China's leadership may have reached a decision on Hong Kong since a wave of mass protests and violent clashes began nearly two months ago.
China’s top Hong Kong policy office will on Monday respond for the first time to escalating civil unrest that has beset the city’s government since June.
The proposed legislation would have allowed the transfer of criminal suspects to jurisdictions including mainland China, where critics say there is no guarantee of a fair trial. As night fell, officers again unfurled black banners warning that they would use force, firing tear gas at protesters just before 7pm in an attempt to disperse them. The protesters held their line behind a wall of umbrellas and threw projectiles at the officers.
The demonstrators had defied a police ban to march to the liaison office, one of several protests that sprang from a rally at Chater Garden in Central earlier in the day. “We will continue to give full support to the police to strictly enforce the law to stop all violent behaviours with a view to resuming public order as soon as possible.”
“I don’t think people will have protest fatigue, even though many of them marched for the whole day yesterday. I, for one, am in for the long haul,” said Ho Yi-lik, a Yuen Long resident who was at both rallies.
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