Hong Kong police say mobile game promotes ‘armed revolution’ : NPR

Hong Kong – Hong Kong police warned people against downloading and using a game application that advocates the overthrow of the “armed revolution” and the “basic system” of the “Armed Revolution” and the motherland China.

Police said that everyone who downloaded or uses the application or makes in -app purchases will violate the controversial national security law. expression Tuesday.

The last thing the game application and pressure, democracy and human rights defenders say in their users Erosion of Hong Kong’s civil rights and freedoms Hong Kong since Beijing imposed a comprehensive national security law in the city in 2020 Supported the law last yearThe passing of the legislation that forces the punishment for the opposition, including life in prison for actions that are considered as rebels.

The Hong Kong police said that the mobile game reversed the front front: The Tenderloin provokes hatred against the central authorities and the Hong Kong government. Authorities, Hong Kong residents or companies that knowingly publish, share or recommend to others, can be seen to encourage separation and destruction.

The game, published by ESC Taiwan, allows the players to overthrow the communist regime according to the game’s website, “Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Mongolia, Tibet, Kazakh, Uighur, Manchuria or Cathayia and Southeast Asian rebel alliance.” Or the actors “Communists can choose to defeat all enemies and to continue the century -old march of the communist revolution.”

The website of the game calls it a non -fictional work. “Similarity to real agencies, policies or ethnic groups [People’s Republic of China] This game is deliberate, “he says.

The company did not respond immediately to the request for comments. However, on the Instagram page of the game, the company published the screenshot of a local TV news report about the game labeled as a national security violation and thanked the publisher for introducing the game to all Hong Kong.

The tongue post on the cheek can be a reference to the fact that the game does not look very popular.

The number of downloads is not open to everyone, but on Wednesday, the game’s Apple and Google App stores have less than 360 ratings. There are millions of ratings in popular mobile game applications such as Call of Duty or Block Blast.

Nevertheless, the implementation of the Human Rights Monitoring Organization’s assistant director Maya Wang was worthy of the police attention.

Wang said that Hong Kong’s Chinese Communist Party is at the top of the pressure agenda in recent years.

For this reason, “Hong Kong officials should continue to find something to be aimed at informing Beijing that they are constantly diligent and” national security “very seriously.