Philippines To Deport 500 Chinese People To Prevent Spread Of Coronavirus

The Philippines is to deport 500 Chinese citizens who arrived in the country from Wuhan in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The tourists were heading to Boracay for a holiday but will now be sent straight back.

“Philippine authorities are sending back nearly 500 Chinese tourists who came from Wuhan,” reports CNA.

Four flights were arranged to take the tourists back to Wuhan despite none of them showing symptoms of the virus.

he number of victims killed by the coronavirus has risen to 81, with around 3,000 people total infected.

44 other cases have been confirmed in other countries around the world.

The Chinese new year holiday has also been extended until Sunday in an attempt to prevent half a billion people traveling the country on planes, trains and buses.

The University of Hong Kong’s Gabriel Leung said that “substantial, draconian measures” to limit population mobility were needed to prevents tens of thousands of further infections.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/philippines-deport-500-chinese-people-prevent-spread-coronavirus

Dem Lawmakers in CT Propose New Police Dept. Specifically for Fighting ‘Far Right Extremism’ — Says Freedom of Speech is ‘Unfortunate’

Democrat state senators in Connecticut have proposed creating a new department in the State Police specifically for combatting “far-right extremism” — without any mention of Antifa or radical leftists.

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney said that the department won’t be used for political persecution, which he believes is “unfortunate,” since a person’s views are protected under the First Amendment.

The extremely biased proposal was part of the senate Democrats “A Just Connecticut” agenda that was unveiled last week.

Their official press release about the proposal says that they want “to finance and create a new department at the Connecticut State Police which will specialize in investigating far right extremist groups and individuals.”

They went on to claim that their desire for a new department targeting the right is “a result of the increase in far-right extremism.” They added that they think the federal government is “unwilling to protect different communities of Connecticut”, so “the state should fund a new department at the Connecticut State Police which will specialize in investigating far right extremist groups and individuals.”

Looney explained that he only wants the department to investigate “potential hate crimes” because “unfortunately” political views, even those that are “hateful,” are protected speech.

“Unfortunately, people who entertain hateful beliefs … are protected as long as [those beliefs] don’t result in hate-crime actions. That’s what we’re talking about,” Mr. Looney told reporters, according to a report from the Hartford Courant. “We want to be more aggressive in enforcing our laws and identifying likely sources of potential domestic terrorism acts against religious institutions and ethnic institutions.”

With Democrats spending the last four years calling anyone right of MSNBC “Nazis” and “racists” it is hard to imagine that a department like this wouldn’t be abused and trample all over the First Amendment.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano is pushing back on the proposal, though he said that everyone does want to stop hate crimes.

“When they put a right-wing label on extremism, they do that to elicit a political response,” Fasano told the Courant.

The legislation would also use taxpayer money to fund enhanced security features at religious facilities.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/dem-lawmakers-in-ct-propose-new-police-dept-specifically-for-fighting-far-right-extremism-says-freedom-of-speech-is-unfortunate/