{"id":9573,"date":"2019-06-14T12:22:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2019-09-21T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T19:26:19","slug":"a-question-of-conscience-in-doing-the-bidding-of-their-political-masters-how-far-are-hong-kong-police-willing-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9573","title":{"rendered":"A question of conscience: In doing the bidding of their political masters, how far are Hong Kong police willing to go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Hong Kong Free Press<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Keiran Colvert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             Here\u2019s a question for every officer in the Hong Kong police \u2013 if the Hong Kong government asked you to shoot to kill to clear protesters from the streets would you do it? This might sound like a far-fetched scenario in Hong Kong \u2013 a place which has, until now, been dramatically different from Mainland China in terms of citizen\u2019s rights and the rule of law. Having witnessed the grim scenes unfolding in Admiralty yesterday, and given that two people are currently in intensive care as a result of the police action, this question, unfortunately, may become all too relevant for people serving in the Hong Kong police.  .  . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2019\/06\/14\/question-conscience-bidding-political-masters-far-hong-kong-police-willing-go\/\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong Free Press Keiran Colvert Here\u2019s a question for every officer in the Hong Kong police \u2013 if the Hong Kong government asked you to shoot to kill to clear protesters from the streets would you do it? This might sound like a far-fetched scenario in Hong Kong \u2013 a place which has, until &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9573\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A question of conscience: In doing the bidding of their political masters, how far are Hong Kong police willing to go?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557,4,5,9,511],"tags":[3776],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-commentary","category-ethics","category-news","category-society-politics","tag-hong-kong"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>A question of conscience: In doing the bidding of their political masters, how far are Hong Kong police willing to go? - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9573\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A question of conscience: In doing the bidding of their political masters, how far are Hong Kong police willing to go? - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hong Kong Free Press Keiran Colvert Here\u2019s a question for every officer in the Hong Kong police \u2013 if the Hong Kong government asked you to shoot to kill to clear protesters from the streets would you do it? 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