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[TaiShang]

Occupy Central’s blunders will be its ruin


The illegal Occupy Central movement, which was instigated by the Hong Kong radical opposition camp, still continues. Beijing has used the term "Color Revolution" to describe the protests. With the escalating situation, participants need to back off in time and society should help them overcome intensive emotions.

Having lasted for nearly 20 days, Occupy Central has brought nothing but chaos to Hong Kong society. The central government is unwavering in its attitude. There are growing voices criticizing Occupy Central for impinging on the rule of law and calling on the Hong Kong government to resume order as soon as possible.

Occupy Central has no future as it is based upon wrong geopolitical calculations. Hong Kong is the region of China which is closer to the West. The "one country, two systems" policy acknowledges the specialty of Hong Kong. How to exert this specialty is of vital significance to the region's destiny.

Sandwiched between the Chinese mainland and the West, it's impossible to exclude Hong Kong from China-US strategic competition, which has been expanding in an increasing number of areas. Hong Kong is confronted with varied options. It could choose to be an important communicator between the mainland and the West. If it succeeds, the role of Hong Kong will be irreplaceable, even after the mainland kicks off an all-round opening-up to the outside world. Hong Kong should avoid stepping into the irreconcilable divergences between the Chinese mainland and the West. It would fare better if it took advantage of both sides.

The blunder of the Occupy Central forces lies in attempting to politically push Hong Kong back to the Western world through forcing it to choose a side. They've put Hong Kong on the chessboard of China-US competition in a high-profile position. They are making a childish political gamble.

Despite its support for Occupy Central, Washington is contemplating to what extent it should interfere in it. The Chinese central government has multiple ways to macro-control the Hong Kong situation, and if the US openly confronts China, it won't stand a chance.

It is not in Hong Kong's interests to slide into the Western camp. Every time the forces instigated by the West make efforts to push Hong Kong into the Western camp, the whole of Hong Kong pays the price. Given the strong soft power of the West, they could easily implant unrealistic aspirations into the minds of some Hong Kong groups. If Hong Kong is dragged into a tug of war between the central government and the West, the Hong Kong public will suffer and Hong Kong as an Asian financial hub is doomed to decline.

The mainstream of Hong Kong society should object to any intention of turning Hong Kong into a boxing ring between China and the West. Nobody is truly concerned with Hong Kong's future save the mainland and Hong Kong itself. For Hong Kong's own sake, Occupy Central must end.

 

[STEVEN囧]

I support young rational intellectuals like them who recognizes the faults in their government's system and doing something about it.

you should change your government and country but put your eyes on other nations everyday..
Do you think your country is very good and developed?

 

[TaiShang]

Occupy Central mirrors geopolitical shift
By Ding Gang


Shenzhen and Hong Kong are separated by a single narrow river. My first visit to Hong Kong was four years ago. Back then I took an 80 yuan ($13) shuttle bus from Shenzhen Airport and arrived in central Hong Kong two hours later, right at the place where the ongoing Occupy Central movement is underway.

I remember walking through the district, looking around street corners, and seeing in the stores many tourists from the Chinese mainland, just like me.

How many of us can still remember hearing of vast numbers of mainlanders risking their lives to flee to Hong Kong just a few decades ago?

The Beijing-based Global People magazine interviewed Chen Bing'an, author of The Great Exodus, in its early September edition. Chen estimated that a total of more than 1 million people fled to Hong Kong after 1949.

He also cited other statistics: In 1978 the annual per capital income of farmers in Shenzhen was only 134 yuan ($21.8), while farmers living in Hong Kong's New Territories could earn as high as HK$13,000 ($1675.7).

But that was exactly the year of transformation. The Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee was convened in December 1978.

Three decades later, UK scholar Martin Jacques wrote "And - with a little historical license - we should regard 1978 more properly as marking the beginning of the 21st century, the event that ushered in a new epoch, though barely anyone could possibly have realized it at the time" in an opinion piece published in the Guardian in May 2006. A radical change rarely seen during the past 500 years kicked off in 1978.

