Mother's Day | Police Mong Kok Roundup "Hong Kong 01" Photojournalist was ordered to be kneeled and sprayed with pepper

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Author: Kong Fanxu

2020-05-11 19:40

On Mother's Day (10th), netizens called to gather in the shopping malls of various districts to sing anti-revision songs. At night, there were a large number of demonstrators on the streets of Mong Kok. The police took a dispersal operation late at night and rounded up many people. During the interview, a photojournalist of "Hong Kong 01" was surrounded by a group of riot police officers. When expressing his identity to the police officer, he was also sprayed with pepper sprays. The eyes were clear and the pepper sprays were everywhere in the body. The body was painful and burning. . Even though the photojournalist had identified himself at that time, he was ordered to kneel with dozens of people, and it was forbidden to continue the interview and filming. The press department of "Hong Kong 01" stated that the police must respect the legal interviewing rights of professional journalists and ensure their safety in life.

On the evening of May 10, the police dispersed on Shandong Street in Mong Kok and sprayed pepper spray on the crowd. "Hong Kong 01" photojournalist Zhong Jiao. (Profile picture / photograph by Zheng Zifeng)

A photojournalist of "Hong Kong 01" shot demonstrations at the junction of Shandong Street and Tongcai Street in Mong Kok last night. During this period, he had been showing reporter cards and standing on the pedestrian road. At about 11 o'clock in the night, there were two batches of riot police officers from different Moving in the direction, surrounded the demonstrators, citizens and reporters at the scene, constantly spraying pepper spray on the crowd, waving the baton and pushing forward with the shield once.

"Hong Kong 01" News Department: Police must respect the legal right of professional journalists to interview

There were many pepper sprays on the eyes and all over the body of the photographers. They continued to shoot after falling to the ground. However, they were not allowed to take photos by the police officers. Interviews were forbidden. During the period, some police officers shouted, "Reporters are not exposed to the sun. Under the siege of the police, at least 20 people were ordered to kneel there. At that time, a woman cried, and the photographer heard a police officer shouting, "Screaming sternly!" The team assisted, but was accused by the police of inciting the crowd's emotions and ordered not to speak again. About 20 minutes later, the police media liaison team arrived and took a group of reporters aside. The police instructed the reporters to read the name, identity card number and display the reporter ’s card before the camera was allowed to leave.

The press department of "Hong Kong 01" stated that the police must respect the legal interviewing rights of professional journalists and ensure their safety in life.

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Several news unions demanded an emergency meeting with Deng Bingqiang

Last night, a number of media reporters were blocked by the police for filming and pepper spraying. The editorial department of Ming Pao Daily issued a statement strongly condemning the police for grossly interfering with the legal interviews of the two journalists in Mong Kok. The Hong Kong Journalists Association and the Hong Kong Photojournalist Association and other trade unions have criticized the police force for repeatedly trampling on the freedom of interviews. The various atrocities against journalists at the scene of the conflict have been "exhausted." They asked the Commissioner of Police to meet with media union representatives in an emergency and immediately Stop the unhealthy trend of the police force against the reporters, and suspend the investigation of the police officers out of control to avoid mistakes.

The agency also pointed out that the police stifled the right to interview through interception and assault, trampled on the dignity of the media with insulting language and bad attitudes, and completely violated the "General Police Regulations" that the police must "take an attitude of mutual understanding and concessions and cooperate as much as possible. "Media work".

Press Executives Association: Extremely sorry

The Hong Kong Journalism Executives Association also issued a statement expressing its extreme regret that reporters at the scene were treated violently by police officers and hindered normal interviews. The Association believes that under the current efforts of Hong Kong to fight the epidemic, all parties need to be more rational and respectful for Hong Kong to move forward. The Association strictly requires all parties to respect and protect the freedom of press interviews to ensure that Hong Kong ’s core values ​​will not be compromised.

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