Political situation
Written by: Zhou Haoyi
2021-03-06 19:10
The last update date: 2021-03-06 19:17
The Singapore newspaper Lianhe Zaobao quoted news yesterday (5th) that the Hong Kong government is investigating the civil human rights front. Once it is confirmed that the FDC has received funds from the National Democracy Foundation (NED), the FDC will violate the Hong Kong National Security Act. , The authorities will quote the "Societies Ordinance" in a short period of time to ban FDC.
Street workers today (6th) issued a statement announcing that they will not participate in the work and meetings of the FDC in the future, and will continue to work hard on the issues of grassroots rights.
Chen Haohuan, the convener of the FDC, said that the FDC will not and cannot be disbanded. As long as there are groups remaining, he will coexist and die with FDC.
In reply to the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01", the chairman of the street worker, Lu Yixian, said that the executive committee had made the relevant decision in the past few weeks, and he did not add any specific reasons.
He said that the positioning of street workers has not changed and will continue to work on labor rights consistently.
Chen Haohuan said that he respects and understands the decision to withdraw from the group. He also said that the FDC has been established for more than 17 years and has experienced political events such as anti-Article 23 of the Basic Law, political reform, anti-high-speed rail, anti-Chinese religion, umbrella movement, and anti-regulation movement. It is described that the FDC was established by many groups and Hong Kong people over the years, in order to build a legal, peaceful, rational, and non-violent platform for Hong Kong people to speak out. "Therefore, it will not and cannot be dissolved, as long as there are groups Stay, as the convener, I am willing to coexist and die with FDC."
The FDC is composed of a number of democratic political parties and non-governmental organizations. Since 2003, it has held 7.1 parades every year. During the anti-revision movement in 2019, it has also held many large parades, including a parade in which 2 million people were claimed by the 6.16 General Assembly. And 8.18 Victoria Park "flowing water style" assembly and so on.
"Lianhe Zaobao" quoted news yesterday (5th) that once the Hong Kong government confirmed that FDC had received funds from the National Democracy Foundation (NED), it would quote the "Societies Ordinance" to ban FDC within a short period of time.
The convener of the FDC, Chen Haohuan, issued a statement yesterday stating that FDC has never received funding from any foreign government or institution, including the National Foundation for Democracy. He also pointed out that FDC’s funding operations have always relied only on donations from the general public during demonstrations and gatherings.
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