This is the historical background for the story of today's Hong Kong. Hong Kong is no longer a showcase, a banner, or a fortress, but rather has become a Chinese city at a similar level with Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou or Chongqing.

Before 1997, the strategic position of Hong Kong was decided by its identity as a British colony and by the Cold War architecture. The Cold War also turned the city into a fortress. This position started to change with China's reform and opening-up policy.

However, it should be noted that Cold War geopolitics wrought differences not only in systems, but also in people's mentality, understanding of history and views of democracy.

The Occupy Central movement reflects Hongkongers' identity crisis and mental maladjustment, both brought about by geopolitical changes. That can also explain why Hong Kong has long been mired in the center of geopolitical controversy.

Nowadays, Chinese investors are looking around Asia and around the world for their next opportunity. Chinese tourists can also be found everywhere. They bring not merely money, but also their perspectives of the current global political and economic orders. Their outlook of global order derived from an oriental culture distinct from Western traditions.

When news of Occupy Central first broke, one of my colleagues was interviewing a businessman from Central China's Hunan Province on a 3,800-meter-high plateau in Bolivia.

She told me that the Chinese firm had given the poverty-stricken village in the Andes Mountains an unprecedented opportunity for development. Now villagers there have smart phones.

Sharing China's development dividend has become a pervasive phenomenon in Asia. The 2008 global financial crisis shook the foundation of global public trust in the US and Europe. Meanwhile, Asia has seen accelerated geopolitical changes, and China's image has become increasingly positive. This partly explains why some in the US and the UK are so excited about the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong.

In the past, the rise of great powers determined the direction of geopolitical order. Occupy Central reminds us that the formation of a new geopolitical order requires not just the rebalancing of regional power structures, but also the restructuring of intellectual identities. The later may takes longer time.

Nevertheless, a re-configuration of the Asian order is now inevitable, although economic integration within the region has yet to be reflected at the level of political coordination.

The influence of the old order will fade away on the historical stage, a trend that Hong Kong can in no way change.

The author is a senior editor with People's Daily. He is now stationed in Brazil. dinggang@globaltimes.com.cn. Follow him on Twitter at @dinggangchina

@Edison Chen , @tranquilium , @Chinese-Dragon , @FairAndUnbiased , @terranMarine

 

[Edison Chen]

I think the Hong Kong authority's attitude at first is just: let it go, I don't think they do not have any complaint about China central government. They want the protesters to do something that they can't do bureaucratically, because the central government is unhappy. But things are going out of control later on, some protestors do not even know what they were doing. Whatever we say the western is behind all this, we can't deny that some HKers are really not satisfied with the status quo, their pride is gone, HK city is growing to a limit, being surpassed by Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen with enormous potential and strong direct support from a whole country of 1.4 bn people.

 

[BoQ77]

The protest is still going?

Police use pepper spray on pro-democracy protesters at an area near the government headquarters building in Hong Kong early Thursday. | REUTERS

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Police actions in Hong Kong protests spark outrage
AP

• Oct 16, 2014
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HONG KONG – Riot police moving against activists sparked outrage after officers were seen kicking a handcuffed protester and dragging dozens of others away Wednesday in the worst violence against the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong since they began more than two weeks ago.

Clashes that erupted before dawn Wednesday continued early Thursday as police used pepper spray to push back crowds of protesters trying to occupy a road outside the government’s headquarters.



Tensions were high but the scenes were not as chaotic as on Wednesday, when protesters were knocked to the ground by hundreds of police, some with batons, pepper spray and shields.

The clashes have worsened an already bitter standoff between authorities and activists who have taken over key roads and streets in the city to press for democratic reforms.

“Hong Kong police have gone insane today, carrying out their own punishment in private,” said pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan. “Hong Kong’s values and its rule of law really have been completely destroyed by police chiefs.”

Public anger over the aggressive tactics exploded after local TV showed officers taking a protester around a dark corner and kicking him repeatedly on the ground. It’s unclear what provoked the attack. Local Now TV showed him splashing water on officers beforehand.

