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Written by: Golden Chess
2020-10-02 11:46
Last update date: 2020-10-02 11:46
Yesterday (1st) was the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. There were also gatherings in Causeway Bay and many districts to shout slogans, and the police arrested more than 60 people.
Yesterday was also the first time that netizens initiated an action after the police revised the definition of "media representative" under the General Police Regulations. The Hong Kong Journalists Association sent several observers yesterday to understand the work of the media.
According to Lu Bingquan, a voluntary observer of the Journalist Association and a senior lecturer in the Department of Journalism of Hong Kong Baptist University, yesterday, the police pulled up the cordon several times under safe and chaotic conditions, causing inconvenience to the work of reporters. The actual behavior of the front-line police was consistent with what the senior officials said. The situation is not ideal.
He also pointed out that two reporters from the Internet media were charged for a restricted gathering order in the cordoned area, but a police officer once stated that they could leave as long as they showed a press card. He pointedly pointed out that the police had "the preface was wrong."
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Lu Bingquan said in the "Millennium" program of RTHK today (2nd) that he stayed at "SOGO" and Paterson Street in Causeway Bay for more than three hours since 1 pm yesterday.
He pointed out that when sporadic incidents occurred, such as when police officers stopped for investigation and when people called out slogans, reporters and police officers had their own positions, describing that "both parties have found a working space."
Emergency situations set up an "orange belt" to hinder reporters' interview
However, in an emergency, the police will pull up an "orange belt" cordon to surround citizens and reporters.
Lu pointed out that once in the Paterson Street blockade, police officers asked reporters to show their press card and leave. However, even media that has registered with the Government Information Service's News Release System (GNMIS) must leave the blockade. Lu believes This affects the reporter's interview work.
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In addition, Lu Bingquan stated that when the three reporters from the online media "Paper Media" left the blockade, two of them were voted against by the police for violating the gathering restriction order. The police officers on the scene claimed that they were not satisfied with their reporter status.
Lu Qi later inquired with the two reporters. They said that they had presented their ID cards and press cards, and the police had checked whether the agency had been registered with GNMIS.
Lu Bingquan believes that if two people violate the gathering restriction order, the police also voted against the people who gathered together with the two, and pointed out that the police had "wrongly said the foreword."
The police officers on the scene only responded and if there is a supplementary certificate, they can notify the Police Public Relations Division for processing.
Lu Bingquan continued that the slogans of the general public yesterday and the state of action was not violent. They believed that the police had repeatedly pulled the lockdown zone unnecessary. He described that "policies have different interpretations from high-level to front-line implementation", and the situation is not ideal.
As for the police officer's attitude yesterday, there was no unfriendly or hostile remarks.
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