人士稱,港府引用《緊急法》後還可視乎局面而隨時「加辣」,假如情況轉差就進一步推出「法律手段」。然而,消息人士未有透露「加辣」措施的詳情。

無綫新聞亦引述消息指出,港府明日將召開特別行政會議,並計劃於會後公布引用《緊急法》、以就《禁蒙面法》進行立法。

《蘋果日報》則引述消息指,港府就訂立《禁蒙面法》已經研究一段時間,最快會在今日公布與進一步行動相關的消息。

建制派成立「禁蒙面法推動組」,葛珮帆指法例不應針對蒙面警員

建制派下午召開記者會,宣布成立「禁蒙面法推動組」。「推動組」召集人葛珮帆表示,初步建議參考加拿大模式,針對在非法集會現場蒙面的人士,最高可判囚10年;她認為立法會有一定阻嚇作用,能減少非法集會現場的蒙面者人數,且法例將有助執法及舉證。

在場記者問及,若有市民因患病而配戴口罩、並經過示威現場,以至有傳媒記者帶上面罩採訪示威現場,會否被視作違法。葛珮帆表示要再詳細研究條文,但若參考加拿大模式則只會針對非法集會,若因工作、醫療、駕駛等應可獲得豁免。

外界近月持續質疑,絕大部份警員在示威現場均沒有展示委任證及警員編號、且愈來愈多警員執勤時蒙面,也有警員喬裝示威者時帶上面罩。被問及警員執法應否蒙面時,葛珮帆稱《禁蒙面法》應為針對「非法人士的法例」,不能與警察執法相提並論。

2013年6月,加拿大在右翼保守黨(CPC)主政下,國會通過法案禁止在騷亂、違法集會中配戴面具,違法者可被判囚十年。

據報港府正研究頒布「宵禁令」

除了《禁蒙面法》,據報港府亦正研究頒布「宵禁令」。

據《星島日報》今天報道,港府有官員認為,在各種法律工具當中,頒布宵禁令毋須動用《緊急法》,因此是較可行的方法;而宵禁令作用有如冷靜期,可減少人群聚集。報道引述該名官員指,本週二(1日)各區衝突前,港鐵宣布停駛多條路線,某程度起了類似頒布宵禁令的作用。

根據《公安條例》第31條,特首如信納為了公共秩序而有需要,可藉宵禁令指示每位人士在指明地區及時間留在戶內,並持續生效。任何人違反宵禁令規定即屬違法,一經定罪可監禁兩年。而警察或其他紀律部隊成員在當值、或往返值班途中,無須受宵禁令規限,亦無責任遵從宵禁令的任何規定。

香港警察員佐級協會主席林志偉昨日(2日)曾發表聲明,促請特首林鄭月娥頒發宵禁令。林志偉形容香港正面臨嚴峻時刻,但港府仍未提出確實的針對措施,並提到根據《公安條例》、特首有權發出宵禁令或宣布任何地區為「禁區」,而根據《緊急法》則可採取多項針對措施。

林志偉指出,這些措施可以加強警隊「止暴制亂」的效力。他形容「反修例」風波至今,警隊一直孤身作戰,如果沒有由上而下的適當有力措施加以配合輔助,警隊更加孤掌難鳴。

行會成員湯家驊:引用緊急法與實施宵禁之間,個人寧願選擇前者

就傳媒報道港府可能引用《緊急法》以頒布《禁蒙面法》、或實施宵禁令,行政會議成員湯家驊認為宵禁令對港人影響非常大,相較之下他個人寧願選擇引用《緊急法》。

湯家驊今早出席香港電台節目《千禧年代》,承認引用《緊急法》或實施宵禁令均會導致香港的國際形象大打折扣。他提到,假如實施宵禁,如何執行、罰則如何、市民會否接受、會否有更多無辜守法的市民受害等問題,均不能簡單處理。