Protester Ken Tsang said he was kicked while he was “detained and defenseless.” He added that he was assaulted again in the police station afterward.

Tsang, a member of a pro-democracy political party, lifted his shirt to show reporters injuries to his torso and said he is considering legal action against police.

Police spokesman Steve Hui said seven officers who were involved have been temporarily reassigned, and that authorities will carry out an impartial investigation. Police arrested 45 demonstrators in the clashes, and said five officers were injured.

China’s central government issued its harshest condemnations yet of the protests, calling them illegal, bad for business and against Hong Kong’s best interests. Beijing has become increasingly impatient with the demonstrations, the biggest challenge to its authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.

A front-page editorial Wednesday in the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece, condemned the protests and said “they are doomed to fail.”

“Facts and history tell us that radical and illegal acts that got their way only result in more severe illegal activities, exacerbating disorder and turmoil,” the commentary said. “Stability is bliss, and turmoil brings havoc.”

There were no signs, however, that Beijing was planning to become directly involved in suppressing the mostly peaceful demonstrations, which began Sept. 26 and have posed an unprecedented challenge to the government.

The protests have marshaled opposition to plans for a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates in Hong Kong’s first election to choose the city’s chief executive in 2017. Activists also want Leung Chun-ying, the current leader who is deeply unpopular, to resign.

Leung, who described the protests as being “out of control,” told reporters that officials are willing to talk to protesters, but reiterated that Beijing will not drop the election restrictions. He canceled a leader’s questions session at the Legislative Council on Thursday, citing security risks.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. was deeply concerned by the reports of the police actions and urged a “swift, transparent and complete investigation.” She said respect for rule of law and fundamental freedoms remained crucial to Hong Kong’s reputation as a center of global commerce, and reiterated a U.S. call for Hong Kong authorities to show restraint.

The police operation early Wednesday came hours after a large group of protesters blockaded the underpass, expanding their protest zone in apparent retaliation after police closed in on the occupied areas and cleared activists out of a key thoroughfare.

Police said the protesters were gathering illegally and disrupting public order, and thus had to be dispersed. They added that the activists were using umbrellas to attack officers. Umbrellas have been a symbol of the demonstrations after protesters used them to fend off tear gas and pepper spray last month.

“Some of us were sleeping in the park when more than a hundred of them ran toward us with torches as if they’re trying to blind us temporarily. We were not prepared for how aggressive they were,” said protester Simon Lam, 22.

Julie Lee, 50, said she was charged with obstructing police “even though I had my hands up and eyes closed.”

She said she was arrested at 3 a.m. while sitting outside the chief executive’s office. She said she saw a group of around 20 police officers coming at her, shouting like they were out of control and for protesters to “Move!”

“We are peaceful protesters and I wanted to show I was nonviolent, so I put my hands up and I shut my eyes,” Lee said. “The police roughly pulled me up and brought me to Wong Chuk Hang detention center. I was later told that four officers had pulled me up together, but I don’t remember because it was so chaotic.”

After attempts to disperse protesters with tear gas and pepper spray two weeks ago, police adopted a strategy of chipping away at the three protest zones by removing barricades from the edges of the occupied areas in early morning hours, when the crowd numbers are usually lowest.

But Wednesday’s raid was the most violent so far, with police charging the protesters and dragging them away. One officer ripped a face mask off an activist before using pepper spray on him, according to a video on the website of the South China Morning Post.

Positions on both sides have been hardening since the government called off negotiations last week, citing the unlikelihood of a constructive outcome.

Beijing is eager to end the protests to avoid emboldening activists and others on the mainland seen as a threat to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power.

Zhang Xiaoming, director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, was quoted as telling local legislators Tuesday that the protest movement “is a serious social and political incident.”

Zhang said the movement challenged Beijing’s authority and had caused the city to suffer huge economic losses. It had “hurt the basis of Hong Kong’s rule of law, democratic development, social harmony, international image and its relations with the mainland,” he said.

Zhang urged an end to the protests as soon as possible.

