Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯
@aimenlau.bsky.social
🇭🇰🇲🇾🇨🇦 | Information Operations and Transnational Repression Research | formerly at Alliance Canada Hong Kong and Doublethink Lab | she/elle | views are my fault
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Ai-Men Lau 劉羿雯
@aimenlau.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Books I read in 2025
1) Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
A political satire inspired by the 2017 coup that ended Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe told through the perspective of animals. The use of animals as a metaphor wasn’t the most effective for me, the book was an overall fun read
1) Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
A political satire inspired by the 2017 coup that ended Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe told through the perspective of animals. The use of animals as a metaphor wasn’t the most effective for me, the book was an overall fun read
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I've spoken with a lot of people about this, and all of of them told me they were furious about this tragedy and the apparent corruption that enabled it. They want truth and accountability and justice for the victims, and they're not confident that they'll get any of that, which makes them angrier.
Droves have mourned the 146 lives lost in the Tai Po fire, including some who said the government should be held accountable. In full: buff.ly/wT5oEz8
In Pictures: 'Man-made tragedy' - Tears, anger and calls for accountability as thousands mourn Tai Po fire victims | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
By Hans Tse, Hillary Leung and James Lee. Droves of grieving Hongkongers have turned up in Tai Po to mourn the 146 lives lost in one of the city’s deadliest fires, including some who said the government...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I've spoken with a lot of people about this, and all of of them told me they were furious about this tragedy and the apparent corruption that enabled it. They want truth and accountability and justice for the victims, and they're not confident that they'll get any of that, which makes them angrier.
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Seven samples of the scaffold netting from Wang Fuk Court did not meet fire retardant standards, according to HK Chief Secretary Eric Chan. The ICAC has also found that compliant netting was mixed in with non-compliant netting in order to evade patrols.
大埔宏福苑五級火｜陳國基：宏福苑7個棚網樣本未達阻燃測試標準 (16:02) - 20251201 - 港聞
政務司長陳國基表示，當局於大埔宏福苑的宏泰、宏道、宏志、宏仁閣檢取20個棚網樣本，其中7個位處高、中、低層不同地方的樣本未達阻燃測試標準。保安局長鄧炳強早前曾指棚網初步測試合乎標準，鄧炳強今日解釋指，在火勢猛烈時，調查人員起初只能在宏志閣地下檢取樣本測試，並發現合乎標準，但其後認為情况與各界觀察不一致，所以火勢受控後再於事發大廈檢取樣本。
news.mingpao.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Seven samples of the scaffold netting from Wang Fuk Court did not meet fire retardant standards, according to HK Chief Secretary Eric Chan. The ICAC has also found that compliant netting was mixed in with non-compliant netting in order to evade patrols.
Peggy Wong basically
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Peggy Wong basically
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To further clarify, the current Owners' Corporation opposed the renovation contract from the start and wanted to cancel it but couldn't bcuz it's already signed. While the previous OC was the one that reviewed and signed the contract. Peggy Wong served as consultant for the previous OC
DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
To further clarify, the current Owners' Corporation opposed the renovation contract from the start and wanted to cancel it but couldn't bcuz it's already signed. While the previous OC was the one that reviewed and signed the contract. Peggy Wong served as consultant for the previous OC
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DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
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HKCourtNews reports that Miles Kwan, the activist who was arrested for launching a petition demanding accountability and an independent investigation into the Tai Po fire has been granted police bail and has left Cheung Sha Wan police station.
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
HKCourtNews reports that Miles Kwan, the activist who was arrested for launching a petition demanding accountability and an independent investigation into the Tai Po fire has been granted police bail and has left Cheung Sha Wan police station.
Something that was making me irate in Huang Xinyan’s clarification was that he only made mention of his Channel 4 News interview when he was interviewed by many other outlets staring the similar, if not the exact same, things
It seems they have updated the clarification to reflect this
It seems they have updated the clarification to reflect this
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Something that was making me irate in Huang Xinyan’s clarification was that he only made mention of his Channel 4 News interview when he was interviewed by many other outlets staring the similar, if not the exact same, things
It seems they have updated the clarification to reflect this
It seems they have updated the clarification to reflect this
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incredible to see the U.S. right echoing the Chinese Communist Party.