湯家驊強調,他對引用《緊急法》仍然有很大保留,但《緊急法》與宵禁令之間他寧願選擇前者。

被問及引用《緊急法》以延長拘留時間及訂立《禁蒙面法》是否可以考慮,湯家驊形容那是「不可接受中比較可以接受的方案」,但承認這些做法只能爭取表面平靜、同時亦會加深社會撕裂。

出席同一節目的香港大學法律學院首席講師張達明表示,港府若試圖以嚴刑峻法解決問題,是用錯方法,假如實施宵禁更會造成很大影響,他促請港府懸崖勒馬。

遭警員槍傷學生昨離開深切治療部,今即被控參與暴動及襲警

週二(1日)於荃灣參與示威期間、遭警員近距離實彈槍傷的中五學生,昨日(2日)甫離開醫院深切治療部、轉到心胸外科病房,今天即被律政司提告一項「參與暴動罪」及兩項「襲警罪」、下午在沙田裁判法院提堂。

據傳媒當日拍攝片段,受傷的中五學生以棍棒擊打一名警員的右手,警員隨即朝他胸口近距離開了至少一槍,學生倒地、並一度向趨前拍攝的記者呼喊「心口(胸口)好痛,去醫院」。然而,在場警員包圍倒卧地上的學生戒備,至少三分鐘後始檢查學生傷勢、隨後將他送院治理。

據網上流傳的電腦掃瞄照片,子彈打入該名學生的左邊肺部、距離心臟距三厘米。據報道,受傷學生早前接受手術取出子彈碎片,情況轉為穩定,至昨日傍晚離開深切治療部、轉到心胸外科病房留醫,目前已毋須依賴呼吸機協助呼吸。

警方早在昨日表示,初步考慮控告受傷學生「襲警」及「非法集結」,案件由新界南重案組調查。

至今天,律政司宣布控告受傷學生一項「參與暴動罪」及兩項「襲警罪」。控罪書指出,被告在荃灣大河道、大河道北及鱟地坊一帶與其他不知名人士參與暴動,另外在鱟地坊襲擊警員謝思明和警署警長曾家輝。

除了受傷學生,今午在沙田裁判法院提堂的還包括另外五男一女,他們分別被控參與暴動、縱火、襲警等罪名。

《立場新聞》直播片段顯示,警員疑以黑色鐵通換掉學生使用的白色短棍

根據警方昨日形容,受槍傷學生當時以「鐵通或鐵枝」、「削尖硬物」攻擊警員。然而據《立場新聞》引述當日直播片段顯示,懷疑曾有警員從遠處帶來一枝削尖的黑色鐵通、替換掉受傷學生原本使用的白色短棍,而再惹來外界質疑警方有插贓嫁禍之嫌。

《立場新聞》引述直播片段顯示(片段約第13分鐘開始),受傷學生當時向警員揮動白色短棍,倒地後短棍落在身旁,有搜證警員原本想拾起短棍,但懷疑被同袍叫停,隨後有警員從遠處拿來一枝長逾一米的黑色鐵枝,並連同受傷學生以游泳浮板所製的「自製盾牌」、頭盔等一併帶走。

除《立場新聞》拍攝到的片段,《法新社》等多間傳媒所拍照片及影片亦顯示,受傷學生當時手持的是不足兩呎的白色棍棒、以及一個印有卡通圖案的藍色游泳浮板。

警方被指修改《警察通例》的武力使用指引,升級可選擇使用武力
香港警方被揭發於中國「十一國慶」前夕修改《警察通例》中的武力使用指引,包括更改對抗程度的定義——屬最高級別的「致命武力攻擊」被修改為不需要「有意圖」、而只需要「相當可能引致他人身體嚴重受傷」,便可以使用槍械。

10月1日當天,荃灣就發生了參與示威的中五學生被警員以實彈槍傷事件,為「反送中」運動以來首次有示威者被警員實彈槍傷。而據警方事後確認,當日警方在各區合共發射六枚實彈。