But Lam, the student protester, said he was bracing for more tensions as the distrust of police grows.

“Now there is a feeling we are not just here to fool around or just to sit peacefully. We are feeling more prepared. We have become more united in building defenses,” Lam said.

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Image problem for police as video of officers beating protester is beamed around the world
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 4:41am
UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 9:02am

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Pan-democracy legislators protest for Ken Tsang at Legco Building. Photo: Sam Tsang
Graphic video footage that appears to show seven police officers beating protester Ken Tsang Kin-chiu - whose hands were bound with plastic ties - have plunged a force already under severe pressure deeper into turmoil.

As the clamour for either a full public inquiry or the criminal prosecution of the officers in the video - which was beamed around the world - grows, it has emerged that at least one of the officers involved was a senior detective in the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB).

Several sources have confirmed that OCTB Detective Chief Inspector Joe Wong Cho-shing can be seen in the video wearing a black vest bearing the initials OCTB over an open-necked white shirt.

It is understood that Wong - a high-flier thought to be in line for promotion to superintendent - was in command of a team put together for Occupy duties comprising officers from his own unit and Kwun Tong district's anti-triad squad.

One officer, who works with Wong said: "He was with guys from the Kwun Tong anti-triad squad due to the chaotic scenes and was in charge. They are in deep s*** but there's nothing we can do about it."

Ken Tsang takes the injury assessment at Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai. Photo: AP

Wong, who has had a fairly high-profile role in the fight against human trafficking, can be seen in the video apparently acting as a lookout as the others appear to be take turns to kick and punch 39-year-old Civic Party member Tsang, as he lies on the ground in a darkened recess.

The police have confirmed officially that two of the seven officers were inspectors and five junior police officers. The Post understands that non of the officers have been suspended but have been reassigned to their units, away from Occupy duties.

The drama unfolded as police cleared out the Lung Wo Road area early yesterday morning, using pepper spray on protesters and arresting 45 people.

"From what we have seen, Tsang was already handcuffed with plastic tapes ... and taken to a dark corner and beaten up," Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit said, adding: "This use of power and police force is a blatant abuse of power, and from the look of it, the [officers] should at least be investigated on assault to [induce] actual bodily harm."

A pro-democracy protester cries as he holds a placard with photos of Ken Tsang during a rally in front of the police headquarters in Wan Chai. Photo: Reuters

A few hours after the video footage was aired, photos emerged of Tsang showing several bruises on his face.

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said that "the personnel concerned have been transferred away from the current positions".

A police statement said the footage showed officers "who are suspected of using excessive force". It added that the police had taken "immediate actions" and would investigate "impartially". The Complaints Against Police Office had received a complaint and would handle it.

One of Tsang's lawyers and Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok said Tsang was taken under police escort to Ruttonjee Hospital. Kwok claimed his client had been "punched and slapped" while in detention.

Independent Police Complaints Council member Eric Cheung Tat-ming said the video footage provided prima-facie evidence that the officers may have committed criminal assault.

Occupy Central organisers condemned the officers. And secretary-general of the Federation of Students Alex Chow Yong-kong called the officers' actions unreasonable and an abuse of authority.

Human Rights Monitor's director Law Yuk-kai said the officers may have breached the Crimes (Torture) Ordinance, which carries life sentences for those found guilty of inflicting severe pain on another person while performing official duties.

Law said their observers, wearing identifying vests and helmets, had also been attacked by police. The force had not responded to the claim by last night.

In 2012, Tsang was forcibly removed after he protested at the swearing in ceremony for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Tsang called for the end to one-party rule just moments before then-president Hu Jintao's address.

Emily Tsang, Niall Fraser, Tony Cheung, Jennifer Ngo, Fanny Fung, Jeffie Lam, Lana Lam and Clifford Lo

 

[BoQ77]

SHANGHAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Chinese censors have blocked the website of Britain's national broadcaster, the BBC said in a statement late on Wednesday, coming as tensions rise in Hong Kong between pro-democracy protesters and police.

