Sunrise Diagnostic Center, a joint venture partner of China’s BGI, is now establishing 16 temporary membrane Huoyan Labs in Hong Kong to support its large-scale COVID19 testing efforts
The two idiots rushed to London were refused entry to the United Kingdom by border control
The two idiots rushed to London after hearing that “BNO holders are eligible for UK visas”. However, they were refused entry to the United Kingdom by border control when they entered the country, according to the UK Daily Mail 7. According to the UK’s Daily Mail 7, the two BNO passport holders had to apply for political asylum if they wanted to enter the UK, otherwise they would be sent back to Hong Kong.
In July, the British government announced the opening of “special visas” for BNO passport holders. From January 2021 onwards, Hong Kong people holding BNO passports would be granted five-year visas with the right to work and study in the UK, subject to meeting other criteria. Before the special visa comes into effect, BNO passport holders are still entitled to a 6-month visa-free entry into the UK as in the past. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the two Hong Kong nationals have the right to enter the UK, even though they are unable to work and pursue long-term studies for six months. Up to now, the UK border control has not given any reasonable explanation for refusing the entry of these two people into the UK. The UK Border Agency’s recommendation of “applying for political asylum” is not a good option for these two people, as they will not be able to work in the UK and their other rights to remain in the country will be affected once they enter as “political evaders”.
The first idiot to be refused entry flew to London immediately after the British Foreign Secretary announced a “special visa for BNO holders”. The UK Daily Mail revealed his conversation with the UK border checkpoint in his own words.
UK Border Control: If you are unable to enter the UK, we will send you back to your home country.
The person who was refused entry: Please don’t do that, please help me, because if I go back to Hong Kong, I will be in immediate danger.
The Hong Kong resident who was refused entry also told the border control that if he was deported, the Hong Kong government would charge him with “disloyalty” and he would even be arrested upon landing in Hong Kong.
Compared to the first BNO passport holder who was refused entry, the description of the second rejected person is even more exaggerated and dramatic from the reports and self-reports.
This person, who claimed to be working in the IT industry in Hong Kong, said that his grandfather was a secret agent of the Kuomintang (KMT) in Hong Kong and left his family some “secret documents against the Chinese Communist Party”, and that he came to the UK to escape danger.
The rejected man said he had sent them to some foreign intelligence agencies, but since Hong Kong’s National Security Law came into force, he had “destroyed all his copies” out of fear, and would not show them to anyone. Therefore, the report could not confirm the existence and contents of these documents.
Now, the latest Home Office announcement on entry requirements for BNO holders is that those who entered the UK before the “special visa route for BNO holders” was opened, but do not meet the immigration requirements, can only obtain a short term visa with severely restricted rights of abode.
In other words, if they cannot be allowed to enter the UK normally, they will have to return to Hong Kong and try to re-enter the UK in January next year if they wish to obtain a long term visa for the two BNO passport holders who have been refused entry to the UK.
American pilot arrested in Hong Kong after being sent one live round of ammunition and 9,000 blanks and spent cartridges in the post
An American pilot was arrested at his Hong Kong flat on Wednesday night after a live round, and more than 9,000 blank and spent cartridges.
Officers were called to a warehouse in Tsing Yi at 5.40pm on Wednesday, when staff at a logistics company found the haul when they opened the boxes for inspection.
“The haul contained one live round, more than 4,000 empty cartridges, and about 5,000 spent cartridges,” a police source said.
The boxes were brought back to the warehouse after being sent to the Kennedy Town home of the 44-year-old pilot.
A mistake? No kidding.
US consulate in HK ‘spy center’
The US consulate in Hong Kong and Macao tops social media polls on the “US consulate in China most likely to be closed,” after the US asked the Chinese consulate in Houston to close, which observers said reflects the Chinese public’s anger over US meddling in Hong Kong affairs and a warning to American “intelligence hegemony.”
Although the chance of closing the consulate in Hong Kong as a countermeasure may be remote, analysts noted that it would be perfect timing for China to clean up “redundant employees” in the US consulate doing intelligence work.
Observers estimated the US consulate has more than 1,100 employees. In 2019 during the peak of Hong Kong riots, the number of employees was estimated to top 1,600, while employees of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were fewer than 200.
押後立選及DQ十二參選人 美駐港總領事突密晤梁家傑
政府宣布因應新冠肺炎疫情押後立法會換屆選舉至明年9月舉行。惟在宣布押後選舉前，有12名參選人被選舉主任裁定提名無效，取消參選資格(DQ)，其中包括公民黨4名參選人。有讀者提供片段，顯示在今日(4日)下午約3時，美國駐港澳總領事館總領事史墨客
Hanscom Smith ，到訪公民黨主席梁家傑位於中環太子大廈的律師樓，而該黨立法會議員楊岳橋亦有出席會面。在此敏感時刻，實在惹人遐想。
Seven members of the advance party arrived in Hong Kong in the afternoon to assist the Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has highest life expectancy in the world
HK LegCo election postponed a year, gets central govt support
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Friday that due to the current severe COVID-19 situation in the city, the Legislative Council (LegCo) election scheduled for September has been postponed to September 5 next year. Experts and local lawmakers said the decision prioritizes public health and aims to ensure fairness in the election.
Lam announced the decision at a press conference on Friday, saying that it was not made for political reasons, but for public health.
