Protests broke out in Hong Kong after officials proposed allowing extraditions to mainland China, a plan which critics see as a shift toward Chinese control. Police in riot gear met the protestors with pepper spray.
police repeatedly fired tear gas and also shot rubber bullets into large crowds of protesters gathered around the local legislature on Wednesday. That came as lawmakers postponed debate on proposed legal changes condemned by hundreds of thousands in the city.a government plan to allow extraditions to mainland ChinaHong Kong has for nearly 22 years been a semi-autonomous region of the People's Republic of China with its own legal system and currency, legacies of its time as a British colony.
Large crowds overflowed roads and pathways leading to the building while police in riot gear were deployed outside. Police early on raised a red warning flag that read: "Stop Charging or We Use Force." Protesters surrounded Legco -- as the council is informally known -- in the morning but by late afternoon had largely been pushed to areas south of the facility.
Police officers stand surrounded by tear gas during a rally by protesters against a controversial extradition law proposal outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on June 12, 2019.A local man who gave his surname as Chow told CNBC that he felt sad watching the protest unfold. A spokesman at the Hong Kong office of China's foreign ministry declined to comment when contacted by CNBC for reaction to Kwok's remarks.
Sunday's demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful, but there were clashes at night between protesters and police at the legislature with injuries suffered and arrests made.telling reporters that she would push ahead with the plan.She also said the idea for the legal change came from her government, denying widespread suspicions that she is acting at the behest of Beijing authorities.
Many in Hong Kong fear being caught up in mainland courts, which are widely criticized by human groups as a political tool of the Chinese Communist Party.
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