The broadcaster said that the move seemed to be "deliberate censorship". It did not say what may have prompted the move by Beijing, which also blocks the websites of the New York Times, newswire Bloomberg and the BBC's Chinese language website.

"The BBC strongly condemns any attempts to restrict free access to news and information and we are protesting to the Chinese authorities. This appears to be deliberate censorship," said Peter Horrocks, director of the BBC World Service Group.

The BBC's English-language website was still inaccessible in China on Thursday morning.

In Hong Kong, police used pepper spray early on Thursday to stop pro-democracy protesters from blocking a major road near the office of the city's embattled leader amid public anger over the police beating a protester a day earlier.

 

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Police use pepper spray on pro-democracy protesters at an area near the government headquarters building in Hong Kong early Thursday. | REUTERS

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Police actions in Hong Kong protests spark outrage
AP

• Oct 16, 2014
  Article history
• PRINT
• SHARE

HONG KONG – Riot police moving against activists sparked outrage after officers were seen kicking a handcuffed protester and dragging dozens of others away Wednesday in the worst violence against the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong since they began more than two weeks ago.

Clashes that erupted before dawn Wednesday continued early Thursday as police used pepper spray to push back crowds of protesters trying to occupy a road outside the government’s headquarters.



Tensions were high but the scenes were not as chaotic as on Wednesday, when protesters were knocked to the ground by hundreds of police, some with batons, pepper spray and shields.

The clashes have worsened an already bitter standoff between authorities and activists who have taken over key roads and streets in the city to press for democratic reforms.

“Hong Kong police have gone insane today, carrying out their own punishment in private,” said pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan. “Hong Kong’s values and its rule of law really have been completely destroyed by police chiefs.”

Public anger over the aggressive tactics exploded after local TV showed officers taking a protester around a dark corner and kicking him repeatedly on the ground. It’s unclear what provoked the attack. Local Now TV showed him splashing water on officers beforehand.

Protester Ken Tsang said he was kicked while he was “detained and defenseless.” He added that he was assaulted again in the police station afterward.

Tsang, a member of a pro-democracy political party, lifted his shirt to show reporters injuries to his torso and said he is considering legal action against police.

Police spokesman Steve Hui said seven officers who were involved have been temporarily reassigned, and that authorities will carry out an impartial investigation. Police arrested 45 demonstrators in the clashes, and said five officers were injured.

China’s central government issued its harshest condemnations yet of the protests, calling them illegal, bad for business and against Hong Kong’s best interests. Beijing has become increasingly impatient with the demonstrations, the biggest challenge to its authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.

A front-page editorial Wednesday in the People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece, condemned the protests and said “they are doomed to fail.”

“Facts and history tell us that radical and illegal acts that got their way only result in more severe illegal activities, exacerbating disorder and turmoil,” the commentary said. “Stability is bliss, and turmoil brings havoc.”

There were no signs, however, that Beijing was planning to become directly involved in suppressing the mostly peaceful demonstrations, which began Sept. 26 and have posed an unprecedented challenge to the government.

The protests have marshaled opposition to plans for a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates in Hong Kong’s first election to choose the city’s chief executive in 2017. Activists also want Leung Chun-ying, the current leader who is deeply unpopular, to resign.

Leung, who described the protests as being “out of control,” told reporters that officials are willing to talk to protesters, but reiterated that Beijing will not drop the election restrictions. He canceled a leader’s questions session at the Legislative Council on Thursday, citing security risks.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. was deeply concerned by the reports of the police actions and urged a “swift, transparent and complete investigation.” She said respect for rule of law and fundamental freedoms remained crucial to Hong Kong’s reputation as a center of global commerce, and reiterated a U.S. call for Hong Kong authorities to show restraint.

The police operation early Wednesday came hours after a large group of protesters blockaded the underpass, expanding their protest zone in apparent retaliation after police closed in on the occupied areas and cleared activists out of a key thoroughfare.

Police said the protesters were gathering illegally and disrupting public order, and thus had to be dispersed. They added that the activists were using umbrellas to attack officers. Umbrellas have been a symbol of the demonstrations after protesters used them to fend off tear gas and pepper spray last month.

