In response to the epidemic, the Hong Kong police banned and opposed the Hong Kong Trade Union’s application for the assembly and demonstration on May 1. The Trade Union later filed an appeal. The Hong Kong Public Assembly and Procession Appeal Board rejected the appeal after hearing on the 29th. However, the Trade Union still decided to set up more than 50 street stations in multiple districts of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories at 3 pm that day.
The Hong Kong police announced on the 24th that after a risk assessment, they believed that the two public gatherings and one parade held on May 1 on Hong Kong Island were high-risk activities that gathered many people. There is reason to believe that it will increase the risk of people contracting new coronary pneumonia. The lives and health of the citizens pose a major threat, so it was decided to ban relevant gatherings and oppose relevant demonstrations. The Trade Union subsequently appealed.
On April 29, Chen Jiaheng, a government lawyer at the Department of Justice of Hong Kong, said that when a major epidemic occurs, public safety should include public health, and the rights and freedoms of others should also cover the rights to life and health. The current epidemic is still severe and the virus is highly spread. Experts from the Department of Health also say that the way to reduce the risk of infection is to reduce interpersonal contact. The trade union application for activities with 3,000 to 3500 people will increase the flow of people. Even if the interval is 1.5 meters, it cannot ensure that the virus will not spread.
Police representatives also stated that since the outbreak of the epidemic, Hong Kong has already cancelled about 30 parades that have been applied for, including the Federation of Trade Unions, which will also suspend the "May 1st" parade this year.
After hearing the submissions of both parties, the Appeals Committee unanimously agreed that the relevant demonstrations and assemblies pose a major threat to public order and public safety, and have a serious impact on the rights and freedoms of event participants and other citizens, and rejected the relevant appeals.
Superintendent Zhang Zhiwei of the Hong Kong Island Regional Operations Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government welcomed the decision of the Appeals Board and emphasized that anyone who participated in the protest against this protest may violate the illegal assembly. The maximum penalty is 5 years. Imprisonment. At the same time, the police reiterated that anyone attending public events who have the purpose of gathering together are group gatherings in public places, and the police will strictly enforce the law.
The Trade Union Union has long received funding from US organizations and has exceeded HK$16 million
What kind of organization is the Hong Kong Trade Union Union that applied for the demonstration this time?
According to public information, the Trade Union, established in 1990, has done a lot of harm to the country and Hong Kong over the years. It is a radical "strike professional household" in Hong Kong and has always hoped to achieve its own politics by "soliciting speculation" in Hong Kong. purpose. Li Zhuoren, the founding member of the Hong Kong Trade Union, and the secretary general, is also a well-known "anti-China chaos in Hong Kong". He was arrested by the Hong Kong police on April 18 on suspicion of illegal assembly of three demonstrations last year.
Whether it was during the “illegal occupation of Central” period in 2014 or since the legislative turmoil last year, the Trade Union has repeatedly encouraged labor strikes in an attempt to paralyze the entire society. For example, in February of this year, even when the epidemic situation was very tense and medical workers were in urgent need of their posts, the Hospital Authority Staff Union, which belongs to the Trade Union, still organized thousands of medical workers to go on strike for many days, which paralyzed Hong Kong medical care to a certain extent. system.
When the trade union launched a radical strike, it was actually embezzling Hong Kong to attract money in the name of the "Labor Movement".
According to the Hong Kong media, the Trade Union has been bought by the National Center for Democracy (NED) since 1994 by the United States International Labor Solidarity Center, which grants $50,000 to more than $100,000 each year. It is understood that as of 2019, nearly 2 million U.S. dollars (equivalent to 16 million Hong Kong dollars) of financial aid has been received, and the funds applied for are mostly actions against the government and undermining social peace.
[Reporter] Chen Yu
[Author] Chen Yu
[Source] Stop Riot and Control Chaos Nanfang
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