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1 | The Warning Squad Is Here to Tell You About Hong Kong Police's ‘Repression’ of Pro-Democracy Protesters | Eto Ny “Sokajim-Pampitandremana” Hilaza Aminao Ny Famoretan'ny Polisin'i Hong Kong Amin'ireo Mpanohana Ny Demaokrasia |
2 | A police officer looks at the warning banners and doesn't “seem to understand what they mean,” says Kacey Wong, the artist behind the protest artwork. | Polisy manampahefana mijery ireo sora-baventy fampitandremana ary toa “tsy mahatakatra akory ny dikan'izy ireo”, hoy i Kacey Wong, mpanakanto nanatontosa ny asa-kanton'ny fihetsiketsehana. |
3 | Photo by Kitwa Ho with permission to use. | Sary avy amin'i Kitwa Ho, nahazoan-dalana. |
4 | Hong Kong's police used to enjoy a high approval rating among the city's residents because of the low crime rate. | Zatra ny taham-pankasitrahana ambony eo amin'ireo mponina ao an-tanàna noho ny fahakelezan'ny heloka bevava ny polisy ao Hong Kong. |
5 | Yet over the past year and a half, that approval has fallen from 71 percent to 54.5 percent, a drop due in part to the perception that the police have become a political tool for the Hong Kong and Chinese governments to repress peaceful protests and interfere with media coverage at the scene. | Na izany aza, tao anatin'ny herintaona sy tapany mahery, nijotso avy amin'ny 71 isanjato mankany amin'ny 54,5 isan-jato izany fankasitrahana izany, fijotsoana noho ny fahitana fa nanjary fitaovana politika hoan'i Hong Kong sy ny governemanta Shinoa ireo polisy mba hanasazy ireo fihetsiketsehana milamina sy hitsabaka amin'ny fanangonam-baovao eo amin'ny toerana isian'ny tranga. |
6 | Local artist and assistant professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University's design school Kacey Wong wanted to call out the abuse of power, so he created the “Hongkongese Warning Squad,” a unique protest performance that appeared at the city's pro-democracy rally on July 1. | Te-hitabataba amin'ny fanararaotam-pahefana i Kacey Wong, mpanakanato ao an-toerana sady profesora lefitra ao amin'ny Sekoly fianarana ravaka ao amin'ny Oniversite politeknikan'i Hong Kong, ka namorona ny “Sokajim-Pampitandremana Hongkongey” izy, fampisehoam-pihetsiketseha-panoherana tokana izay notontosaina tao amin'ny hetsiky ny mpanohana ny demaokrasia ao an-tanàna tamin'ny 1 Jolay. |
7 | The “Warning Squad” consisted of several people dressed as police officers holding signs inspired by warning banners used by Hong Kong's police when dealing with protests. | Ny ” Sokajim-pampitandremana” dia fitambarana olona marobe mitafy tahaka ny polisy ary milanja sora-baventy izay aingam-panahy avy amin'ny sora-baventy fampiasan'ny polisin'i Hong Kong rehefa mifampiraharaha amin'ny hetsi-panoherana. |
8 | The signs included “Love the Party” referring to the Chinese Communist Party; “Fake Commie”; “Party-State” referring to the One-Party regime of China; “Reddening” referring to communist encroachment; “Land Grabbing” referring to the land acquisition for the Northeast New Territories development project and “Corruption”. | Ireo Marika dia ahitana hoe “Love the Party (Tiavo ny Antoko)” izay manondro ny Antoko Komonista Shinoa; “Fake Commie (Komonista Sandoka)”; “Party-State (Fanjakana-Antoko)” manondro ny fitondrana Antoko tokana ao Shina; “Reddening” (Fandokoana manontolo ho mena) manondro ny fanakendana ataon'ny komonista; “Land Grabbing (Fakana Tany an-Keriny)” manondro ny fakana tany hanaovana ny tetikasam-pampandrosoana ao amin'ny Sisintany Vaovao ao Avaratra-Atsinanana ary ny “Corruption (Kolikoly)”. |
9 | Below is a video record of the protest: | Ity ambany ity ny lahatsary narakitra tamin'ny fihetsiketsehana: |
