The police re-characterized the 7.21 incident as not an "indiscriminate attack" and was renamed to arrive at the scene in 18 minutes

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Written by: Zhu Yashuang

2020-08-26 21:20

The 7.21 Yuen Long incident occurred more than a year ago. The police arrested 13 people today (26th). This is the first time that a non-"white-clothed person" has been arrested. Together with the 44 white-clothed people arrested earlier, 57 people have been arrested so far. At the press conference in the afternoon, the police re-characterized the incident as the "7.21 Yuen Long Conflict", a violent conflict that evolved from the confrontation and gathering of people with different opinions and factions. They also pointed out that "indiscriminate attack" was an improper description. Describes that the two sides of the confrontation are "evenly matched and evenly matched." In addition, the previously controversial 39-minute "no police time" was renamed to take 18 minutes to arrive.

Police re-characterized as violent conflict of "dissidents"

The day after the 721 Yuen Long incident occurred last year, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, together with the Secretary-General, and the Commissioner of Police, Lu Weicong, met with reporters and responded to the conflict in the Liaison Office after the July 21 parade and the Yuen Long attack. The three strongly condemned the violence. . Among them, Lu Weicong said that "some violent attacks" occurred in Yuen Long. Checking the information, the police issued a statement in the early morning of July 22 last year condemning the violent acts that took place in Sheung Wan and Yuen Long on the 21st. They allege that "someone attacked passengers on the platform and in the train compartment of the Yuen Long MTR station, resulting in many injuries." .

But today, at a press conference where the police explained the arrests of Legislative Council Members Lin Cheuk Ting and Xu Zhifeng, the Senior Superintendent (Criminal) of the New Territories North Region, Chen Tianzhu, stated that the July 21 conflict in Yuen Long meant that "the conflict between Yuen Long and West Rail on July 21 last year Near the station, the confrontation and gathering of people with different opinions and factions turned into violent conflicts."

The police described "the two sides are evenly matched and equally matched"

Chen Tianzhu also pointed out that "No difference (attack) is an improper description." He explained that people gathered first and then confronted each other. The people gathered on both sides continued to escalate the confrontation. He also described that many citizens entered and exited the gate normally and confronted each other. During this period, the train service was normal, and nothing happened at the other exit in the same toll area. A total of 350 people entered the gate and 600 people exited the gate as normal. "Seeing a gathering of people on the net will escalate the conflict. What happened? "Unpleasant incidents" continue to mean that the two sides are evenly matched and evenly matched.

The Senior Superintendent (Criminal) of the New Territories North Region, Chen Tianzhu, pointed out today that on July 21, the confrontation and gathering of people with different opinions and factions turned into violent conflicts. (Photo by Huang Weimin)

Claiming that one-sided and false information circulating on the Internet is misleading by reporters

Chen Tianzhu rebutted the 721 incident, saying that many one-sided, distorted, misleading, and even false information circulated on the Internet, plus two live footages from the West Rail Station, one of which was claimed to go to the end. "Actually, it’s not. Oh, there was a pause in the middle, and I couldn’t see the facts as comprehensively as possible.” and described another media’s live broadcast, but “most of the time the footage is only a one-sided action”, plus the narration, it is misunderstood as “no difference Attack". Chen Tianzhu countered that the accusation of police and criminal collusion was totally false and groundless. He described the police and criminal collusion as stigmatization and only wanted to weaken the police's law enforcement ability in order to achieve political goals.

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The police changed their mouth and said that the 18-minute presence meant that they had previously believed that 39 minutes was a failure to master CCTV

The 39-minute "no police time" that night was criticized, but the police today said it took 18 minutes to arrive at the scene after receiving instructions. Chen Tianzhu said that according to the CCTV shooting, the Yuen Long West Rail Station was originally calm that night, with sporadic conflicts, and then the lobby generally returned to calm. Until 10:45, some congressmen entered the Yuen Long lobby for a Facebook live broadcast. A large number of people gathered in the lobby. Many people in white did not arrive until 10:48. A few minutes later, three police officers arrived at Yuen Long West Rail Station to deal with it. It was found that a large number of people had gathered for confrontation. There was no violence at the time, so they temporarily evacuated and asked for reinforcements from their superiors.

Chen Tianzhu pointed out that the Yuen Long Rapid Response Force received instructions at 10:57 to summon manpower and equipment and arrived at the West Rail Station at 11:15. He said that it should be calculated at 10:57 when the instructions were received, so it was used. Arrived in 18 minutes. "It’s definitely not the 39 minutes that I mentioned at the beginning, because the 39 minutes described at the first time was just that we couldn’t grasp the full closed-circuit television situation at the time. Clarify."

Checking the information, the Yuen Long District Commander Ye Jianying responded to the incident on the afternoon of July 22 last year. According to police information, at 10:41 that night, citizens reported that they were threatened by people in white at the Yuen Long West Rail Station. At 1045, patrols were dispatched. After the two patrol officers arrived at the West Rail Station, they found that the police force and equipment were insufficient and the large number of people on the scene were met. After consideration, the two police officers reported to the upper line for reinforcements. Four patrol cars arrived at 11:20.

Three days later, at a press conference on August 26, 2019, when the New Territories North Commander Zeng Zhengke responded to why it took 40 minutes to arrive at the Yuen Long Station, he once said, "I believe there is no 40 minutes, it is 39 minutes." It may be necessary to review the deployment of manpower.

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