Hong Kong Protests: Pro-police voices struggling to be heard

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China says much of the foreign media coverage of the Hong Kong protests has focused on accusing police of violence. People who support the police say they have found it increasingly difficult for their opinions to be heard. Our reporter Ge Yunfei met with a small political NGO in Hong Kong for more.

LIN KAM-YUE HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST "I'm a Hong Konger who was born and raised in Hong Kong."

KWAN SAI-WAI HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST "My job is doing trade and business."

MONET CHAN HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST "My name is Monet. I'm not young anymore. I've been in a social movement for five years."

KO CHI FAI HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST "My full-time job is in the financial and insurance sector."

55-year-old Tang Tak-shing is the chairman of this small political group called Polithk Social Strategic.

Now they are shooting a video for one of their Facebook accounts to express their political opinions.

They have several social media accounts on Facebook, voicing views that differ from the anti-government protests in Hong Kong.

"We support 'One country, two systems'."

"We support the HKSAR government and the central government."

TANG TAK-SHING, CHAIRMAN POLITIHK SOCIAL STRATEGIC "In 2014, there was a riot in the Occupy Central Movement. That's the first time that we really think we have to walk out to the streets to organize our own rally against the other side."

"Today we'll show Hong Kong's democratic power to the world. RTHK should give back some radio channels to us. No more distortion of facts. No more biased reports."

On August 24th, Tang organized a demonstration in front of the headquarters of RTHK, or Radio Television Hong Kong, accusing the organization of biased reports on the Hong Kong Police.

RTHK is a public broadcasting service in Hong Kong that depends entirely on government funding.

NIC HONG KONG RESIDENT "Because they don't cover the whole story. Everything is so fake, same for the Western media. They don't show the other side. They only show their side. It's just so unfair."

ROB HONG KONG RESIDENT "They always show the clip that shows the police is bad. But when you look at the long video. You can see the truth. The same thing has been happening all around the world."

In the past three months, most of the media in Hong Kong have focused their reports on violence used by the Hong Kong Police against protesters.

SHUPENG CHAN HONG KONG RESIDENT "It's a pity that no media in Hong Kong are presenting and covering our voice. We support the Hong Kong Police. We want peace instead of violence. I hope Hong Kong's young people can calm down and think carefully. Young people wake up!"

Police said around 1,200 people participated in this rally. Most of the protesters here are in their 40s or 50s.

While the young anti-government protesters are good at making viral pictures, videos and posters, these people don't have these skills.

TANG TAK-SHING, CHAIRMAN POLITIHK SOCIAL STRATEGIC "We can only rely on the word of mouth and people's spontaneous actions to spread our information on social media and instant messaging groups. The only money we spent this time was on making dozens of banners, which cost around 1,000 Hong Kong dollars."

The lack of funding has always been a problem.

They borrowed this small and messy office from a friend for free. But they have to move out before September. It will be their fourth time to look for a new workplace this year.

KWAN SAI-WAI HONG KONG SOCIAL ACTIVIST "Some people say we get paid for doing this. If that were true, we wouldn't be having problems like finding an office. We wouldn't be eating at a restaurant like this. We really don't have much money. But the most important thing is we speak out for truth and justice."

On the second day after the demonstration, Apple Daily, a popular newspaper and news website in Hong Kong, made a video mocking this pro-government gathering.

Tang says the media and the people should show respect for each other.

He knows he is facing an uphill battle, but he and his colleagues won't give up.

Ge Yunfei, CGTN, Hong Kong.