Burst
Written by: Li Jingshan, Deng Bailiang and He Weihong
2020-10-02 10:42
Last update date: 2020-10-02 18:42
Netizens on National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival launched parades and multi-district rallies. Starting yesterday (1st) afternoon, the police raised blue and purple flags in Causeway Bay to disperse the assembled persons and launched arrests.
According to the police, a total of 87 people were arrested in multiple districts, aged between 13 and 65, including 4 district councillors Li Yuxin, Liang Huangwei, Chen Yuntong and Li Zien, who were arrested on suspicion of participating in an unauthorized assembly in Causeway Bay.
The arrested persons were detained at North Point Police Station overnight and their families delivered food.
This morning (2nd) the arrested persons were released on bail one after another. Xiao Ming (pseudonym) was asked to change clothes and shoes in the police station. He was kicked and dragged away because his clothes and shoes were required as evidence.
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The police stated that as of 10 o'clock last night (1st), at least 86 people had been arrested in multiple districts throughout Hong Kong.
The police pointed out that after nightfall, the demonstrators continued to gather in various districts, and therefore strictly enforce the law in response to the situation in each district to maintain public safety.
As of 10 pm, at least 86 people have been arrested in multiple districts.
74 of them, including 4 district councillors, were suspected of participating in an unauthorized assembly in Causeway Bay; the remaining arrested persons were suspected of having offensive weapons in possession, failing to produce valid identification documents, possessing forged ID cards, and acting in public places Crimes such as unchecked and driving unlicensed vehicles.
In addition, the police today voted against 20 people for participating in prohibited group gatherings in violation of the Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition of Group Gathering) Regulations.
The arrested persons included district councilors Li Yuxin, Liang Huangwei, Chen Yuntong and Li Zixin.
The arrested persons were released on bail one after another. Xiao Ming (pseudonym) was asked to change clothes and shoes in the police station. As his clothes and shoes were required as evidence, he was kicked and dragged away.
(Photo by Deng Boliang)
The arrested persons were released on bail one after another. Xiao Ming (pseudonym) was asked to change clothes and shoes in the police station. As his clothes and shoes were required as evidence, he was kicked and dragged away.
He said yesterday that he was shopping in Causeway Bay alone during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was no impact from the parade. "It was purely a pedestrian walking, and I might not hear a few slogans from time to time. But Qu (the police) seemed to be fully armed, and he rushed away when he heard the sound. Biandu, crawl around" until later he was rounded up on the pedestrian pavement of Paterson Street, "There is nothing for you to go away, and then you will narrow down and open up to everyone."
He once explained that he just wanted to leave but would not accept it. At that time, middle-aged people and foreigners were surrounded, but the older people and foreigners were released. The arrested were mainly young people. Most of them were arrested for illegal assembly. catch.
District Councillor Lai Zixin, who assisted the arrested persons, was asked why the police required all arrested persons to change their shirts. She believed that it was based on the practice of the North Point Police Station, saying that the police "depends on the mood" and "temporarily" in supporting arrests. Said that in the past, most of the arrested persons would change their shirts since January 1, except for two cases where there were more than 200 and more than 30 arrested persons, respectively, they did not wear gray shirts and gray pants; Hung Hom Police Station was relatively rarely changed. Clothes, trousers, footwear, and clothes are detained as evidence.
She claimed that the bail of all arrested persons was HK$1,000 and they were all charged with illegal assembly.
Lai said that the police suddenly pulled up the cordon and then said that the people at the scene had gathered illegally.
She pointed out that one of the arrested persons was an English-speaking foreigner who was arrested in Tin Shui Wai. The police station stipulated that an interpreter must be present to give a statement, but an interpreter did not arrive until early.
She pointed out that the barrister Yang Yueqiao had not made any progress after the negotiations, and relayed the statement of the family of the foreign national, stating that the reason for his arrest was that he did not bring his ID card.
According to her knowledge, the arrested person’s breakfast was macaroni with ham. The North Point Police Station allowed family members to bring in food, and the first round of food delivery began at 10 o’clock in the evening.
Lai pointed out that the police said that there were 53 men and 20 women arrested, as well as 4 district councillors. Nearly 50 arrested persons were released at about 11 am today (October 2).
Among the four arrested district councilors, the Eastern District Councillor Li Yuxin and the Central and Western District Councillor Leung Hoang-wai were released at about 4:30 in the morning, while the Shatin District Councillors Lai Zi En and Chen Yuntong were still detained.
Li Zien and Chen Yuntong were also released at 12:00 this afternoon.
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