食環署早前禁止維園年宵賣乾貨，昨派人圍封及清拆社民連年宵攤檔，打壓政黨藉花市作政治表態。社民連昨午與食環署會面，嘗試磋商失敗後，署方宣布單方面終止合約。社民連主席吳文遠批評，食環署未有聽解釋，單方面終止合約，是打壓港人言論自由，政治逼害。食環署表示，是次社民連因違反《特許協議》第二附表第一條規定而被終止協議，是署方成立以來首宗個案。
社民連在維園年宵投得兩個攤檔售花，並布置反修例展板宣傳。食環署認為社民連攤檔「同賣花目的有距離」，反警暴展品令入場人士「享受少咗年宵氣氛」，呉文遠批評，「損失最多唔係錢，係香港人嘅自由」，署方未有聽取其解釋，單方面終止合約，並早於會面前圍封攤檔，做法極不合理，「救治肺炎無力，政治逼害落力」，政府心胸狹窄打壓港人言論自由，事件導致社民連損失四萬多元。
昨下午5時許，十多名食環署職員及外判工人清拆社民連攤檔，並清拆寫有反修例口號的橫額，以及著名政治漫畫家尊子設計，有特首林鄭月娥、警務處長鄧炳強、國家主席習近平的政治漫畫。
社民連吳文遠、梁國雄（長毛）、曾健成（阿牛）等十多人，今早11時許往金鐘食環署總部抗議，指「防治肺炎無力 政治逼害落力」。署方派員接收抗議信
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) had previously banned the selling dry goods (non-flower) during the Lunar New Year’s Market at Victoria Park, and yesterday shut down and clear 2 market stalls of the League of Social Democrats (LSD) after they were deemed political and in breach of their lease.
LSD met with the FEHD yesterday afternoon. After unsuccessful attempts to negotiate, the department announced the unilateral termination of the contract. Avery Ng, Chairman of LSD, criticised that the FEHD did not listen to their reasoning. Unilateral termination of the contract is the suppression of the freedom of speech and political persecution of Hong Kong people. The FEHD stated that the company’s agreement was terminated for violating Article 1 of the Second Schedule of the Concession Agreement, which is unprecedented.
LSD leased two stalls for selling flowers at the Lunar New Year’s Market, and posted anti-extradition protests display boards for publicity. The FEHD believes that even the displays are unrelated to the purpose of selling flowers. The police brutality exhibits made visitors’ “enjoyment of the atmosphere of Chinese New Year reduced.” Avery Ng criticised that “the most loss is not about money, but the freedom of the Hong Kong people.” The Department did not listen to his reasoning and unilaterally terminated the contract and closed the stalls before the meeting. The approach was extremely unreasonable. “Inability to contain coronavirus but eager to do political persecution”. As a result, the LSD lost over $40,000.
At about 5 pm yesterday, more than a dozen FEHD staff and outsourced workers cleared the LSD’s 2 market stalls and removed banners with anti-extradition slogans, as well as political cartoons, by the famous political cartoonist Zunzi, which include chief executive Carrie Lam and Commisioner of Police PK Tang and President Xi Jinping.
Over 10 members of LSD including Avery , Leung Kwok Hung (Long Hair), and Tsang Kin-sing (Bull) went to the FEHD headquarters at Admiralty at 11 am to protest its “inability to contain coronavirus but eager to do political persecution”. The department sent a representative to receive the protest petition.
