Thursday, October 31, 2019

Police fire tear gas as Hong Kong protesters defy face mask ban in Halloween march


Regional Correspondent  31 Oct 2019


(1) At the periphery roads, riot police formed cordons to prevent more from joining the crowds.
(2) Meanwhile, a Hong Kong court on Thursday evening (31 Oct 2019) granted an interim injunction banning members of the public from using the Internet to publish information that promotes, encourages or incites violence.
It specially mentions two online platforms popular among protesters - messaging app Telegram and online forum LIHKG.
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Posted on :- October 6, 2019


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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