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Written by: McCain
2020-01-02 18:42
Last updated: 2020-01-02 18:49The FDC launched a parade on New Year's Day (January 1). The parade was originally intended to be walked from Victoria Park, Causeway Bay to the pedestrian zone at Chater Road, Central. However, in the afternoon, a conflict broke out in Wan Chai. Police demanded that the procession be terminated and dissolved. Democrat Legislative Councillor Xu Zhifeng was removed by police officers at Causeway Bay at 8 pm and sprayed pepper spray at close range. Fragments were circulated online, questioning police practices.
Senior Police Superintendent Jiang Yongxiang of the Police Public Relations Division responded to the incident at a press conference today (January 2). He emphasized that the police had given Xu Zhifeng multiple warnings at that time, demanding that the other party return to the sidewalk, but that the other party adopted a passive resistance method. "I do n’t know that Mi Mi is holding himself with a blindfold, so I am afraid of me. "Pepper pepper spray," so the police officer took off the opponent's blindfold to make the pepper spray effective.
Regarding the police's statement, Xu Zhifeng responded to the police's accusations that the deer was a horse and the right and the wrong were reversed, and the civil and criminal investigations were pursued.
According to a clip taken by a reporter from "Hong Kong 01", Xu Zhifeng was at a pedestrian crossing near Hennessy Road and Jardine's Bazaar near the road at the time of the incident. Several riot police officers expelled the permit; Xu retorted that he was at a "reasonable distance." Before long, a riot policeman reached out and removed Xu's blindfold. He sprayed pepper spray on his face, Xu turned, and put on the blindfold again. The officer immediately removed Xu's blindfold and sprayed pepper spray again.
The incident made many netizens question the police's law enforcement methods. In response, Jiang Yongxiang said today: "I know that Mi Qu (Xu) is holding himself with an eye mask, so I am afraid that I will not use pepper spray." With a little negative resistance, only use "pull the eye mask" and use pepper spray to make the dispersing action more effective. He emphasized that it was as if police officers had previously used pepper spray to remove the demonstrators' umbrellas.
Jiang reiterated that during the incident, police officers repeatedly warned Xu and asked the other party to return to the sidewalk, and questioned why the other party could not even give simple instructions. In his opinion, Xu, as a public official, should have understood that it was necessary to restore public safety as soon as possible.
Xu Zhifeng responds: police reverse civil and criminal prosecution
Xu Zhifeng issued a statement in response to the statement of the police press conference, condemning the violent behavior of the police officers, blaming front-line law enforcement police officers for being irrational and emotionally out of control, and deliberately attacking public officials for venting anger and hatred instead of dispersing. The press conference called Xu Zhifeng's "negative confrontation", which actually meant that the deer was a horse and reversed right and wrong. Xu Zhifeng will pursue police violence from the civil and criminal standpoint, and the police will not tolerate police violence.
Xu Zhifeng said frankly that the police press conference now speaks different stories every day and creates police lie, just like living in another time and space with Hong Kong citizens. The citizens have been intolerant of police violent police activities since June. Last night Xu Zhifeng had been standing on the sidewalk during the execution of his duties. He was also in a position and distance unobstructed by the police. However, he was suddenly treated by uncontrollable riot police. He took off his eye mask and pepper spray, which caused severe pain in his skin. He believed that the incident proved that the police's violence had escalated obviously, and advised the police to return to shore as soon as possible, immediately stop the police violently, called on the police and police to cut off the seats, bring the illegal police officers to justice, and said that the Police's Public Relations Division continued to use "big words" Lying in the form of "big talk" will only make the image of the police force continue to be irreparable, and also make the public even more distrustful of the government.
Police press conference on January 2nd, Jiang Yongxiang, Senior Superintendent of Police Public Relations Division (Media Liaison and Communication) said that Xu Zhifeng was holding his eye mask, so he had to remove his eye mask twice and spray pepper spray. (Photo by Kong Fan)
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