“Some of us were sleeping in the park when more than a hundred of them ran toward us with torches as if they’re trying to blind us temporarily. We were not prepared for how aggressive they were,” said protester Simon Lam, 22.

Julie Lee, 50, said she was charged with obstructing police “even though I had my hands up and eyes closed.”

She said she was arrested at 3 a.m. while sitting outside the chief executive’s office. She said she saw a group of around 20 police officers coming at her, shouting like they were out of control and for protesters to “Move!”

“We are peaceful protesters and I wanted to show I was nonviolent, so I put my hands up and I shut my eyes,” Lee said. “The police roughly pulled me up and brought me to Wong Chuk Hang detention center. I was later told that four officers had pulled me up together, but I don’t remember because it was so chaotic.”

After attempts to disperse protesters with tear gas and pepper spray two weeks ago, police adopted a strategy of chipping away at the three protest zones by removing barricades from the edges of the occupied areas in early morning hours, when the crowd numbers are usually lowest.

But Wednesday’s raid was the most violent so far, with police charging the protesters and dragging them away. One officer ripped a face mask off an activist before using pepper spray on him, according to a video on the website of the South China Morning Post.

Positions on both sides have been hardening since the government called off negotiations last week, citing the unlikelihood of a constructive outcome.

Beijing is eager to end the protests to avoid emboldening activists and others on the mainland seen as a threat to the Communist Party’s monopoly on power.

Zhang Xiaoming, director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, was quoted as telling local legislators Tuesday that the protest movement “is a serious social and political incident.”

Zhang said the movement challenged Beijing’s authority and had caused the city to suffer huge economic losses. It had “hurt the basis of Hong Kong’s rule of law, democratic development, social harmony, international image and its relations with the mainland,” he said.

Zhang urged an end to the protests as soon as possible.

But Lam, the student protester, said he was bracing for more tensions as the distrust of police grows.

“Now there is a feeling we are not just here to fool around or just to sit peacefully. We are feeling more prepared. We have become more united in building defenses,” Lam said.

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Image problem for police as video of officers beating protester is beamed around the world
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 4:41am
UPDATED : Thursday, 16 October, 2014, 9:02am

• View attachment 136381

Pan-democracy legislators protest for Ken Tsang at Legco Building. Photo: Sam Tsang
Graphic video footage that appears to show seven police officers beating protester Ken Tsang Kin-chiu - whose hands were bound with plastic ties - have plunged a force already under severe pressure deeper into turmoil.

As the clamour for either a full public inquiry or the criminal prosecution of the officers in the video - which was beamed around the world - grows, it has emerged that at least one of the officers involved was a senior detective in the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB).

Several sources have confirmed that OCTB Detective Chief Inspector Joe Wong Cho-shing can be seen in the video wearing a black vest bearing the initials OCTB over an open-necked white shirt.

It is understood that Wong - a high-flier thought to be in line for promotion to superintendent - was in command of a team put together for Occupy duties comprising officers from his own unit and Kwun Tong district's anti-triad squad.

One officer, who works with Wong said: "He was with guys from the Kwun Tong anti-triad squad due to the chaotic scenes and was in charge. They are in deep s*** but there's nothing we can do about it."

View attachment 136382Ken Tsang takes the injury assessment at Ruttonjee Hospital in Wan Chai. Photo: AP

Wong, who has had a fairly high-profile role in the fight against human trafficking, can be seen in the video apparently acting as a lookout as the others appear to be take turns to kick and punch 39-year-old Civic Party member Tsang, as he lies on the ground in a darkened recess.

The police have confirmed officially that two of the seven officers were inspectors and five junior police officers. The Post understands that non of the officers have been suspended but have been reassigned to their units, away from Occupy duties.

The drama unfolded as police cleared out the Lung Wo Road area early yesterday morning, using pepper spray on protesters and arresting 45 people.

