Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Crimes against humanity? Police not guilty
- To accuse Hong Kong officers of such heinous acts when facing protesters is shameful and belittles the profound suffering of real victims
Hong Kong police have been heavily criticised for their recent anti-riot operations. But “crimes against humanity”? I hate to point out the obvious: not a single person has been killed so far.
I first heard of this ridiculous claim from influential online pundit Stephen Shiu Yeuk-yuen. But then, a group of anonymous civil servants have repeated the same charge. So it’s not a quirk, but a position shared by many in certain circles.
In an anonymous petition, more than 350 civil servants wrote they were by the force police used against protesters. “We have lost count of the number of ‘crimes against humanity’ Hong Kong police committed and we feel ashamed to call them colleagues,” they wrote.
Police demonstrate a water cannon at the Police Tactical Unit compound in Fanling on Monday. Photo: Sam Tsang
Daughter of South Korean farmer who died of injuries from water cannon warns Hong Kong police the weapon is far from non-lethal
- Baek Nam-gi died 10 months after being knocked over by a powerful jet of water during an anti-government protest in 2015
- Daughter says water cannons are not necessary to maintain public order
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Police demonstrate a water cannon at the Police Tactical Unit compound in Fanling on Monday. Photo: Sam Tsang
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
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Hong Kong, fast forward to 2047
- The city need not fear a People’s Liberation Army bloodbath, but the likely scenario when ‘one country, two systems’ expires will be equally terrifying
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Matthew Cheung did police a disservice
- What is surprising is that officers again performed valiantly, instead of folding their arms after the chief secretary’s monumental blunder
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Police must not forget they protect everyone
- Sickening attack on anti-government protesters and bystanders at city subway station has led to questions as to why officers took so long to respond
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Hong Kong police given carte blanche to suppress unrest
- There will be a serious escalation in the application of force across the city, but it will not involve PLA troops. That may actually be worse for Hong Kong
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Desperate measures needed in time of crisis
- An efficient civil service must step in to do work of non-functioning government and city has to join together to dig itself out of hole
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
The West exploits but did not create the problems Hong Kong has
- Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa may have singled out the US and Taiwan as “masterminds” behind the city’s unrest, but the social malaise and discontent driving it were already there and very much home-grown
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
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Sex workers and the dead next targets of anti-China rallies?
- Protesters are doing all they can to keep mainlanders away from city by targeting sites from Tsim Sha Tsui to Disneyland and even seedy streets of Yau Tsim Mong
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Opinion
Opinion
To heal, the whole Hong Kong community needs to walk the long road of compromise
- Hong Kong’s current political structure has none of the advantages of effective delivery through autocratic administrative means, but all the defects of democratic politics
- A bipartisan consensus is the only realistic way forward, along with using social media to unite, not divide
Illustration: Craig Stephens
Riot police fire tear gas during a clash with anti-government protesters in Causeway Bay. Photo: Winson Wong
‘Be more like Trump’: academic advises Hong Kong government to change tactics in battle against fake news
- Political scientist Chan Wai-keung says US president sets tone for world media with Twitter use
- Hong Kong’s leaders have had to deny PLA involvement in clashes, suggestions of a curfew being enforced, and that Chief Executive Carrie Lam was on holiday
Topic | Hong Kong protests
Riot police fire tear gas during a clash with anti-government protesters in Causeway Bay. Photo: Winson Wong
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Hong Kong, fast forward to 2047
- The city need not fear a People’s Liberation Army bloodbath, but the likely scenario when ‘one country, two systems’ expires will be equally terrifying
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Matthew Cheung did police a disservice
- What is surprising is that officers again performed valiantly, instead of folding their arms after the chief secretary’s monumental blunder
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Police must not forget they protect everyone
- Sickening attack on anti-government protesters and bystanders at city subway station has led to questions as to why officers took so long to respond
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Hong Kong police given carte blanche to suppress unrest
- There will be a serious escalation in the application of force across the city, but it will not involve PLA troops. That may actually be worse for Hong Kong
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Desperate measures needed in time of crisis
- An efficient civil service must step in to do work of non-functioning government and city has to join together to dig itself out of hole
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
The West exploits but did not create the problems Hong Kong has
- Former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa may have singled out the US and Taiwan as “masterminds” behind the city’s unrest, but the social malaise and discontent driving it were already there and very much home-grown
Opinion
SCMP Columnist
My Take
Sex workers and the dead next targets of anti-China rallies?
- Protesters are doing all they can to keep mainlanders away from city by targeting sites from Tsim Sha Tsui to Disneyland and even seedy streets of Yau Tsim Mong
