When some seeds were no longer wanted in HK, where could they go?

Who would take them back after half a century?

Can they grow again on home soil?

What defines “HK rice”, or more fundamentally, “Hong Kong”?

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#BREAKING Long-awaited verdict on #Standnews sedition case - which was previously set on April 29 - is postponed again to the end of August according to latest court listing.

#NEW Appeal against a magistrate conviction of the ex trustees of #612HumanitarianReliefFund failing to register the fund with the police as a “society” will be heard in January 2025.

Top Beijing officials in charge of Hong Kong affairs on Monday lashed out at critics of the city's new national security law, calling them 'mantises and flies'.

Beijing’s liaison chief also declared a “tit-for-tat cognitive warfare” against smearing.

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Judge Ernest Lin said John had 'distorted history, demonised China, and appealed to foreign countries to destroy (Hong Kong) and China by political or simply violent means.”

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#JUSTIN Joseph John, also named Wong Kin-chung , was sentenced to 60 months in jail for “incitement to secession” under HK’s Beijing-made #NSL by District Court judge Ernest Lin. John , with Portuguese nationality, is the first dual-national #NSL convict.

#BREAKING A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been deported from Hong Kong on arrival to the territory to monitor the landmark trial of publisher Jimmy Lai, the international press freedom concern group said in a statement.

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#JUSTIN 2.5 years after the security police raid of #StandNews , HK’s District Court has finally set a date to hand down verdict on the sedition case against the shuttered news platform and its two former chief editors.

Today is also the last day in biz of pro-democracy Sai Kung Store run by ex district councillor Debby Chan. The store has been presenting local , eco products, advocacy merchs , products from other independent biz like media and bookstores.

The shop’s little back story 👉🏻

Mount Zero has lived through dramatic political change since founding six years ago and book lovers mourned that the liberal-minded bookstore had seemingly become a victim of political tide shifts.

Proud teamwork w Holmes Chan Selim Chtayti Justin Chan

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#LATEST Civic Party is today officially “wiped from the Earth” as its founding and last leader Alan Leong predicted.

Last year we spent 6 months following the party’s last mile 👉🏻 rfi.fr/en/internation…

And first HK Gov condemnation after enactment of #Article23 goes to BBC News 中文 and “some anti-China organisations and wanted abscondees” regarding their “misleading” and “distorted” remarks on Ma Chun-man, who was held back from release due to the new law’s effect on Monday.

First rebuttal and condemn letter from HK’s security chief since enactment of #Article23 goes to an op-ed by Maya Wang 王松蓮 on New York Times Opinion The New York Times .

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According to the latest court list, the hearing has been postponed by five months to Jan 14, 2025, with still 2 days earmarked.

NSL convict Ma Chun-man is believed to be the first man hit by the newly enacted #Article23 as his earliest discharge day came 48 hours after the new law came in force.

Losing the 1/3 remission means 20 more months in jail for Ma.

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HK leader John Lee accepted the recommendation of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission on the appoint of James Allsop, ex chief justice of the Federal Court of Australia, to be the 10th ONPJ of the Court of Final Appeal - pending legislature vetting and approval.

From 30 Jan to today, we had a 110-page consultation document, a 220-page consultation report, a 212-page draft bill, a 524-page LegCo brief, a 76-page revisions … this is a highly concentrated takeaway w/Holmes Chan Dene-Hern Chen

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Metaphorical reference of #Article23 used by the authorities

John Lee: effective lock, protective wall

Liaison office: protective wall

Beijing’s nat sec office in HK: a new Great Wall of rule of law

OCMFA: strong armour tailor made for safeguarding national security