The homeless people sleeping in the Tung Chau Street Park area in Sham Shui Po. After being discarded by FEHD staff twice in 2012 and 2015, during the winter solstice the previous year (December 21), the LCSD staff again counted Ten riot police officers arrived at the scene to drive away, and the homeless belongings were turned into trash with less than 3 minutes’ notice.
Subsequently, 14 homeless people, with the assistance of the Social Association, filed a claim with the government in the Small Claims Tribunal.
The case was formally tried today (9th), and the Social Association stated that two years later, some of the 14 homeless people had passed away.
The cousin of the deceased and another filer brought a photo of his death, and a number of other homeless people went outside the West Kowloon Court Building to make a petition and a simple memorial ceremony before the hearing.
"I don't offend him again, do you want to lose me? The compensation is small, but it must be fair." Zhou Xiongguang, who brought the photo of his cousin Ma Yuerong to the scene, said when interviewed.
(Photo by Lu Nuojun)
Zhou Xiongguang, who brought the photo of his cousin Ma Yuerong to the scene, said in an interview that he was busy pushing away his wheelchair cousin at the time of the incident and was unable to pack his belongings within the three-minute period. The estimated loss was about several thousand yuan. I went to the garbage station to move, but the mattress was wet and heavy, and mosquitoes and germs were already breeding the next day, so I didn't need to return."
He questioned the grounds of killing crime in the clearing operation, but in the end it did not "draw people". "The words are anti-crime, they are anti-self at all." Zhou Xiongguang also pointed out that his cousin had passed away last month, and now he only hopes. I can get justice, "I don’t offend him again, do you want to lose me? The compensation is small, so I want to get justice."
Wu Weidong (right), the secretary of the social association organization who assists the homeless, said, "I hope justice will be demonstrated in the courts."
(Photo by Lu Nuojun)
The homeless has passed away before the trial begins
Wu Weidong, the secretary of the social association who assists the homeless, pointed out that although the LCSD stated that the items were stored in the garbage room for three days at the time of the incident, many homeless people could not find their items in the garbage dump. He also questioned the police’s The reason for the "anti-crime operation" is that it is more like a smokescreen than the anti-crime operation. In fact, the LCSD is "clearing the field" in the park.
Wu Weidong said that he wanted to claim compensation and justice, and he also hoped to reflect that there is no policy to protect the homeless. Originally there were 14 homeless people who filed the claim. The amount of the claim ranged from 2,000 to 13,000 yuan. One person passed away and the two lost contact. Of the remaining 11 homeless people, two are in hospital.
Homeless people who do not have a smart phone can still enter the court with "paper-fillers"
Fifteen minutes before the court hearing this morning, a group of homeless people came to the scene and shouted slogans such as "sleeping innocently, driving away unreasonable", etc. During this period, they were silent for one minute for those who had passed away.
The government announced earlier that all people entering the court building must use the "Travel with peace of mind" app from this month. However, many homeless people do not have smartphones. When a homeless person enters the building, they can still "fill paper" under the instructions of the security guard. ".
In fact, this is the third time a homeless person has filed a claim. The two previous claims occurred in 2012 and 2015 respectively.
The local film "Muddy Water Drifting", adapted from real people, tells the story of the "clearing operations" carried out by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Civil Affairs Department in 2012. More than 40 homeless people in Tongzhou Street were abandoned and afterwards In the case of jointly suing the government with the Social Association; at that time, the government was only willing to compensate each street sleeper 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, and refused to apologize to the street sleepers.
The other time was in 2015. The belongings of more than 20 street sleepers in the Cheng Ping Street Pedestrian Tunnel in Yau Ma Tei were abandoned by staff of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department when they were "clearing the premises".
The riot police cleared the site before Christmas and lost the paved street sleepers on Tongzhou Street. They need to waste their papers: even the warm packs are buried and travel with peace of mind. The Social Association for Smart Phones Calls for No Mandatory Scanning of Codes: The number of homeless people who have difficulty in aligning a code increases by 20%, and more than half of the interviewees sleep in the street for the first time. The research team believes that it is related to the epidemic
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