Politics
Written by: Chen Chuolan, Liu Jinhua
2020-01-17 13:45
Last updated: 2020-01-17 18:20Liu Yingkang, a member of the civil rally team and march organizer, today (17th) appealed against the "Sanctions under the Heaven" parade on January 19. The appeal board stated that the march posed a threat to public safety and therefore rejected the organizer's appeal and upheld the decision of the police. The police earlier issued a notice of no objection to the starting rally held at Chater Road. Today, the two sides reached a consensus after reconciliation and extended the rally to the entire Chater Road.
Liu Yingkang (left) believes that the police have never stopped suppressing freedom of speech and assembly. (Photo by Chen Chuolan)
Liu Yingkang believes that the police have never stopped suppressing freedom of speech and assembly. The reason for not issuing the notice of no objection is for political reasons. He also criticized the police ’s criteria for approving the procession “same time”, and the decision of the appeal board was to assist the police in suppressing freedom of procession and assembly He encouraged the public to attend the rally on Sunday (19th) in which a notice of no objection had been issued, and said that after discussions between the two parties, they agreed to extend the rally to the entire Chater Road to cope with the possible increase in rally. A Police spokesman and Chief Inspector General of the Hong Kong Island, Mr Hao Mingming, welcomed the ruling of the Appeal Board and urged the public not to participate in the procession opposed by the police. Without reasonable excuse, it would constitute the crime of participating in unauthorized assembly.
The civil rally team today (17) appealed against the protest. The spokesman of the civil rally team Liu Yikuang will explain the details of the appeal and the day's activities. (Profile picture / Photo by Huang Weilun)
The police stated in the committee that there were many violent clashes in the parades held on December 8 and January 1 last year, including the destruction of shops and banks. For public safety reasons, they refused to march on January 19. A notice of no objection was issued. One side of Liu Yingkang said that the police ’s judgement of whether they were approved should be based on the previous performance of Liu Yingkang and the civil rally team, rather than relying on the experience of the FDC parade to judge the risk of parades organized by other groups. . However, the Appeals Committee unanimously ruled that the procession on Sunday (19th) would threaten the safety and order of the public and therefore rejected the appeal.
This is the first time this year and the new Commissioner of Police Deng Bingqiang has issued a notice of objection to the procession. He hopes that the public will not get used to it and defend their rights. The original procession route will start from Chater Road, Central. Meet and walk to the junction of Hennessy Road to Yee Wo Street.
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