HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday protesters who clashed with police on the weekend were rioters, a legally loaded term in the city, and she supported the police in upholding the law and seeking perpetrators. Ms Lam made the comments at a hospital where...
HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said yesterday protesters who clashed with police on the weekend were rioters, a legally loaded term in the city, and she supported the police in upholding the law and seeking perpetrators.
Ms Lam made the comments at a hospital where she visited three police officers injured on Sunday in violence between police and demonstrators angry about an extradition bill. Hong Kong has been rocked by large and sometimes violent street protests over the past month against the extradition bill, which many city residents see as a threat to their freedoms.
"We thank the police officers for maintaining social order loyally and professionally, but they have suffered in attacks from those rioters - they can be called rioters," she said.Some activists have been demanding that the government avoid using the term"riot" to refer to the protests. A conviction for rioting in the financial hub can carry a 10-year prison sentence.
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