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Community advances call for end of tear gas bullet

2019-12-07T05:11:27.645Z


The amount and composition of the use of tear gas by the police have received much attention. Some Mong Kok neighbours said that the intensive use of tear gas bombs in Mong Kok began in August, making them miserable. Some neighbourhoods described the impact as more severe than Typhoon No. 10. Among them, Ms. Gao Gao cried and complained that her residence was affected by tear gas. She and her five-year-old son had to be avoided, and had been homeless for nearly a month. His son was suspected of having a rash due to tear gas, and he has not retired. Assisting their community to move forward Yau Tsim Mong District Councillors questioned the government's inadequate aftercare, asked the government to publish the tear gas composition, and urged the police to deploy a strategy for video tear gas deployment, which should take deep consideration of community and health factors.


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Written by: Zheng Qiuling

2019-12-07 11:03

Last updated: 2019-12-07 13:01

The amount and composition of the use of tear gas by the police have received much attention. Some Mong Kok neighbours said that the intensive use of tear gas bombs in Mong Kok began in August, making them miserable. Some neighbourhoods described the impact as more severe than Typhoon No. 10. Among them, Ms. Gao Gao cried and complained that her residence was affected by tear gas. She and her five-year-old son had to be avoided, and had been homeless for nearly a month. His son was suspected of having a rash due to tear gas, and he has not retired. Assisting their community to move forward Yau Tsim Mong District Councillors questioned the government's inadequate aftercare, asked the government to publish the tear gas composition, and urged the police to deploy a strategy for video tear gas deployment, which should take deep consideration of community and health factors.

Ms. Gao and her 5-year-old son, who lived in the mortuary of Mong Kok, were affected by the tear gas fired by the police several times over the weekend from November 9 to 10. Before November 13, Ms. Gao smelled tear gas at two or three in the morning. Ms. Gao immediately turned off the air-conditioner. The smell of tear gas in the room made her heart hurt and she had difficulty breathing. The next day, while the government announced the suspension of her class, she took her son away from the residence on November 13. The mother and son once left Hong Kong for a few days. After returning to Hong Kong, they stayed with their friends in Tuen Mun's home. Once they returned to their home in Mong Kok to pick up objects, the police also stopped in Mong Kok. Tear gas was released near the department, and mother and child also inhaled.

Around November 20, Ms. Gao found a rash on her son's back to thigh, which remained undisturbed for a long time. On the 25th, he asked the doctor for a rash. The doctor said that the rash was "possibly related to tears." So far, her son is still itchy, and Ms. Gao can only persuade her son not to grab it with his fingers. Ms. Gao once reported the problem to the owner of the mortuary house. The owner was also unwilling to deal with the cancellation of the rent and the tear gas, which made the mother and the child very helpless. Ms. Gao hopes that the government will compensate them for their losses and arrange for the transfer house to solve their urgent needs.

To assist the victim ’s community, three Yau Tsim Mong district councillors also attended the press conference, including Zhu Jiangwei from Mong Kok South, Li Guoquan from Danan, and Hu Suishan from Yau Ma Tei South. The community advances. Zhu Jiangwei believes that the police cares about the life and health of the residents of Mong Kok, and constantly shed tear gas. Both the school stalls and the elderly and children living upstairs have been seriously injured. Homelessness is there, there is no way but hard food, Zhu Jiangwei appealed to the people in Yau Tsim Mong who were injured by tear gas, to contact the community to ask for help, and investigate the government and police together.

In addition, Hu Suishan, a district council candidate for South Yau Ma Tei, also consulted the parents of three primary schools in the district about the cleaning up of the residue after the tear gas ejected near the fruit bar. The parents of Yau Ma Tei Primary School stated that the school only used the school staff to clean up the remnants of the bombardment, but the police never disclosed the ingredients and could not use the targeted cleaning agents and methods. It was difficult to ensure that the harmful substances had been removed. Parent C was worried about the children ’s safety and suspended the class for more than one day. He also wore a long-sleeved shirt for children after the resumption. He urged not to touch the facilities indiscriminately, but he was still very upset because the children said that five boys had diarrhea.

Hu Suishan asked the police to disclose the tear gas composition, and the Education Department provided professional cleanup. She also said that the cleaners in the area did not have masks in the beginning, and later they only needed simple surgical masks.

On December 7, the tenants shared the situation of teardrops entering the house, and the community moved forward to call for an end to the indiscriminate use of tear gas. (Photo by Zheng Qiuling)

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