Goodbye liberty!

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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai arrested under security law, say aide, police source
Monday, 10 Aug 2020 08:35 AM MYT

Founder of Hong Kong Democractic Party Martin Lee and Chairman of Next Media Ltd Jimmy Lai (right) arrive for a hearing at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong May 18, 2020. — Reuters pic
HONG KONG, Aug 10 — Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and one of the city’s most prominent pro-democracy figures, was arrested today under Beijing’s new national security law, a close aide and a police source said.
“Jimmy Lai is being arrested for collusion with foreign powers at this time,” Mark Simon, a colleague of Lai’s, wrote on Twitter.


A police source told AFP Lai was arrested on charges of colluding with foreign forces — one of the new national security offences — and with fraud. — AFP

 

[A Singaporean]

Fuck Hongkies.

 

[syed putra]

They are that good? Cantonese no 1.

 

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US Freezes Assets Of Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam
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By Editor II On Aug 9,

(The Sun Daily) – The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong’s leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections.
In the toughest US action on Hong Kong since Beijing imposed a security clampdown on the territory, the Treasury Department said it was freezing US assets of Chief Executive Carrie Lam and 10 other senior officials.
The move criminalizes any US financial transactions with the 11 officials, who include Hong Kong’s police commissioner, its security secretary and China’s top official in the international financial hub.
“Today’s actions send a clear message that the Hong Kong authorities’ actions are unacceptable,“ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
Pompeo said China’s security law — which bans subversion and other perceived offenses in Hong Kong — violated promises made by China before Britain handed back the territory in 1997.

“The United States stands with the Hong Kong people,“ Pompeo said.
The Treasury Department said Lam “is directly responsible for implementing Beijing’s policies of suppression of freedom and democratic processes.”
The security law was imposed in late June, following last year’s huge pro-democracy protests.
Since then, authorities have postponed elections, citing the coronavirus pandemic, and, according to Beijing, issued arrest warrants for six exiled pro-democracy activists.
Beijing wants Trump out?
The US measures come three months ahead of November 3 elections in which Trump, who is behind his rival Joe Biden in the polls, is campaigning hard on an increasingly strident anti-Beijing message.