BEIJING China yesterday threw its backing behind Hong Kong's beleaguered leader and police, saying violent protesters must be swiftly punished, following another weekend of running street battles in the financial hub. What began as a mass display of opposition to an...
Another spokesman, Ms Xu Luying, added:"We also believe that Hong Kong's top priority task right now is to punish violent and unlawful acts in accordance with the law, to restore social order as soon as possible, and to maintain a good business environment."
Meanwhile, pro-democracy protesters fought a second consecutive day of running battles with police on Sunday evening in a well-heeled residential district of Hong Kong, in some of the most sustained scenes of violence witnessed so far. In a statement early yesterday, police said 49"radical protesters" had been arrested for a variety of offences on Sunday, saying the crowds were getting"increasingly violent".
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