Hong Kong cabinet member floats internet censorship to contain unrest

Jerome TAYLOR, Pak YIU

AFP NewsOctober 7, 2019

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  Posted on:- October 6, 2019ricky l
  ricky l3 seconds ago
  (1) There are 2 main essence of Emergency Order that will make emergency measures effective - are not implemented :-
  (a) Transportation to protest site - if transport such as MTR and bus services are not make available to transport protestors to protest sites - then violent protest will not take place (as without the mass - violent radical protestors will be easily overwhelm and arrest can be made).
  (b) (i) Communication channel and medium to organise protest - such as Telegram, Whatsapp, Web hosting site are not block - organisers can mobilise protestors to protest site that will lead to violent protest. If they are effectively blocked when protests are being organised - then protestors will have no information to go to the protest sites.
  (ii) Media broadcast - especially those who leak news to protestors to facilitate the protest movement - need to be curbed to toe official lines - so that protestors will not have real time information to flock to the protest sites to create havoc.
  (2) If the above main ingredients of Emergency Order are implemented - then it is possible to derail the HK protest movement and easy for HK Police to quickly maneouvre to capture those protestors (which will be decimated) that roam around the street doing violent unlawful assembly and actions.
  (3) The success of Emergency Order to quell unrest are :-
  (i) Curfew - prevent people from coming out of the street to create chaos - and restricting transport - have some effect of curfew.
  (ii) Communication, information and intellgence - by not curbing free flow of information it provide protestors to organise mass protest - that will overwhem Police strength - and work to the disadvantages of the Police force.
  (iii) Giving Police the advantage of intelligence, mobility, legislative power to restrict, stop and arrest protestors - HK unrest can be quell quickly.
  
  Anti-mask law is good to make Police enforcement easier - but protestors can turn out in big number and defy the face mask ban - and Police cannot act.
  The above measures will decimate protestors' strength - and Police can effectively carry out their enforcement and stop the unrest.
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  1 hour ago

  Only jail term and a hefty fine will bring them down from their youthful idealism of what is they think is real democracy and human rights to what is brad and butter issues in the real world.
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  3 hours ago

  What I would do is: 1) Curfew after 8 pm till 7 am. 2) Martial law 3) any person throwing a petrol bomb, or assaulting police with a potentially deadly weapon can be shot on sight. 3) 20,000 para-military police: at all transportation centers, banks, traffic lights, airport, main entrances/exits, etc. Send all violators to China mainland for mandatory six month detention while awaiting trial.
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  52 minutes ago

  Hong Kong should excel in 2020 Olympic field event. They have talent in throwing everything
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  4 hours ago

  If such riots had happened in americaun and European cities many would have been shot dead and manhandled. Facking hongkies don’t appreciate the restraints the government and police have given them.
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  3 hours ago

  PLA: Oops, we only have live rounds.
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  2 hours ago

  “We are all Chinese” is a dirty word in HK. I would say Hong Kongers add oil !!
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  20 minutes ago

  Joshua Wong was clearly videoed breaking the mask law. Why was he not arrested and charged?
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  2 hours ago

  that’s not necessary. Hk once suffered fm the SARS and ppl in the city simply wear a mask everywhere esp for the very young and the elders who are hypersensitive with ppl who look sick. The govt itself simply creates more troubles and unrests in the city.
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  2 hours ago

  "But more hardcore protesters went on the rampage, trashing multiple subway stations, ransacking government offices and vandalising businesses with mainland ties." 
  Yet one idiot mobster, Lo says, ""It's an excuse to just introduce other totalitarian laws, next is martial law," You are damn right man, if the rioting doesn't stop, you would expect the PLA to wipe you out like cockroaches !
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  2 hours ago

  Juvenile, dysfunctional, mentally demented COWARDS in a mask. Bring in the PLA and restore law and order. Send these morons to a concentration facility in China for reeducation.