OCT 17 - 23, 2019 ISSUE 630 AUSTRALIAN EDITION THEEPOCHTIMES.COM TRUTH AND TRADITION $3.00 MOHD RASFAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES TRADITIONAL VALUES Growing Secularism Is TRUTH and TRADITION Pushing Religion, Traditional A CURE FOR Values Aside, AG FAKE NEWS Barr Warns SYNDROME JANITA KAN U.S. Attorney General William Barr GET YOUR raised concerns about the increase in secularism in society in a speech COPY on Oct. 11, speaking about how that has contributed to a number of so- NOW! cial issues plaguing communities across the nation. SUBSCRIBE TODAY Barr, who delivered his remarks to ReadEpoch.com.au students at the University of Notre Dame’s law school, drew attention 02 8988 5600 to the comprehensive effort to drive away religion and traditional moral systems in society and to push secu- In larism in their place. “We see the growing ascendancy the NEWS Hong Kong police detain a man for an unknown reason outside a shopping centre in the Tai Koo area of Hong Kong on Oct. Continued on A6 13, 2019. See HONG KONG PUZZLES MEDIA EXPOSÉ on B6 Undercover Video Reveals Tension Australian imports of US House Passes Bills Between CNN Staff, RUBBER GLOVES Leadership Over from a Malaysian manuc- Supporting Hong Kong Nonstop Trump Focus faturer are in the spotlight after being frozen by U.S. PETR SVAB Borders and Customs amid concerns of forced Legislation would place economic pressure on HK and CNN President Jeff Zucker has in- labour. sisted the cable news network has China, ban weapons exports to HK police to maximally focus on pushing the AU | A2 EVA FU story of Democrats trying to im- peach President Donald Trump, de- he U.S. House of Representatives export of crowd-control equipment spite objections by staffers that the Skyrocketing unanimously passed a series of mea- to the city, where police have been push is harming the organisation’s sures on Oct. 15 expressing support accused of using excessive force to If America does journalistic integrity, according to PORK PRICES T for the ongoing pro-democracy move- quell demonstrations. not speak up for undercover recordings. ment in Hong Kong against Beijing’s The House also passed a resolu- human rights in Continued on A7 may be a factor behind encroachment. tion that condemns interference in the Beijing’s signing of “If America does not speak up for Hong Kong by the People’s Republic China because of MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES the latest U.S.-China human rights in China because of of China. commercial interests, trade deal, analysts say, commercial interests, then we lose The bills have to be passed in the then we lose all moral with a predicted shortfall all moral authority to speak out for Senate and signed by the president in pork supply in China of human rights anyplace in the world,” before they become law. authority to speak out around 10 million metric Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D- For more than four months, Hong for human rights any tonnes for the 2019-20 Calif.) said. Kong has been rocked by large-scale, place in the world. financial year. Lawmakers passed two bills: the mostly peaceful protests in opposition CHINA | A4 Hong Kong Human Rights and De- to a now-withdrawn extradition bill mocracy Act, which would require that would have allowed people to be Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House the U.S. administration to review each transferred to the mainland for trial Speaker year whether the city should retain in courts controlled by the Chinese The CNN sign is seen outside its head- its trading privileges; and the Protest Communist Party The protests have quarters in New York City, on Nov. 12, “ The cry of Tibetans Hong Kong Act, which would ban the Continued on A6 for freedom should 2002. be heard around the world. That would bring moral pressure ANTHONY KWAN/GETTY IMAGES on China.” SYRIAN CONFLICT S. Venkataraman, trustee of NGO Nandini Voice for SDF Chief: ‘Washington Has Sufficient the Deprived, on the arrests of Tibetan students in India Leverage to Mediate a Sustainable during Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit Peace Between US and Turkey’ CHINA | A5 VENUS UPADHAYAYA The commander-in-chief of the Syr- ian Democratic Forces (SDF), Gen. “ Government can’t Mazloum Kobani Abdi, said that he He said ISIS terrorists came love, and families wants the United States to “acknowl- and communities edge” the role it can play in finding from all over the world, and he can’t thrive without a political solution, and in helping to told his soldiers to fight them Mourners hold candles during a candlelight vigil to commemorate a Hong Kong reach a sustainable peace between it.” protestor who committed suicide on June 15, 2019. because they “looted” their Turkey and Kurdish-led forces in Paul Adams, professor Syria. villages, “killed” their children, emeritus of social work at CHINA “But we do want the United States the University of Hawaii, on and “enslaved” their women. the individual duty of charity to acknowledge its important role High ‘Suicide’ Rate of Hong Kong Protesters in achieving a political solution for OPINION | A10 Points to Chinese Regime Syria. We are sure that Washington has sufficient leverage to mediate a terrorists. YUAN BIN fell from a high-rise building in Hong sustainable peace between us and Abdi said after the Kurdish-led Kong’s Sha Tin area. As he was fall- Turkey,” said Abdi in an “argument” Syrian forces aligned with the Unit- INSIDE News Analysis ing, one of his feet detached from his published in The Foreign Policy on ed States, it withdrew its military AU............................................ A2 Since the Hong Kong pro-democracy body. When the ambulance arrived, Oct. 13. fortification from the border with World....................................... A3 protests began, the number of suicide medical staff confirmed that he had Abdi is leading the 70,000 strong Turkey. China....................................... A4 cases reported in the city has soared. already died before the fall. SDF that, according to him, “fought “Turkey would never attack us so US.............................................A6 The total number has exceeded 100, The police later announced that the against jihadi extremism, ethnic ha- long as the U.S. government was Opinion....................................A9 which is an unprecedented record. man, surnamed Lin, 31, did not leave tred, and the oppression of women true to its word with us. We are FEATURES In addition, many of the victims are a suicide note. The police also said his since 2015.” now standing with our chests bare Food.......................................... B1 young protesters, and the details of medical history shows he had suffered He said ISIS terrorists came from to face the Turkish knives,” he said. Life & Tradition....................... B2 their deaths look a lot like they were from mood disorders, which might all over the world, and he told his Immediately after the United States murdered. provide an explanation for his motive soldiers to fight them because they withdrew its forces from northeast DON’T DELAY. Another Hong Kong resident was to commit suicide. “looted” their villages, “killed” Syria, Turkish President Recep SUBSCRIBE TODAY. READEPOCH.COM.AU said to have committed suicide in the However, netizens have raised five their children, and “enslaved” their Tayyip Erdogan launched Operation TEL: 02 8988 5600 past week. alarming points based on photos women. He said the SDF lost 11,000 Peace Spring (OPS) on Oct. 9 against On Oct. 10 at around 6 p.m., a man Continued on A4 soldiers while fighting against ISIS Continued on A3 The Epoch Times was founded in 2000 to provide honest and uncensored news coverage of China. Based in New York City, our newsroom is dedicated to restoring accuracy and Accuracy integrity in media. We stand outside political interests and the pursuit of profit. And we stand against the systematic destruction of traditional culture by destructive ideologies & Integrity such as communism. A2 | AU OCTOBER 17-23, 2019 COURTESY OF THE LOWY INSTITUTE/FACEBOOK ASIO Swamped by Demand for Advice on Espionage and Foreign Interference Australia’s domestic intelligence agency is struggling to meet demand for advice on espionage and foreign ASIO will need to interference, and cannot easily redi- build new capability rect resources, its former director- and capacity to meet general warns. Heightened levels of espionage and current and future interference, combined with greater demand for our awareness of the twin threats, are stretching resources at the Australian trusted advice and Security and Intelligence Organisa- expertise. tion (ASIO). “Our capacity to provide our part- Duncan Lewis, former ASIO ners with advice is being outstripped director-general by demand,” the spy agency said in its annual report. “The significant growth in demand for our advice will continue to pres- ent a challenge for ASIO, necessitat- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Duncan Lewis speaks at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Austra- ing a continued focus on the most lia, on Sept. 4, 2019. valuable activities in collaboration with our strategic partners.” ASIO has limited scope to redirect “harmful espionage, foreign inter- 11,669 Duncan Lewis, who authored the internal resources to address the in- ference, sabotage and malicious • Personal security assessments: agency’s annual report but has since creasing gap between demand for insiders.” 32,887 retired, said ASIO could not easily our counter-espionage and foreign The second area ASIO only “partial- • Foreign Investment Review adjust to keep up with demand. interference advice and our ability ly achieved” its target was in collect- Board assessments: 275 “With the terrorist threat showing to furnish this assistance,” he said. ing foreign intelligence in Australia • Security assessments for access no signs of significantly decreasing, Lewis expects demand to grow.