Luo Guancong, Huang Taiyang and other 6 Hong Kong residents are wanted for violation of national security laws
因宣誓風波而被褫奪立法會議員資格的羅冠聰，在港區國安法生效前突然退出自己一手創立的政黨香港眾志，並秘密逃至英國，其後頻頻與外國政客會面，又曾出席美國聽證會，期間多次唱衰香港，並呼籲各國制裁中國及香港。在2016年旺角暴亂案中棄保潛逃的黃台仰，2018年5月在德國獲難民庇護，他曾公開表明會爭取外國支持推動香港獨立。至於涉嫌在去年6月參與非法集結的陳家駒，則在港區國安法實施前棄保潛逃，他亦曾在社交網站上發布有關港獨的貼文。鄭文傑去年被指涉嫌在內地嫖妓遭當局行政拘留15日，事後稱遭嚴刑逼供及政治迫害，其後前往英國並獲政治庇護資格。鄭曾於本月初接受外國傳媒訪問，稱將組織「流亡議會」支援香港民主運動。劉康早前則在社交網站上，透露擔心會因政見受香港政府政治迫害，而於6月底逃至英國，其後曾呼籲外國制裁中國及香港政府。而「香港民主委員會」(HKDC)總監朱牧民，其個人及組織的社交網站的貼文，部分內容涉及請求美國政府停止執行與香港的引渡協議，並眾籌以推動外國制裁中國及香港官員。羅冠聰晚上於社交網站回應，指完全不知道自己的罪名，形容被通緝是「欲加之罪，何患無辭」，又指願意承擔長期漂泊在外的代價，至於其社交媒體則會繼續營運。劉康則表示，相關行動是政治迫害，又指自己身處英國，無理由放棄自己的政治立場，會繼續呼籲國際社會制裁中國和香港。
HKSAR government voiced support to the decision by the electoral affairs commission to disqualify 12 candidates from the opposition camp in the LegCo election
The possibility that more candidates would be disqualified is not ruled out. The latest decision aims to ensure that the LegCo election is held in strict accordance with the Basic Law and other applicable laws in an open, honest and fair manner.
The 12 disqualified opposition camp candidates include 4 from the Civic Party: Kwok Wing-hang 郭榮鏗 , Alvin Yeung 楊岳橋 , Kwok Ka-ki 郭家麒 and Tat Cheng 鄭達鴻 . The list also includes notorious separatist Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 .
The 12 candidates do not satisfy the requirements of the LegCo election, and therefore have been disqualified. The decision has nothing to do with so-called political censorship, restriction of the freedom of speech or deprivation of candidacy as alleged by some people. Haha, want to play? You are not invited to the party, suckers.
First major action from HKPF’s new national security unit
Four people who claimed to be students have been arrested for breaching the national security law for Hong Kong and suspected of secession by advocating for “Hong Kong independence,” the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) announced on Wednesday night.
Hong Kong media reported that this is the first action taken by the new national security department under the police force since it was officially established in early July.
The four, three men and one woman aged between 16 and 21, were arrested at around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, Senior Superintendent Li Kwai-wah of the national security department under the HKPF announced at a press conference at 11 pm.
It involved a group setting up an organization on a social platform advocating for “Hong Kong independence.” The platform of the organization claimed to establish a “Hong Kong Republic.” There was also a manifesto inciting others to join the group, Li said.
If the crime is deemed as serious, they could be sentenced to 10 years in prison, and police can take DNA samples from the arrested individuals, Li said.
Li said he believed that the organization had been set up recently and that the message left on the social platform was only discovered after July 1 this year, and that inciting, aiding and abetting such an incident constituted sedition.
The police force did not disclose the names of the arrested people and the organization, but Studentlocalism, a secessionist group, announced on its Facebook page on Wednesday night that Tony Chung Hon-lam, one of the former conveners of the organization, was “arrested for inciting secession,” local media reported.
On Sunday, the organization published an article on its Facebook page titled “Counterbalancing Chinese nationalism and constructing Hong Kong nationalism,” with the hashtags including “independence is the only way for Hong Kong” and “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time.”
The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said on July 2 that the slogan, “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time,” has the implications of secessionism, alienating HKSAR from China, changing HKSAR’s legal status or subverting the State power under the current circumstances.
Studentslocalism also announced it shut down its headquarters in Hong Kong on June 30, the same day the national security law for Hong Kong took effect, and said all the group’s affairs would be handled by overseas members instead.
They set up a division in the US on June 30, according to the group’s Twitter.
A Global Times reporter found that the group continued advocating “Hong Kong independence” on an overseas social media platform after June 30. In a post on Twitter on July 2 they said “disintegrate China.”
According to Li Xiaobing, an expert on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan studies at Nankai University in Tianjin, whether the suspects are to be convicted under the national security law for Hong Kong depends on whether some of their speeches or activities after June 30 damage the interests protected under the national security law.
According to Article 20 of the national security law for Hong Kong, a person who organizes, plans, commits or participates in any of the acts that separates the HKSAR from China, whether or not by force or threat of force, with a view to committing secession or undermining national unification shall be guilty of an offence, the principal offender shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years.
A person who actively participates in the offence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; and other participants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention or restriction. If crime is deemed as serious, police can take DNA samples from the arrested individuals