10 | Many in Hong Kong, a former British colony, fear China's increasing influence over the city. | Olona maro ao Hong Kong, zanatany britanika taloha no matahotra ny fahazoan'i Shina vahana ao an-tanàna. |
11 | At the July 1 rally, protesters demanded authentic democratic elections in 2017 for the city's next leader. | Nandritra ny fihetsiketsehana tamin'ny 1 Jolay, nitaky fifidianana demaokratika marina amin'ny fifidianana izay ho mpitondra ny tanàna manaraka amin'ny taona 2017 ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana. |
12 | Beijing has promised a direct vote, but has stopped short of allowing Hong Kongers to choose the candidates. | Nampanantena fifidianana mivantana i Beijing, saingy nampitsahatra tampoka ny fanomezan-dalana ny Hongkongey hifidy kandidà. |
13 | If the city's government fails to come up with a reform free of pre-approved candidates, the group Occupy Central plans to peacefully take over Hong Kong's downtown later this year. | Raha tsy mahavita mametraka fanitsiana tsy misy ireo kandidà efa nankatoavina mialoha ny governemantan'ny tanàna, dia mikasa hibodo ny afovoan-tanànan'i Hong Kong am-pilaminana ny vondrona “Occupy Central” farafahatarany amin'ity taona ity. |
14 | During a sit-in after the July 1 rally that the group called a rehearsal for the occupation, more than 500 people were arrested. | Nandritra ny sit-in taorian'ny fihetsiketsehana 1 Jolay izay nantsoin'ny vondrona ho fanazarantany amin'ny fibodoana, dia olona maherin'ny 500 no nosamborina. |
15 | Wong explained the reasoning behind the “Warning Squad” in an interview with Global Voices. | Nanazava ny hevitra ambadiky ny “Sokajim-pampitandremana” nandritra ny antsafa niarahana tamin'ny Global Voices i Wong. |
16 | There is a “worrying trend of selective enforcement” by police, he said. | Misy ny “ahiahy ankapobeny amin'ny fampiharana amin'ny ampahany ny lalàna” (mizana tsindrian'ila) ataon'ny polisy, hoy izy. |
17 | They go after pro-democracy protesters for “arbitrary reasons,” such as a driver of a demonstration van who was arrested along with four passengers at the July 1 rally. | Mandeha “fanahy iniana” aorian'ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana manohana ny demaokrasia izy ireo, tahaka ilay mpitondra kamiaon'ny fihetsiketsehana izay nosamborina niaraka tamin'ireo mpandeha efatra nandritra ny hetsika tamin'ny 1 Jolay. |
18 | Police said he violated an ordinance against idling vehicle engines. | Nilaza ny polisy fa nanitsakitsaka didim-panjakana mandràra ny famelomana moteran'ny fiara mandeha miadana izy. |
19 | But pro-Beijing protesters aren't given the same harsh treatment, even when they are violent, Wong said. | Saingy tsy ampiharana fepetra henjana tahaka izany kosa ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana mpanohana an'i Beijing, na dia mahery setra aza izy ireo, hoy i Wong. |
20 | In many cases when pro-Beijing protesters assaulted pro-democracy protesters, they were given minor assault charges and a fine of a few thousand Hong Kong dollars. | Tamina tranga maro, rehefa manafika ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana manohana ny demaokrasia ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana manohana an'i Beijing, dia fiampangana noho ny hetraketraka madinika sy onitra an'arivony dolara HongKongey no vesarina amin'izy ireo. |
21 | For pro-democracy protesters, they were charged with police assault, criminal damage, and illegal gathering, which can mean a few months of jail time. | Hoan'ireo mpanao fihetsiketsehana mpomba ny demaokrasia kosa, ampangaina ho nihetraketra tamin'ny polisy, nanao fanimban-javatra, sy fihetsiketsehana tsy ara-dalàna izay mety midika volana vitsivitsy am-ponja izy ireo. |
