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Matthieu

@matt_1221_hk

back on Twitter. formerly (at)Matthieu1221. warm welcome to those joining from IG. daily digest of news from local reporters. standard disclaimers apply.

Joined May 2021
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Yesterday, police stop and search 4 journalists and one bystander with no apparent reason in Prince Edward. This marks the 63rd month since the 831 Incident occurred.


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A whale that was found off the coast of Lantau Island with wounds on the body was pronounced dead at around midnight, according to the AFCD in a GovHK press release scmp.com/news/hong-kong…


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Month 53 of #HongKong's nat. security law era: hongkongfp.com/2024/11/30/exp… - 45 democrats jailed for up to 10 years. - Jimmy Lai begins to testify. - National security guidelines for civil servants. - Social media prosecution under new Article 23 security law. - US calls Hong Kong…

Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 53 🔗 buff.ly/4eTt5Xh

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BBC: Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory bbc.com/news/articles/…


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Wow, 97% of admissions under Hong Kong's various "trawling for talent" schemes are from mainland China. Mainland accounts for 95% of the Top Talent Pass and 98% of Quality Migrant Admission Scheme. 65,079 admitted, 63,087 from mainland. But hey, Ronnie O'Sullivan... #HongKong

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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution against Hong Kong which condemns the NSL and SNSO, urges the release of pro-democracy activists including Jimmy Lai, and urges member states to review both the EU's favourable trade status with Hong Kong and the ETO in Brussels

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A book launch by a Hong Kong travel writer and democracy supporter has attracted a protest by a small group accusing him of secretly “spreading poison” two weeks after an earlier literary event by the writer was also disrupted. 👇

Protesters at Hong Kong travel writer’s book launch accuse him of ‘spreading poison’ in second such disruption 🔗 buff.ly/4g8u8Uw

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Hong Kong’s Ocean Park records HK$71.6 million deficit despite highest visitor count in 5 years 🔗 buff.ly/3OqcHmu

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A Beijing official has given a new interpretation of "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" - that Hong Kong is not just ruled by Hong Kong people, but also by the central government photonmedia.net/hkppladministe…


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The Hong Kong Bar and Club Association 香港酒吧協會 will require new members to attend lectures on national security, according to chairman Chin Chun-wing, who became a qualified tutor under the National Security Education District Tutor Training Scheme scmp.com/news/hong-kong…


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🏳️‍🌈BREAKING: #HongKong’s top court has ruled in favour of same-sex married couples’ housing and inheritance rights, handing a landmark victory to the city’s #LGBTQ community: hongkongfp.com/2024/11/26/bre… 🌈This marks the end of years-long court battles waged by LGBTQ activists as far…

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BREAKING: Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of same-sex couples’ housing, inheritance rights in landmark LGBTQ decision 🔗 buff.ly/3Zo9r1a

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A Hong Kong transgender woman is demanding an apology from HSBC when the bank outed her gender identity to the woman’s employer after informing the company an inconsistency of her MPF records, despite the woman sending the bank an updated copy of her HKID scmp.com/news/hong-kong…


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Exclusive: Almost one in five calls to Hong Kong’s 999 emergency number were diverted to a recorded message last year, a greater percentage than five years previously, according to police data obtained by HKFP. In full: buff.ly/4eIfwK4 Police pointed to an increase in…

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COURT: #HongKong media mogul Jimmy Lai has testified at his national security trial that urging other countries to speak up for the city's pro-democracy movement does not amount to seeking foreign interference: hongkongfp.com/2024/11/22/spe… #jimmylai #hongkong #PressFreedom He also…

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Democrats’ plan to veto the budget was constitutionally allowed under Hong Kong’s Basic Law, a legal scholar has said, a day after 45 pro-democracy figures were jailed for conspiring to commit subversion over the scheme. hongkongfp.com/2024/11/20/jai…

Jailed democrats’ plan constitutionally allowed under Basic Law, Hong Kong legal scholar says 🔗 buff.ly/3UZPcUY

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Yesterday, handpicked national security judges jailed democrat Hendrick Lui and 44 others over their role in an unofficial 2020 primary election. hongkongfp.com/hong-kongs-47-… .@HKFP captured the desperate cries from his adoptive mother as she was arrested...

1/ Elsa Wu - adoptive mother of the democrat Hendrick Lui - was arrested outside court on Tuesday. She was holding up a banner that read "Righteous people live, villains must die." Full coverage: hongkongfp.com/hong-kongs-47-…



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Elsa Wu, the mother of jailed pro-democracy figure Hendrick Lui, was arrested after holding a banner outside a Hong Kong court after her son and 44 other democrats were sentenced on Tuesday. hongkongfp.com/2024/11/20/mot…

Mother of jailed democrat Hendrick Lui arrested after holding up a banner outside court after son’s sentencing 🔗 buff.ly/490fpbM

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Jimmy Lai just now in court: “The core values of Apple Daily are actually the core values of the people of Hong Kong. That is carved into their hearts because they lived under the institution of the British colony." Follow @HKFP for the latest.

Detained pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai testified at his high-profile national security trial for the first time on Wednesday. Full coverage: buff.ly/4bjWgSu

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#BREAKING: Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sworn in as a witness, and has started his testimony in his collusion trial. This is the first time the 76-year-old has testified after being charged with foreign collusion under the national security law.

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Jimmy Sham, an activist known for LGBTQ rights advocacy, was handed a 51 month jail sentence.

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