''DO YOU WANT TO FLY OVER THIS FENCE? I'LL PICK YOU UP AND DRAG YOU!'' West Australian police threaten lone protester in Perth trying to fly a Free Hong Kong flag next to CCP Premier Li Qiang's motorcade.
CCP supporters surrounded a lone protester and attacked him, trying to smother him in the Chinese flag. I tried to help him at which point a CCP supporter elbowed me in the face in full view of a police officer. They did nothing - they only targeted us.
Police forced us to leave at which point an elderly CCP supporter spat on us. Again, this occurred in full view of the police and my footage includes the sound of her spitting. Again, they did nothing. We were the only ones forced to leave and the only ones targeted by police.
I was given a second ''move on'' order banning me from the entire King's Park precinct for 24 hours at pain of 12 months imprisonment and a $12,000 fine. My only crime was filming.
Trade with China is massive in Australia so all levels of government in Australia as well as big business are completely in support of a Finlandisation policy whereby civil society criticism of the Chinese government is repressed in favour of protecting business ties.