22 | These measures against peaceful protesters are the result of the police wanting to please the governments of Hong Kong and Beijing, he said. | Ireny fepetra ireny dia vokatry ny fitadiavan'ny polisy hahazo sitraka amin'ny governemantan'i Hong Kong sy Beijing, hoy izy. |
23 | “They are the ones who are controlling frontline police officers”: | “Izy ireo no mifehyvoalohany ny polisy manampahefana” : |
24 | Such top-down pressures of selective enforcement will not only affect the morale of junior officers but also lead to the eventual collapse of the system. | Tsy amin'ny fomba fiheveran'ireo manampahefana fehezina ihany no miantraika izany fanaovana mizana tsindiran'ila izany fa mety mitarika amin'ny firodanan'ny rafitra. |
25 | Recent cases show that the city's anti-corruption agency and police complaint council are no longer functioning to keep powers in check. | Mampiseho ireo tranga faramparany fa tsy mandaitra intsony hitazonana ny fahefana mikorosofahana ireo sampan-draharaha miady amin'ny kolikoly sy ny vaomieram-pitarainana ao amin'ny polisin'ny tanàna. |
26 | In short, the kind of power abuse and authoritarian repression we see in the Mainland is actually not far from our very own reality. | Raha fehezina, tsy lavitra intsony amin'ny zavamisy eto amintsika ny karazana fihoaram-pefy sy ny fanenjehana amin'ny fomba jadona fahitantsika any amin'ny Tanibe. |
27 | Photos of the “Warning Squad” went viral on social media soon after the rally. | Nalaza tao amin'ny media sosialy ny sarin'ny “Warning Squad” (Sokajim-pampitandremana) fotoana fohy taorian'ny fihetsiketsehana. |
28 | “This is protest as art and performance. | “Fihetsiketseham-panoherana iny amin'ny endriny kanto sy fampisehoana. |
29 | It's about the most subversive and provocative I've seen in Hong Kong,” one commenter, Maureen Nienaber, wrote on Facebook. | Fampisehoana manakorontana sy mihantsy (polisy) indrindra hitako eto Hong Kong,” hoy ny mpaneho hevira iray, Maureen Nienaber nanoratra tao amin'ny Facebook. |
30 | Wong believed that people's reactions to the performance reflected the increased tensions between people and the police: “Power corrupts, and absolute power absolutely corrupts. | Nihevitra i Wong fa ny fanehoan-kevitry ny olona dia taratry ny disadisa miakatra eo amin'ny olona sy ny polisy : “. Fitondrana mpanao kolikoly, sy fitondrana mpanao kolikoly tsy refesi-mandidy tanteraka. |
31 | If the government doesn't handle the delicate situation properly, the system could face total collapse.” | Raha tsy mandray an-tanana araka ny tokony ho izy izao toe-draharaha sarotra izao ny governemanta, dia mety hirodana tanteraka ny rafitra.” |
32 | Despite the crackdown, many are determined to fight for full democracy that Hong Kong people have been promised and patiently waited for years. | Na dia eo aza ny famoretana, maro ireo vonona hiady hoan'ny demaokrasia tena izy izay nampanantenaina ny vahoaka ao Hong Kong sy efa nandrasana fatratra nandritra ny taona maro. |
33 | As Wong says: | Araka ny nolazain'i Wong hoe: |
34 | What is the point of groaning and moaning without doing anything? | Inona no antony himenomenonana sy hitarainana raha tsy manao na inona na inona? |
35 | Why not combine art and politics and take it to the streets: for righteousness, justice, and freedom. | Maninona no tsy mampiaraka ny kanto sy ny politika ary mitondra izany eny an-dalambe: ho amin'ny fahamarinana, ny rariny ary ny fahafahana. |
36 | Sometimes it is not because you see the possibility of change that you decide to be persistent, but it is because of your persistence, there is change. | Indraindray, tsy hoe satria mahita ny mety hisian'ny fanovana ianao vao manapa-kevitra ny hikiry, fa noho ny fikirizanao no isian'ny fanovana. |
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