Wild how people like this, just like russians, still can’t comprehend that the Revolution of Dignity wasn’t staged. It was Ukrainians choosing freedom over fear. Imperialists and small minds always assume someone else must be pulling the strings, because they’ve never seen a nation with a spine.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
incredible to see the U.S. right echoing the Chinese Communist Party.
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Latest Essay: This is the Hong Kong story that the Hong Kong Government doesn't want you to read
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
🏴 untitled
The world sees a ferocious fire spreading across a Hong Kong high rise apartment block for 43 hours. I invite you to see Hong Kong as Hongkongers do, without the colonial bullshit.
In my humble and ...
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Latest Essay: This is the Hong Kong story that the Hong Kong Government doesn't want you to read
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
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A roundup of the goodness, and the ineptness of the Government being shown in HK now. Please read all the way to the end.
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
🏴 untitled 🏴
The world sees a ferocious fire spreading across a Hong Kong high rise apartment block for 43 hours. I invite you to see Hong Kong as Hongkongers do, without the colonial bullshit.
In my humble and ...
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A roundup of the goodness, and the ineptness of the Government being shown in HK now. Please read all the way to the end.
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
Hong Kongers have built this open and decentralized database documenting the Tai po Wang Fuk Court Fire which includes videos, timelines, documents and analyses
11.26 大埔宏福苑火災紀錄庫
整理香港大浦火災相關資訊，包括時間線、新聞、技術分析與社區支援 | Comprehensive archive of Tai Po fire incident with timeline, news, technical analysis, and community resources
hong-kong-emergency-coordination-hub.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hong Kongers have built this open and decentralized database documenting the Tai po Wang Fuk Court Fire which includes videos, timelines, documents and analyses
According to the Standard HK, Former district councillor Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung has been arrested for inciting discord and a female volunteer has been detained by the National Security Law police
National security police arrest former district councillor, volunteer over Tai Po fire comments
National security police have arrested a former district councillor and a volunteer for allegedly attempting to incite discord through comments about the Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po that has killed ...
www.thestandard.com.hk
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
According to the Standard HK, Former district councillor Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung has been arrested for inciting discord and a female volunteer has been detained by the National Security Law police
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Long essay/analysis on the Tai Po fire with links to various sources, multimedia items, news reports, and a petition for accountability:
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
#HongKong #TaiPoFire #NSL #CCP
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
#HongKong #TaiPoFire #NSL #CCP
🏴 untitled 🏴
The world sees a ferocious fire spreading across a Hong Kong high rise apartment block for 43 hours. I invite you to see Hong Kong as Hongkongers do, without the colonial bullshit.
In my humble and ...
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Long essay/analysis on the Tai Po fire with links to various sources, multimedia items, news reports, and a petition for accountability:
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
#HongKong #TaiPoFire #NSL #CCP
konggirlsocialist.ghost.io/untitled/
#HongKong #TaiPoFire #NSL #CCP
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seeing the latest collection of posts from people projecting their perception/wishes of what fallout/consequences for the Wang Fuk Court fire should be, that are *completely disconnected* from actual reality on the ground here & i just got April 2020 flashbacks & AM I TRAPPED ON A MÖBIUS STRIP? FFS
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
seeing the latest collection of posts from people projecting their perception/wishes of what fallout/consequences for the Wang Fuk Court fire should be, that are *completely disconnected* from actual reality on the ground here & i just got April 2020 flashbacks & AM I TRAPPED ON A MÖBIUS STRIP? FFS
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a major factor in the fire disaster was the malfunctioning of the fire alarms.
what makes me angry and sad is that the hk authories have learned nothing. what they have been doing - and now are continuing to do - is to turn off the alarm systems of society: dissent, a free press, speaking truth.
what makes me angry and sad is that the hk authories have learned nothing. what they have been doing - and now are continuing to do - is to turn off the alarm systems of society: dissent, a free press, speaking truth.
The HK authorities arrested a student on sedition charges because he made a petition asking the government to 1) ensure accommodation for displaced residents; 2) setup independent investigation; 3) review construction supervision system 4) probe regulatory neglect.
hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
HK man arrested for alleged sedition in relation to fatal Tai Po blaze
A HK man has been arrested on suspicion of sedition in relation to the fatal Tai Po fire, according to local media reports, citing unnamed sources.
hongkongfp.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
a major factor in the fire disaster was the malfunctioning of the fire alarms.
what makes me angry and sad is that the hk authories have learned nothing. what they have been doing - and now are continuing to do - is to turn off the alarm systems of society: dissent, a free press, speaking truth.
what makes me angry and sad is that the hk authories have learned nothing. what they have been doing - and now are continuing to do - is to turn off the alarm systems of society: dissent, a free press, speaking truth.