"From what we have seen, Tsang was already handcuffed with plastic tapes ... and taken to a dark corner and beaten up," Civic Party leader Alan Leong Kah-kit said, adding: "This use of power and police force is a blatant abuse of power, and from the look of it, the [officers] should at least be investigated on assault to [induce] actual bodily harm."

View attachment 136383A pro-democracy protester cries as he holds a placard with photos of Ken Tsang during a rally in front of the police headquarters in Wan Chai. Photo: Reuters

A few hours after the video footage was aired, photos emerged of Tsang showing several bruises on his face.

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said that "the personnel concerned have been transferred away from the current positions".

A police statement said the footage showed officers "who are suspected of using excessive force". It added that the police had taken "immediate actions" and would investigate "impartially". The Complaints Against Police Office had received a complaint and would handle it.

One of Tsang's lawyers and Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok said Tsang was taken under police escort to Ruttonjee Hospital. Kwok claimed his client had been "punched and slapped" while in detention.

Independent Police Complaints Council member Eric Cheung Tat-ming said the video footage provided prima-facie evidence that the officers may have committed criminal assault.

Occupy Central organisers condemned the officers. And secretary-general of the Federation of Students Alex Chow Yong-kong called the officers' actions unreasonable and an abuse of authority.

Human Rights Monitor's director Law Yuk-kai said the officers may have breached the Crimes (Torture) Ordinance, which carries life sentences for those found guilty of inflicting severe pain on another person while performing official duties.

Law said their observers, wearing identifying vests and helmets, had also been attacked by police. The force had not responded to the claim by last night.

In 2012, Tsang was forcibly removed after he protested at the swearing in ceremony for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Tsang called for the end to one-party rule just moments before then-president Hu Jintao's address.

Emily Tsang, Niall Fraser, Tony Cheung, Jennifer Ngo, Fanny Fung, Jeffie Lam, Lana Lam and Clifford Lo

Thanks. I have been busy with my studies and haven't touch the remote since the reported gang-up beating by Hong Kong police.

 

[Keel]

Thanks. I have been busy with my studies and haven't touch the remote since the reported gang-up beating by Hong Kong police.

The criminals should be very thankful for violating the laws in HK or they will be dead meat now in USA, Europe or in other democratic societies elsewhere


This softie's time overdue for a breast feed

The circus of clowns

This criminal badly needs a shave. He looks dirty and ugly

More tents to make it looks crowdy

Illegal damaging and handling of governmental properties.
Illegal assembley and setting up road blocks

 

[Aepsilons]

They're protesting?

The protest is still going?

From reports by Asahi Shimbun, the protest movement is composed of many factors, and camps:
1) Occupy Central
2) Hong Kong Federation of Students
3) Scholarlism Group
4) Pan Democracy Camp

 

[Keel]

They're protesting?

A good case study for spoiled kids who are rich by the look of their attires
They have excessive energy but not appropriately spent
Everyone wants to be a hero but only for a misguided course!

 

[Aepsilons]

A good case study for spoiled kids who are rich by the look of their attires
They have excessive energy but not appropriately spent
Everyone wants to be a hero but only for a misguided course!

They even have phone chargers too. I guess solar powered ?

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

The solution to these rabble is simple.

1 get a fire hose.
2 pour non toxic dye in fire truck water cistern.
3 soak their fancy phones and Prada bags.
4 laugh, laugh and laugh as the students cry.

 

[Aepsilons]

A good case study for spoiled kids who are rich by the look of their attires
They have excessive energy but not appropriately spent
Everyone wants to be a hero but only for a misguided course!

Reminds me of Occupy Tokyo 2012, mostly made up of college kids:

 

[Keel]

They even have phone chargers too. I guess solar powered ?

Solar or charging inside of cars parked nearby
Yes, they are well equipped and they seem to get offered of endless necessary supplies

 

[Aepsilons]

Solar or charging inside of cars parked nearby
Yes, they are well equipped and they seem to get offered of endless necessary supplies

Two years ago we had the same thing happen in Tokyo. Protesting around Ginza , traffic jams and unsightly , too.

Give it time, eventually it will dissipate.