《警察通例》中有關武力與槍械的章節一直沒有公開。據香港多間傳媒報道,警方於上月30日晚上在內部上載經過修改的程序手冊。其中,對抗程度仍然分為六級,但界定對抗程度的定義已被更改,可選擇使用的武力亦有所提升。

其中,屬第五級別的暴力攻擊,其原本定義為「肢體毆打但無意圖引致他人身體嚴重受傷」,修改後定義為「肢體毆打引致或相當可能引致他人身體受傷」。

至於控制程度,原本為可以採取強硬拘押控制,或中級武器、即警棍,修改後版本則為除了強硬拘押控制,亦允許使用催淚劑裝置或低殺傷力武器,包括伸縮警棍、警棍、橡膠彈、布袋彈、雷明登散彈槍及水炮車。

至於屬最高級別、第六級別的致命武力攻擊,其原本定義為「以毆打行動意圖引致他人死亡或身體嚴重受傷」,修改後定義為「以毆打行動引致或相當可能引致他人死亡或身體嚴重受傷」,並允許警員使用槍械。

警方在新指引加入備註,指列表未必涵蓋所有情況,武力使用的選擇僅供參考,警員應根據實際情況及《警察通例》的武力使用指引,判斷何謂合理的武力程度。

然而,民主黨立法會議員林卓廷批評,修訂有機會引致更多警員濫用暴力。他指出,假如警員不當使用警棍、橡膠子彈、布袋彈、水炮車等,同樣有機會致命,因此不認同將這些武器歸類為低殺傷力武器。

「佔中九子案」邵家臻及黃浩銘刑滿出獄

因「佔中九子案」而入獄的立法會社福界議員邵家臻及社民連副主席黃浩銘今天刑滿出獄。兩人離開監獄後會見傳媒,談到因服刑而錯過過去百多天的「反送中」運動,均表示需要時間掌握運動發展。

邵家臻及黃浩銘今早先後出冊,在場有近百名支持者迎接及聲援。邵家臻形容牢獄生涯艱苦,但無挫其信念,反而讓他追求民主的意志更加堅定;他又提到,過去數用在監獄外更不簡單,「反送中」運動參與者較坐牢更難捱,他向大家致敬。

黃浩銘亦指監獄生活不太好受,但苦難不會攔阻他對爭取民主的追求。他形容自6月9日起,香港已經變成由抗爭者建立的、追求民主與自由的「新香港」,並敦促特首林鄭月娥儘快回應民間五大訴求、特別是落實「真雙普選」。

關於持續百多日的「反送中」運動,邵家臻坦言在獄中只掌握電視上的片面資訊,當前尚需時間掌握運動;他認為,與五年前的「佔領中環」運動相比,「反送中」運動已經轉型,他很願意在這場運動中學習。黃浩銘則表示,自己在獄中有種很想參加、但無法參加的孤寂,當他看到運動促使很多人上街,已深感出獄後自己身邊會有至少二百萬名同行者。

邵家臻此前曾在「獄中家書」提到,出冊後第一個心願是聽到大家合唱《願榮光歸香港》。因此,今早在場聲援人士亦一同高唱了此曲,而邵家臻及黃浩銘則看着歌詞、慢慢跟上試唱。

「佔中九子案」於今年4月宣判,其中邵家臻及黃浩銘各被控兩項「煽惑他人作出公眾妨擾罪」及「煽惑他人煽惑公罪妨擾罪」,各被判囚八個月。

台灣台中市一間違章鐵皮工廠失火,兩名消防員殉職
台灣台中市大雅區一間生產即棄餐具的鐵皮工廠發生大火,兩名消防員殉職。據當局初步調查,起火工廠屬違章建築。

據報道,消防員於今天凌晨二時左右趕抵現場,隨即對已燒至火光熊熊的工廠展開灌救。由於工廠冒出大量濃煙,消防指揮人員於凌晨三時左右呼叫撤退,隨後發現兩名進入火場探測溫度、搜救及搜尋起火點的消防員失蹤,遂調遣快速救援小組輪流進入火場搜索。

