Hong Kong charges 44 people with rioting, an offense that can carry a multiyear prison sentence, as Beijing-backed government toughens stance
HONG KONG—Authorities on Tuesday charged 44 people with rioting, an offense that can carry a multiyear prison sentence, as the city’s Beijing-backed government takes a tougher stance to try to restore order after weeks of increasingly volatile protests.
It was the first time officials used the charge since their move to win legislative approval for a bill authorizing extradition to the mainland drew as many as two million people onto the streets and plunged the city into political crisis in early June.
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