Lessons from Hong Kong Rebellion
“It was you who taught
us peaceful protests don't work.”
A
Hong Kong rebellion graffiti, 2 September 2019, ABC Four Corners
In preparation for the
9/11 show-down in Cambodia, there are 11 lessons from the current Hong Kong
rebellion Hun Sen’s nemesis may want to adopt.
1.
Frontliners are backed by a brigade of self-organised medics,
scouts, firemen, and supply runners.
2.
Use of black t-shirts as uniform and apparatus for safety and ID
protection
3.
Quick groups meetings
4.
Use of umbrellas to avoid photo detections
5.
Use of laser beams to distract police
6.
Barricades to block roads
7.
Many decisions are made through discussions and voting on the
spot
8.
No target for the authority – deliberate decision not to have a
central leader in the protest actions after all known leaders have all been
arrested.
9.
Use of online forums and encrypt apps like Telegram to communicate
and vote on ideas for tactics and target locations, and to post warnings on
locations and actions of the police
10. Underground popup shops to
sell gas masks, goggles, helmets, and hard hats, sales of which are restricted
by authority
11. “Be water” tactics – they appear
and disappear from locations to location – to confuse and overwhelm the police
Details
of these are in a report by Sophie McNeill of ABC’s Four Corners, broadcast on
2 September 2019. Below is the link to the full report.
Consider
and learn.
Ung Bun Ang
4ix19
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