Umbrella Movement Day 66 Protesters ponder next move as Occupy leaders prepare to surrender to police
Monday 2 December 2014 | Recap by Roydon Ng (www.roydonng.net/blog) FB: Roydon Ng Twitter: @RoydonNg
Monday 2 December 2014 | Recap by Roydon Ng (www.roydonng.net/blog) FB: Roydon Ng Twitter: @RoydonNg
- Richard Ottaway MP, chair of the British Foreign Affairs Committee has spoken out agains the Chinese government after being denied entry into Hong Kong. He says China is making a mistake by denying him entry and also suggesting that the British have no rights under the Joint Declaration.
- Tension between frontline protesters and the Hong Kong Federation of Students grows as student leaders are accused of being indifferent from Leung Chun-ying (whom is accused of using others such as anti-Occupy groups, the police and the court injunctions to stand for his cause). Alex Chow, a student leader with HKFS has apologised on the main stage for the issue.
- Joshua Wong and 2 other Scholarism students have began an indefinite hunger strike as an attempt to pressure Leung Chun-ying, Chief Executive to respond to their demands.
- The High Court has granted an injunction filled by a bus company enabling the clearance of areas around Admiralty and Central such as Harcourt Road and sections of Connaught Road. The main stage and areas around the government buildings are not included in the injunction. Leung Chun-ying has also said that more police action should be expected in the coming days.
- A Mingpao newspaper poll has found that nearly half of all Hong Kongers do not trust the current government led by Leung Chun-ying. Also nearly 15 percent of Hong Kong residents would estrange themselves from those with opposing political views, including their family members or friends according to a University of Hong Kong poll.
- Lester Shum and other protesters have failed to have their bail conditions changed. The court rejected their challenges to their bail conditions which prohibit them from entering Mongkok in wake of the ongoing protests.
- The Occupy Central trio (Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming) have announced that they will surrender to police on Wednesday at 3pm. They are expected to turn themselves into Central Police Station with several other supporters. Emily Lau and other pan-democratic lawmakers are also expected to surrender soon. The trio could be charged with "unlawful assembly" and possible "provocation".
- The Occupy Central trio say that their surrender is not weakness nor defeat and that volunteer teams on the ground can decide afterwards whether or not to retreat. The trio have also criticised Leung Chun-ying and the government's response to the Occupy protests.
The founders of the Occupy Central movement, Benny Tai (C), Chan Kin-man (L) and Chu Yiu-ming (R) announce their surrender. Picture Source: abc.net.au
雨傘革命/運動在香港的66天。（2014年12月2日）
- 理查德·奧特維MP，英國外交事務委員會主席已經說出來agains中國政府被拒絕進入香港之後。他說，中國正在通過拒絕他入境，也暗示了英國必須根據聯合聲明沒有權利犯錯誤。
- 一線示威者和學生聯會之間的緊張關係的增長作為學生領袖被指控淡泊的梁振英（誰被指控使用其他如抗佔據小組，警察和法院禁令，以代表他的事業）。亞歷克斯週，學生領袖與學聯已經道歉了問題的主要階段。
- 約書亞Wong和2等學民思潮學生開始無限期絕食企圖迫使梁振英，行政長官對他們的要求作出回應。
- 高等法院已批准填補由公交公司能夠圍繞金鐘及中區的夏愨道及幹諾道部分，如間隙的禁令。 主舞台和周圍的政府 大樓 區域 不包括在禁令。梁振英還表示，更多的警察行動應該預計在未來幾天內。
- 一個明報報民意調查發現，近一半的香港人的不信任現任政府領導的梁振英。另外近15％的香港居民會疏遠自己從那些反對政治觀點，包括根據香港大學民意調查他們的家庭成員或朋友。
- 萊斯特深和其他抗議者未能有他們的保釋條件改變。法院駁回了他們的挑戰來自於正在進行的抗議活動之後進入旺角禁止他們的保釋條件。
- 在佔領中環三重奏（陳木勝泰，陳健人，朱耀明）已經宣布，他們將投降警方週三下午3點。他們預計將搖身一變成為中區警署與其他幾個支持者。劉慧卿及其他泛民主立法者預計也將很快投降。三人可能被控“非法集會”和可能的“挑釁”。
- 在佔領中環三人說，他們的投降也不示弱，也沒有失敗，理由是志願者團隊可以事後決定是否撤退。三人也批評梁振英和政府的反應，佔據抗議。