直至早上八時許,消防員找到兩具被壓在鐵皮下的遺體,證實為兩名失蹤消防員張哲嘉及謝志雄。

據當地消防指出,起火鐵皮工廠生產即棄餐具,內部堆放有許多易燃物,且工廠位於農業區。工廠起火後,火勢迅速升級、更一度蔓延至工廠旁的稻田,而鐵皮屋頂亦被燒至倒塌。

https://theinitium.com/article/20191003-evening-brief/

[明報], 【十一.示威】中槍男生控暴動襲警留醫未能出庭 身旁被制服理大生同遭起訴 (15:17)

18歲中五男生曾志健於前日國慶(10月1日)當天,在荃灣追打警員時被實彈射中左胸穿肺,今被控一項暴動罪及兩項襲警罪。除了曾志健,有五男一女被控暴動罪,其中一人被控縱火罪,案件同在沙田裁判法院提堂。

https://m.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20191003/s00001/1570086665549/%E3%80%90%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%80-%E7%A4%BA%E5%A8%81%E3%80%91%E4%B8%AD%E6%A7%8D%E7%94%B7%E7%94%9F%E6%8E%A7%E6%9A%B4%E5%8B%95%E8%A5%B2%E8%AD%A6%E7%95%99%E9%86%AB%E6%9C%AA%E8%83%BD%E5%87%BA%E5%BA%AD-%E8%BA%AB%E6%97%81%E8%A2%AB%E5%88%B6%E6%9C%8D%E7%90%86%E5%A4%A7%E7%94%9F%E5%90%8C%E9%81%AD%E8%B5%B7%E8%A8%B4?fbclid=IwAR24s1GGmli3c3-OJ-eysyxLI1v6dRwAVmQOvrnhX3KVvq4cjfwlK-Nxtiw


另外,黃之鋒於facebook表示警署警長曾家輝,為當日開槍射向曾志健左胸的警長。

[AppleDaily], 【槍轟學生】警涉插贓嫁禍中槍男生畫面曝光! 搜證警換4呎長削尖鐵枝作「武器」

10.1當日多區發生警民衝突,一名中五生曾志健於荃灣遭防暴警近距離向胸口開槍,現時仍然留院,警方今日即以參與暴動及襲警等罪控告他及另外6名涉案男子,案件下午在沙田裁判法院提堂。不過有傳媒拍到當日片段,清楚見到「健仔」被捕後倒地,原本其手持的白色枝桿於其身旁,但未有被警員取走,取而代之就是從遠處拿來一枝4呎長被削尖的鐵枝,連同「健仔」手持的浮板盾取走,疑為作為證物。

警方昨舉行例行記者會時,多次以警員「生命受威脅」為由,為開槍決定開脫。警務處副處長鄧炳強聲稱,當時警員正受多人襲擊,有人用削尖硬物攻擊警員,而開槍警員見同袍受襲生命受到威脅,故持槍戒備,但示威者沒有退後,反用「鐵枝」襲擊警員,更假設若警員被搶槍,後果不堪設想,故決定開槍,又指當時警員「沒有選擇」,亦「無時間、無機會」向天開槍。警察公共關係科總警司謝振中亦為開槍警護航,指摘「行刑式開槍」的批評,更反問:「一啲無受過任何專業槍械訓練嘅人,係基於咩理據,質疑警方專業判斷?」

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[Times]The Teenage Hong Kong Protester Shot by Police Is to Face Rioting Charges

The Hong Kong teenager shot by police during anti-government protests on Tuesday is to be charged with rioting and assaulting police, local government-funded broadcaster RTHK reports. The news is sure to inflame tensions in the enclave, which is still recovering from its worst day of violence in over 50 years.

