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HK police have already uncovered a stash of TATP stockpiled by "protesters" - https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/asia/hong-kong-explosives-haul-intl-hnk/index.h

by L_226 7y ago

HK police have already uncovered a stash of TATP stockpiled by "protesters" - https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/asia/hong-kong-explosives-haul-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/asia/hong-kong-explosives...

ISL 7y ago
From afar, it is unclear whether it was uncovered or planted. Both make logical sense. In a place where weapons are banned, it can make sense to construct them. In a time of effective peaceful protest, it can make sense to an authoritarian government to attempt to justify a crackdown. My heart is with those protesting in Hong Kong: 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ...'
hker 7y ago
HK police had made high-profile-arrest followed by low-profile-release on protesters. They claimed to have found an arsenal of protected substances during arrest, and found nothing until release half a year later (weapon of mass destruction, Hong Kong style). For a case related to earlier protest in 2016, see [1] in Chinese. [1]: https://thestandnews.com/politics/高調拉人-低調撤案-警方旺角騷亂後-環保倉當-武器庫-拖延半年-4人獲撤案/ https://thestandnews.com/politics/高調拉人-低調撤案-警方旺角騷亂後-環保倉當-武器庫... For this particular case of arrest you mentioned, one thing stood out: the supposed “petrol bombs“ were in fact sealed, unopened beer bottles (see the zoom-in here [2]). The correct way to make a petrol bomb needs to replace the content [3]. For all we know, the police have found 10 bottles of unopened beer and claimed to have found 10 petrol bombs. [2]: https://lihkg.com/thread/1335217/page/1 https://lihkg.com/thread/1335217/page/1 [3]: https://img.appledaily.com.tw/images/ReNews/20130804/640_13b0620c8fd49a63d6f3095bbe4e6513.jpg https://img.appledaily.com.tw/images/ReNews/20130804/640_13b...
cr0sh 7y ago
> TATP stockpiled Anyone who knows anything about explosives - knows you don't "stockpile" TATP. It's a highly energetic explosive that will go off if you look at it sideways. Storing it? You'd have to be a fool.
- L_226 7y ago
  Yes I agree. Also note the new in packaging yellow helmets etc, you'd think if they were actual protesters the protest accoutrements would at least be a little bit used (or knowing HK police, shall we say, thoroughly used)

by L_226 7y ago

ISL 7y ago

From afar, it is unclear whether it was uncovered or planted. Both make logical sense. In a place where weapons are banned, it can make sense to construct them. In a time of effective peaceful protest, it can make sense to an authoritarian government to attempt to justify a crackdown. My heart is with those protesting in Hong Kong: 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ...'

hker 7y ago

HK police had made high-profile-arrest followed by low-profile-release on protesters. They claimed to have found an arsenal of protected substances during arrest, and found nothing until release half a year later (weapon of mass destruction, Hong Kong style). For a case related to earlier protest in 2016, see [1] in Chinese. [1]: https://thestandnews.com/politics/高調拉人-低調撤案-警方旺角騷亂後-環保倉當-武器庫-拖延半年-4人獲撤案/ https://thestandnews.com/politics/高調拉人-低調撤案-警方旺角騷亂後-環保倉當-武器庫... For this particular case of arrest you mentioned, one thing stood out: the supposed “petrol bombs“ were in fact sealed, unopened beer bottles (see the zoom-in here [2]). The correct way to make a petrol bomb needs to replace the content [3]. For all we know, the police have found 10 bottles of unopened beer and claimed to have found 10 petrol bombs. [2]: https://lihkg.com/thread/1335217/page/1 https://lihkg.com/thread/1335217/page/1 [3]: https://img.appledaily.com.tw/images/ReNews/20130804/640_13b0620c8fd49a63d6f3095bbe4e6513.jpg https://img.appledaily.com.tw/images/ReNews/20130804/640_13b...

cr0sh 7y ago

> TATP stockpiled Anyone who knows anything about explosives - knows you don't "stockpile" TATP. It's a highly energetic explosive that will go off if you look at it sideways. Storing it? You'd have to be a fool.

L_226 7y ago
Yes I agree. Also note the new in packaging yellow helmets etc, you'd think if they were actual protesters the protest accoutrements would at least be a little bit used (or knowing HK police, shall we say, thoroughly used)