24th August 2019 – (Hong Kong) Protesters toppled one multifunctional smart lamppost and damaged 5 more during the street rally in Kwun Tong this afternoon. Each of this lamppost cost around HK$2.3m.

Poster created by protesters.

After removing parts from the smart lamppost , protesters confirmed that it contained similar ones used in the mass surveillance system in Uyghur. In Xinjiang, the system is used to monitor people’s movements by tracing their phones, vehicles, and ID cards. It keeps track of people’s use of electricity and gas stations. Human Rights Watch found that the system and some of the region’s checkpoints work together to form a series of invisible or virtual fences.

The following are the parts found from the lamppost:

1)Industrial Ethernet Switch – IE 1000-8P2S-LM

Manufacturer: Cisco (USA)

Origin: China

* Awarded “Network Access License” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, meaning the equipment can be connected to China’s domestic public telecommunications network, and the most commonly used “parallel” networking products for sale in the Mainland.

2) Bluetooth Locator – SPLD01

Manufacturer: TickTack Tech (Shanghai)

Origin: Unknown

*TickTacck Tech is a subsidiary of Shanghai Three Ideas Light, namely China Skynet Engineering Contractor

(self-awareness artificial intelligence system)

3) Battery – HEP-320-24A/HEP-185-24A

Manufacturer: Mean Well (Taiwan)

Origin: China

4) Wi-Fi Access Point – E510

Manufacturer: Ruckus (USA)

Origin: China

5)Wireless Router Single Frequency (2.4 GHz) Fast Ethernet 3G 4G – MAX BR1 Mini

Manufacturer: Peplink; subsidiary of Tsuen Wan Technology (Hong Kong)

Origin: China

*With CSL SIM card

6) 1000Mbps Multi-Mode Rugged SFP – GLC-SX-MM-RGD

Manufacturer: Cisco (USA)

Origin: China