took part in the greatest adventure in history. our. records were very. diligent one simply. new armstrong starts july 20th on d w. u. this is d w news asia coming up on our show today the many faces of hong kong's protests we take a look at how the city is rallying behind the law tactics and satire to make sure their voices are heard. also coming up a long shadow on thailand's military junta could the thai government the whole ross thing and killing exiled dissidents abroad we have the story of a group of tanya's ition to laos who are afraid for their lives. down the cooling ducks don't be fooled this is a fierce competition we'll take you to singapore's bird song contest.

i'm serious almost gonda thank you for joining us on d.w. news asia now we start with the ongoing protests in hong kong organizers say they're planning another big rally on wednesday just ahead of the g. 20 summit that will take place in japan later this week that they want to get world leaders attention china he will be attending the summit but beijing says the ongoing protests in hong kong will not be discussed now more than a 1000000 people have taken to the streets this month you might have seen these dramatic pictures there demanding that the territory's leader kerry lamb fully withdraw a controversial extradition bill and that she stepped down lamb has suspended the proposal but she has not scrapped it completely the legislation would allow extradition from hong kong to mainland china un human rights chief michel bashir

left has weighed in on the hong kong protests here's what she had to say. in hong kong i commend the sound decision of their forty's to delay passage of the bill regarding some of the asian in response to the massive display of civic activism by a large proportion of the relation i encourage the authorities to console rolled lead before passing or amending this or any other religiously. the protesters have had to use all sorts of tactics to rally support and keep the movement going and. has been looking into some of those tactics forcing joins us here in a studio tell us more about how protesters have been able to keep up this incredible momentum well they have now adopted a new strategy it's called the water and actually defray some comes from the very famous martial arts star bruce lee i'm sure everybody knows him yet and so he said while he was explaining how to best fight an enemy he said you must be shapeless formless like water now i should explain probably should explain how what does it

mean by having a shapeless protests and so it's like this because big protests have shape and so instead of that they want to date they're now the protests allow smaller and scattered and they pop up suddenly and so in that way they are shapeless and the aim is to cripple the government operations by a small group of people always blocking the entrance to things like that and also it's just like a guerrilla warfare. now the big it's not like big protests are bad it's not like there i was but it's just takes a lot of energy to organize that to call for that so that's why they are using this strategy to keep up that momentum and it seems to be pretty effective so far what are some of the other strategies that they're using the other strategy is to sing him now you may think that well i'm i'm talking nonsense but no i'm not i'm serious event and actually although just 10 percent of the whole population in hong kong are christians to him has become the protests and it can be heard everywhere well

we'll have a listen 1st and i'll explain it to you later. now you probably know the name of the song already saying hello maria to the large protest also saying that because a religious gathering like a normal protests don't have to be registered they can just gather together it's an exception really so because the protests are very spontaneous nowadays as i've just explained so that's why they want to they are singing to him to protect themselves to prevent themselves from being charged by the police and also a lot of protest as a saying that police have become sort of evil. because they use excessive force to

crackdown on the protests and that's and so that's why they are singing a hymn to purify the soul that's not a serious methodism to purify their police souls well of course they're not serious but in many cases like this that it's just like it hong kong style of humor really . of course this is a very serious situation for the hong kong people but that humor has never really been far away so let me illustrate that by mentioning all their creative strategy created by the young protesters to pressure on the government so and. they wanted to create some means for the elderly people to draw their support for example because a lot of elderly people they are glued to their phones nowadays they use whatsapp a lot the share their they share files and messages there and they also just like young people they have their own means and i have to say that many of them do not but very morden if you remember the word. microsoft word and windows

$98.00 that's exactly how it would look like the words look like that and in many cases there would be a lotus flower in the background and so the protest is they actually create at the means in this kind of style so that they can draw the attention of the other older generation and of course that's just 20 percent of seriousness and 80 percent just small curry all right did anyone actually looking into the tactics behind the hong kong protests thank you so much. now on new year's eve last year police pulled out 2 bodies from the mekong river on the tieless border they had been gutted and stuffed with concrete the idea was to make the bodies sink and make the crime disappear but both were identified they were friends of thai dissident so i charged on what i now know soar the anti-monarchy activist and military opponent has himself been missing from laos so

it's last december these are just a few in a series of disappearances and deaths in southeast asia the targets are exiled opponents of the time military and march human rights watch says threats are at a new high now one of those on the receiving end is the protest band on they are living in laos and the worried that they are next on the hit list. it looks and sounds like a happy sing along but the members of a far from relaxed the band fled to laos out of fear that be arrested for publishing songs that criticize thailand's cheap pillars of power the monarchy and the military. here young singer yami mocks the military for arresting street vendors who sold red buckets the color deemed anti establishment the ban believes videos like this one have put a target on their back. we have to live from

day to day. just focusing on how we will survive on how we will live today 1. 1 stays over one then we have to think about surviving the next day when you talk about how to be safe and how to not get abducted by the hero you. might talk. when the military seize power in 2014 it did so with a vow. the crackdown on antiviral ists activists claim this crackdown doesn't stop at thailand's borders and they're worried it's taken a dark turn 6 exiles living in laos are said to have disappeared under suspicious circumstances in the last 6 months in december the mutilated bodies of 2 anti government activists washed up on the banks of the mekong river. thai authorities have denied playing

a role in the disappearances and deaths but yami and bandmates are convinced that someone is seeking extrajudicial the chip you should hear. from home along nick when he. asked the site he shouldn't punish those who think differently by killing them you should be able to choose what kind of society you want to live in what kind of society we want to be according to each of our own ideals we don't have because when we got that back and i. had a statement to d.w. fire and said they would continue to fight for freedom of expression and thailand even if it means living in fear. or as we heard thai authorities have denied playing a role in the disappearances and deaths we spoke to catherine gerson of thailand campaigner for amnesty international and asked her if the military junta really can be tied to these incidents. it's very hard to say who is responsible for these

disappearances innings and that's why. an independent investigation has to take place and then we haven't seen any news coming out. and you suspect inhabitants being identified we also have to say that these are individuals among those who disappeared or individuals. and been explicitly pushing for narrative and the link can be no coincidence and it is it is necessary. all of these not. to do that and watch as happened to these individuals to singapore and a competition that draws and bird lovers across the region as a contest probably unlike anything you've seen before zebra dogs tripping or singing their hearts out take a look. it's just after dawn at this sleepy park in singapore but the

competition is already taking off. and this company. 150 zebra dubs vying for best birdsong. this gaggle of retirees hoist up their best. even offer some coaching. and sit on tenterhooks during the 4 hour contest. mr 10 has high hopes for his bird he is like a human seeing a beautiful and is the. top performers are worth thousands of dollars and judge jerry lie has his ear out for a winner. he says the best songs feature a crescendo or an ending that soars. but the thing the best birds can

sing longer it sounds something like this i thought a wall would hope hope hope hope or other sing like this well you know. who got it but they can't sing as long with their voices or theme so that's not so good . we think you think we go. to the winner. a trophy and bragging rights that might ruffle some feathers in this neighborhood. mr tams bird only one 3rd place but he's convinced it singing career will lift off. first time 2nd by we cannot be success roman not built in a day. but one day his bird could be crowned lord of the wings that there are now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com slash asia or on facebook and twitter. and we leave you now with some images of celebrations for the feast of st

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