Hong Kong Police - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:30:36 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Hong Kong Police - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Police film those entering Hong Kong cathedral for Queen's memorial service https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/10/03/police-film-those-entering-st-johns-cathedral-in-hong-kong-for-service-in-remembrance-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 06:51:00 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=152456 Police officers in Hong Kong videotaped Christians outside the city's Anglican cathedral as they gathered this week to mourn and pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II, who died earlier this month. Officers from a 12-member police team stationed outside St John's Cathedral in central Hong Kong on the evening of 25 September captured video footage Read more

Police film those entering Hong Kong cathedral for Queen's memorial service... Read more]]> Police officers in Hong Kong videotaped Christians outside the city's Anglican cathedral as they gathered this week to mourn and pay respects to Queen Elizabeth II, who died earlier this month.

Officers from a 12-member police team stationed outside St John's Cathedral in central Hong Kong on the evening of 25 September captured video footage of churchgoers as they left the church premises, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on 27 September.

The measure was taken for the "public safety" of citizens, according to the Hong Kong police's media relations team, admitting people were filmed.

The team stated that it had deployed "appropriate manpower to maintain public order and ensure public safety".

Police officials also stated that officers "undertake filming … for internal review to continuously improve the management of and response to public events".

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