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元朗黑夜: 21 Jul 2019

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歷史需要有人記錄。

一般來說,被信納的歷史,是官方的記錄。一般來說,官方的記錄,不一定可信,但不會偏離太多事實,因為偏離事實的陳述,會引來不滿,損害民間的信任。

不過,過去的九個月,太不一般。

作為「721」的受害人,我一直靜觀其變。香港歷史上重要的一日,一次對香港市民無差別的恐怖襲擊,不單被執法者包庇,更被當權者一次又一次歪曲事實、指鹿為馬,一步一步在竄改歷史。

我問自己,我還能做甚麼呢?我還能為這個社會貢獻甚麼呢?回想中學時代萌生的初心,我理想成為一個「寫歷史的人」,所以踏上記者之路。離開崗位這些年,這份初心,差點要忘記了,命運的偶然又勾起了久違的願望。在「721」發九個月的這一天,我決定要最後當一次記者:用文字重組「721」的歷史記錄。

除了我自己的回憶,我訪問了超過四十名當事人的目擊證詞,重組 7‧21 前後的各種事件經過;亦嘗試透過解讀元朗鄉事和警隊常識,揭示種種前因、後果與巧合,提出一些疑問,讓讀者進一步思考事件背後的意義。

本書將分為三個主要部分:一.事件的遠因和事前種種不尋常;二.7・21 當天的多角度重組;三.事後的餘震和反思。

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 17, 2020

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36 reviews2 followers
July 20, 2020
慘案一週年前夕把一本專屬香港人的書讀完,得出五星的評價,只因Goodreads最多只能給予五星。

薄薄只有二百多頁的小書,非香港人讀起來也許只是一本由數個訪談拼湊而成的紀實作品,平平無奇。可是對於一年前因整晚觀看慘案直播而久未成眠的香港人來說,這是筆者和數以百計無辜平民在元朗車站用血換回來的篇章。

筆者有說以捨時序重事實的類小說形體輯錄此書,希望讀者能以較輕鬆的心情去了解慘案的來能去脈,然而打從閱讀第一章開始,注定事與願違。

全書七章共三十一節,記錄了慘案的前因後果。前因,並沒有艱澀難懂的冗長新界鄉村歷史;後果,也沒有流於片面情緒化的仇恨官商鄉黑警心理。筆者以個人耳聞目睹的事實為全書主軸,輔以官方監警會報告及慘案當日在現場的目擊證人的證詞,把慘案的真相重組。若說此書為「準歷史」札記,更應是一份「詳盡而公允的口供」。

林夕老師為此書寫了一篇精彩的推薦序,以當中一句作結「只要我們記住歷史,歷史也會記得我們」。

誠意向所有真香港人推薦此書。
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247 reviews15 followers
October 21, 2024
About Hong Kong’s once-in-a-century indiscriminate attack, this book needs to be translated to gain wider circulation, for which reason I wrote its review in English.

Ryan Lau used to be a TV reporter. His style of reporting is neat, but mercilessly self-detrimental, when laying straight the facts could inflict, and had indeed inflicted pain on his part. Memories of the horrifying photo of his blood and gore are still fresh. PTSD definitely grew in him and stuck around in the process of writing, whilst he insists that through talking to other witnesses and victims he found relief. Equally unbearable is the blatant lie of heads of state and police, and injustice.

Hongkongers who have experienced police brutality firsthand can tell you that, frontline police officers held grudges. The many occasions of inaction on 21 July speak a lot. What keeps pushing people to the edges is the state propaganda machine. Not stated in the book, many “alternative facts”—fake news—are propagated by local officials, CCP mouthpieces, and even a (supposedly) independent watchdog’s report. Some may be privy, some not; all are complicit. The most rigged aspect of our “judiciary” reveals in the indictment of seven victims in August 2020, followed by an address by Carrie Lam that Hong Kong has never had separation of powers—implying collusion. Can you believe it? An unashamed scheme of whitewash is turning victims to villains.

This incident is in dire need to be heard by the world. No justice without remembrance. The unpopular government here has a habit of dismissing international concern as “foreign interference”. They are the very culprit of meddling the societal harmony, and the road to justice.
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114 reviews16 followers
February 17, 2022
721是每個香港人的共同回憶,無論你是甚麼陣營,你都會知道721是甚麼。當然,有人選擇尋找真相、有人選擇願意去相信謊言、有人選擇活在平行時空、有人選擇去忘記、有人選擇克服心靈的痛楚暗影,去好好的記住,做歷史的見證。柳俊江,是後者,亦是選擇尋找真相的前者。

他克服傷痛,迎面對抗前面的困難和恐懼,訪問了四十多位受訪者,寫了一本僅僅關於721的《元朗黑夜 —— 我的記憶和眾人的記憶》。

書中沒有照片,只有兩張地圖和一張柳俊江女兒畫的圖畫。但作為香港人,一切都活在眼前,與作者及其他受訪者再重新經歷多一次721元朗黑夜。甚麼「馬尾男」,「立場姐姐」被打,年輕男子跪地求饒,不用照片,一切歷歷在目。

看《元朗黑夜》心情很沉重,不得不佩服柳俊江的專業和為香港記錄那一天的勇氣和堅持,而對他和很多香港人,那天是最不想重新去回想。

謝謝柳俊江留下這本歷史書。真相,歷史是不容篡改。
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January 5, 2021
此書主要是通過不同目擊者及作者親身經歷,重組當天發生的事。另解釋元朗關係利害背景,當天為何會發生打鬥,是多年來累積的結果。
作者自身的經歷及感受篇幅較少,看畢此書會清楚知道當天的來龍去脈,加上書內的元朗站地圖作輔助,畫面歷歷在目。
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February 7, 2024
不認識柳俊江,但他在721當晚被打到頭破血流,頹然坐在地上那一幕驚心動魄的影像,透過電視機螢幕傳送深深地震撼了我。當時並沒有刻意跟進他的故事,直至剛剛拜讀完他的遺作「元朗黑夜」後,才知道原來事發當晚的他,本來悠閒地在家中享受天倫之樂,得悉元朗有白衣人襲擊市民的事件後,才匆匆地馬上開車駛往事發現場,希望能夠仗義幫忙。這段驚天動地的新聞,相信大家都很清楚後續的發展;但想像不到的是,這樣一個見義勇為的英雄,最終卻選擇了結自己的生命,令人哀痛不已。 希望大家去購買他這本著作,以表懷念和支持。
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July 23, 2021
An excellent first hand account of the 2019 Yuen Long attack. Reading this book gives me vivid flashbacks of the scenes from the live broadcast of the night. Hong Kong needs more such historical publications in the face of CCP's censorship and history rewriting.
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October 3, 2022
相當翔實,雖然我在圖書館讀到,但真的值得買一本。
作者克服自身的PTSD,再訪問了四十名親歷此事之人,也寫就了自身的體會和感受,重構整件事的最起碼的脈絡,為歷史存留證據。不負新聞人之名。
(作者其他個人經歷不在此論)
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