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The student has been arrested, according to the SCMP
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The student has been arrested, according to the SCMP
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They can and do keep living upper middle class lives in China. You just can’t read the posts criticizing them
There were also a group of men (landlords and company directors) who had a good laugh by burning an effigy of Grenfell, and I can't imagine that in China these men would continue to live upper middle-class lives. People genuinely get 'cancelled' there, and sometimes that's for the best.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
They can and do keep living upper middle class lives in China. You just can’t read the posts criticizing them
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yeah dude, landlords and company directors famously have no power in hong kong
There were also a group of men (landlords and company directors) who had a good laugh by burning an effigy of Grenfell, and I can't imagine that in China these men would continue to live upper middle-class lives. People genuinely get 'cancelled' there, and sometimes that's for the best.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
yeah dude, landlords and company directors famously have no power in hong kong
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The HK Polytechnic Uni academic quoted by numerous international media outlets has 'clarified' remarks he made in Channel 4 interview in which bamboo scaffolding was highlighted as a culprit for the Tai Po fire and (falsely) claimed that mainland fire trucks were helping to fight the blaze.
Clarification on remarks regarding the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire | News | News and Events | Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
I wish to address and clarify several points arising from my recent interview with Channel 4 News on 26 November 2025 regarding the Wang Fuk Court fire ...
www.polyu.edu.hk
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The HK Polytechnic Uni academic quoted by numerous international media outlets has 'clarified' remarks he made in Channel 4 interview in which bamboo scaffolding was highlighted as a culprit for the Tai Po fire and (falsely) claimed that mainland fire trucks were helping to fight the blaze.
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State-backed Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao has taken down an investigative report published on 28 Nov which cited industry sources saying building maintenance works effectively controlled by cartel, rife with corrupt practices in tender process, widespread cost and corner-cutting in materials.
November 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
State-backed Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao has taken down an investigative report published on 28 Nov which cited industry sources saying building maintenance works effectively controlled by cartel, rife with corrupt practices in tender process, widespread cost and corner-cutting in materials.
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Xinyan Huang (aka Huang Xinyang) was quoted by Reuters, CNN, Al-Jazeera and NBC News as well Channel 4. BTW, he only started working at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in October 2019, and it seems he may not have lived in Hong Kong before that.
I am so, so, so fucking angry right now
Clarification on remarks regarding the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire | News | News and Events | Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
I wish to address and clarify several points arising from my recent interview with Channel 4 News on 26 November 2025 regarding the Wang Fuk Court fire ...
www.polyu.edu.hk
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Xinyan Huang (aka Huang Xinyang) was quoted by Reuters, CNN, Al-Jazeera and NBC News as well Channel 4. BTW, he only started working at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in October 2019, and it seems he may not have lived in Hong Kong before that.
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Now that Xinyan Huang has retracted his media statements, which he admits spread misinformation about bamboo scaffolding and the fire service’s response, I expect that @cnn.com, @reuters.com, @aljazeera.com, and every other outlet they quoted him will add corrections to their reporting.
I am so, so, so fucking angry right now
Clarification on remarks regarding the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire | News | News and Events | Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
I wish to address and clarify several points arising from my recent interview with Channel 4 News on 26 November 2025 regarding the Wang Fuk Court fire ...
www.polyu.edu.hk
November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Now that Xinyan Huang has retracted his media statements, which he admits spread misinformation about bamboo scaffolding and the fire service’s response, I expect that @cnn.com, @reuters.com, @aljazeera.com, and every other outlet they quoted him will add corrections to their reporting.
I am so, so, so fucking angry right now
Clarification on remarks regarding the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire | News | News and Events | Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
I wish to address and clarify several points arising from my recent interview with Channel 4 News on 26 November 2025 regarding the Wang Fuk Court fire ...
www.polyu.edu.hk
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am so, so, so fucking angry right now
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#TaiPo fire: Took 4 days to arrive here:
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#TaiPo fire: Took 4 days to arrive here:
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...