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Hello everyone. This is Hong Kong and I am a high school student in here.

Almost every day here in Mongkok, we’re facing the threats from the police on our front and triads from our back, and these threats have never been stopped. I was scared, but I know if I don’t come out now, our future will be more terrible and we will all become victims by then.

Hong Kong people are actually asking for a promise stated in the Sino-British Joint Declaration that we should have – the genuine democracy. We’re simply asking for a promised democracy, and we’re now paying a lot for it.

In fact, I’ve also discovered more and more dark sides of our society.

We used to trust that ethics and laws are here to protect people from unethical behaviours, and everyone would follow this basic rule no matter how much they disagree with others.

But nowadays, some people who are against our action aren’t obeying them anymore. They just want to attack us. Legislation becomes the tool of the government to suppress different voices.

The major media here says we are “thugs who destroyed the peace of Hong Kong”. But how about those triads and blue ribbons who attack us?

Is our media really telling the truth?

The government claims that police are here to protect the Hong Kongers, but the truth doesn’t look like this. What we saw was that police let the thugs injuring people and committing crimes right in front of them, and the police did nothing. The police used violence against peaceful protesters and even ordinary pedestrians who just wanted to cross the road during the protest. Some of us were beaten up by the police when we were just asking them to give us some space to walk across. They used batons and pepper spray to seize us, and yet, the only defense for us was our umbrellas.

A month has just passed. I have seen and experienced a lot of awful things on others and even myself. I was pushed, beaten and pepper-sprayed by the police. I saw those thugs throwing out paint bags from the rooftop, and even spilling flammable liquid to us.

But I am not scared now.

Everyone is now standing out firmly for the same goal: To build Hong Kong with justice in a true democratic system.

I am not alone. With you, we are not alone.