HK Court of Appeal refuses to continue suspending ruling that mask ban is unconstitutional but will still allow govt to proceed with appeal of the ruling.
House and Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement on language in a bill that would bar the use of federal funds to buy buses and railcars from China, reports @WSJ
1 year ago00:52: police arrested 3 males and 2 females in Tin Shui Wai.
1 year agoPolice announce they have defused two explosive devices found near Wah Yan College in Wan Chai this evening Police say the devices consisted of 10kg of explosives with nails added for shrapnel, meaning a blast radius of 50-100m if detonation had occurred
1 year agoPolice are stopping and searching young people in Mong Kok on Monday night, after makeshift roadblocks were reported on Shantung Street earlier in the evening. Photo: RTHK screenshot.
1 year agoIn Taipo, residents were blocking the roads and confronting the police; Tai Wo rd is blocked by police.
1 year agoDec 9, 22:55 HKT in Taipo, Hong Kong Police point pepper spray shouting at reporters again, don't cross the line which no clear indication where the line is
1 year ago40 riot police officers in standoff against residents in Taipo, upsetting residents, while pepper rounds fired
Bomb disposal officers were sent to Wan Chai on Monday evening after police said they found suspected home-made bombs near Wah Yan College on Queen's Road East.
Bomb disposal officers have been deployed after two suspected home-made devices were found on a slope in Hong Kong. The objects were spotted in Wan Chai near Wah Yan College Hong Kong on Queen’s Road East at about 5.30pm on Monday.
![Chinese officials visited Mongla, Myanmar on Dec. 5 to pressure Northern Alliance (NA) groups [AA, MNDAA & TNLA] to withdrawal support for Gambia's genocide allegations against Burma Govt](https://china.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/12/09/21930075_0.jpg)
1 year agoChinese officials visited Mongla, Myanmar on Dec. 5 to pressure Northern Alliance (NA) groups [AA, MNDAA & TNLA] to withdrawal support for Gambia's genocide allegations against Burma Govt
At Monday afternoon's press conference, police also said they arrested 12 people in Sheung Shui in the morning for alleged possession of tools that officers suspected they would use to puncture vehicle tyres.
Police confirmed an "embarrassing" case that an officer on leave was stopped from leaving HK yesterday at airport as an extendable baton was found in his luggage. Police said the officer was "careless" and already reprimanded
Hundreds of democrats and district councillors urge Hong Kong gov't to scrap police pay rise plans
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - 9km WNW of Yongchang, China
VW says of its Xinjiang plant: "We assume there is no forced labor"
1 year agoRiot police are stopping and searching youngsters in Shatin during lunch hours. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
[email protected]: ..Biden on the board of the largest natural gas company in Ukraine, getting paid $83,000 a month, 10 times as much as a board member of @exxonmobil." Thank you Ted. He also made a fortune from China and others, but zero before his father became V.P. @MeetThePress
1 year agoFrontline protesters are setting up increasingly elaborate barricades on Des Voeux Road Central as riot police begin to converge upon the designated end of the march. Photo: May James / HKFP. hongkong
1 year agoThe frontline long since fell back to Peddar St, the police seem not to have changed stance at all and are happy to remain blocking the road to the Liaison Office, so still hopeful it remains peaceful today as these CHRF marches always have been
1 year agoWith most protesters having completed Sunday's march, increasing numbers of riot police are converging in Central, where a standoff continues
1 year agoChanting "one, two, one, two" to coordinate their pace, frontline protesters are cautiously retreating, while making sure they leave no one behind
1 year agoThe end of the march is finally passing Sogo, 3.5 hours after the official start (keeping in mind the crowd spilled over from Vic Park way before 3pm)
1 year agoIn Central, riot police at all intersections Connaught/Harcourt Rd; many black bloc protesters waiting around checking phones; first aid crews waiting at the ready
![[CWB. Outside Victoria Park] 4:55PM. Jammed. Every street.](https://china.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/12/08/21929648_0.jpg)
1 year ago[CWB. Outside Victoria Park] 4:55PM. Jammed. Every street.
1 year agoBlack-clad protesters are telling each other to retreat from the riot police cordon on Des Voeux Road Central as demonstrators from the authorised march continue to arrive. Photo: May James / HKFP. hongkong
1 year agoAlmost two hours since the march started, the crowd remains strong in Causeway Bay. HumanRightsDay hongkongprotests Hundreds of Thousands Join Human Rights March: HongKong
1 year agoThe Civil Human Rights Front's first approved march in months has begun from Victoria Park
1 year agoMarchers have left Victoria Park as the @chrf_hk support vehicle leads the way to Central
1 year agoDisappointing that only hundreds at most have turned out to StandWithYuli, says Anna Tsui, when thousands have come out to thank US and Donald Trump. Not a good strategy to "rely on the mercy of international leaders, who honestly who wouldn't think of us as anybody," she says