Tsang Chi-lin, 18, is scheduled to appear in Sha Tin court on Thursday afternoon, a court official told TIME. It was not immediately clear if Tsang, who is recovering in hospital, would be appearing in person or via video link, or be represented by counsel.

By lunchtime Thursday, hundreds of students began marching through the campus of the Chinese University in support of Tsang, who miraculously survived a police bullet at close range during a street battle on Oct. 1.

Students chanted the slogan of Hong Kong’s democratic rebellion—“Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time!”—and carried posters accusing police of attempted murder. Others called for a student strike.

Tsang is the first protester to be hit with a live round during four months of unrest. His wounding has given fresh impetus to a movement seeking democratic reform and self-determination for the former British possession, which was retroceded to China in 1997 after 156 years of colonial rule.


Overnight, protesters across Hong Kong vented their fury at the shooting, erecting barricades, setting fires, and smashing the shopfronts of businesses with mainland Chinese connections. Petrol bombs were hurled at a suburban police headquarters. Hundreds of office workers also marched through the city’s financial district yesterday afternoon to decry the shooting.

Hong Kong has been roiled by four months of unrest. Early demonstrations against a now withdrawn extradition bill, which would have allowed the rendition of fugitives to mainland China for the first time, have rapidly grown into a democratic rebellion against the unpopular local government and a repudiation of Beijing.



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[Reuters], Hong Kong protesters rampage across city as police call for curfew

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong demonstrators clashed with police into the early hours of Thursday, throwing petrol bombs and venting their anger over the shooting of a teenager earlier in the week, as months of anti-government protests showed no sign of letting up.

Police urged the government to impose curfews to help curb the escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city, where officers have become a target of protesters amid accusations of excessive force.

Activists went on the rampage in districts across the Asian financial hub late into the night, setting fires, blocking roads and vandalizing shops and metro stations as police fired tear gas to disperse them.

“Wherever there are protests nearby I’ll come ... I’m out tonight for a simple reason. You don’t shoot a teenager at point blank range,” said Alex Chan, an interior designer at a protest in the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay.

“These protests will continue and we won’t give up.”

Thousands took to the streets on Wednesday to denounce the shooting by police of Tony Tsang, an 18-year-old secondary-school student, which police said was an act of self-defense.

Tsang was shot at point-blank range as he fought a police officer with a metal pipe on Tuesday, when demonstrators hurled petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon.

He has been charged with rioting and assaulting an officer, police said.

Rail operator MTR Corp closed stations in districts including Po Lam, Hang Hau and Tseung Kwan O just before midnight on Wednesday as violence escalated once again. All affected stations had reopened on Thursday.

Lam Chi-wai, chairman of Junior Police Officers Association, urged the city’s leader to impose a curfew to maintain public order, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

“We are only an enforcement agency with limited power under the law. When facing such a series of massive rioting incidents, we cannot work alone - clapping only with one hand - without appropriate measures and support from top level,” Lam said.

The Hong Kong public has become increasingly hostile towards police amid accusations of heavy-handed tactics. Police say they have shown restraint in the face of increased violence.

The lawyer for an Indonesian journalist injured when police fired a projectile during protests on Sunday said she will be left blind in one eye.

The European Union said in a statement it was deeply troubled by the escalation of violence in Hong Kong and the only way forward was through “restraint, de-escalation and dialogue”.

The former British colony has been rocked by months of protests over a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial, but have evolved into calls for democracy, among other demands.

The opposition to the Beijing-backed government has plunged the city into its biggest political crisis in decades and poses the gravest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping since he came to power.

Protesters are also angry about what they see as creeping interference by Beijing in their city’s affairs despite a promise of autonomy in the “one country, two systems” formula under which Hong Kong returned to China in 1997.

China dismisses accusations it is meddling and has accused foreign governments, including the United States and Britain, of stirring up anti-China sentiment.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-protesters-rampage-across-city-as-police-call-for-curfew-idUSKBN1WI02F