White paper candles and electric candle left in an alley near Prince Edward MTR station on August 31, 2023, the fourth anniversary of indiscriminate police attacks on citizens. Dozens of police officers blanketed the area around the station and stop&searched passers-by, singling out those dressed in black and carrying white flowers. (Photo: InMedia)
The last installment of “Diaspora” was to come out today. But it has to be put off due to the current situation in Hong Kong.
“The regime can silence Hong Kongers’ voices, but it cannot control their hearts.” (「政權可以禁香港人的聲音，但無能力操控人們的心」)
Fourth anniversary commemoration of the August 31, 2019 Hong Kong police attacks on citizens, Christchurch, New Zealand, one of more than a dozen such commemorations worldwide “Though we are small in number, we hope to do our part to let more people know the truth.”
79-year-old stop&searched by police, Prince Edward MTR station, Hong Kong, August 31, 2023. After he was released, he told reporters, “There are so many ghosts, I have to pay my respects.” His shirt reads, “Those born in troubled times have certain responsibilities,” a slogan meant to refer primarily to HK’s youth. (Photo: Leung Man-hei/梁文熙)
On the night of August 28 to 29, 2023, the facade of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London was spray-painted. Many in the HK diaspora despise HKETO as the representative of the authoritarian HK government abroad. I only wish the graffiti were legible and the paint black instead of red.
