Hong Kong police fired tear gas to break up rallies as black-clad activists bloc...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas to break up rallies as black-clad activists blocked roads and trashed shopping malls across the New Territories on Sunday on the 24th straight weekend of anti-government protests.
Violence spilled out onto the streets of Tuen Mun outside the “V city” mall, with running battles between riot police and protesters. “Radical protesters have been gathering in multiple locations across the territories,” police said in a statement. The protesters are angry about what they see as police brutality and meddling by Beijing in the former British colony’s freedoms, guaranteed by the “one country, two systems” formula in place since the territory returned to Chinese rule in 1997.Thousands of people gathered on a Saturday night vigil for “martyrs”, after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall during a protest. Many called for revenge.
One of the arrested lawmakers, Gary Fan, said the detentions were the result of “political prosecutions and judicial crackdowns” by Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam.Protesters have also called for a general strike on Monday and for people to block public transport, although such calls in the past have often come to nothing.
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