HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Saturday (Feb 29) to disperse hundreds of black-clad protesters, some armed with petrol bombs, during a rally to mark six months since the authorities stormed a subway station and arrested demonstrators.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of black-clad protesters, some armed with petrol bombs, during a rally to mark six months since the authorities stormed a subway station and arrested demonstrators.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in and around Mong Kok district and the Prince Edward subway station, where some of the most fierce violence erupted on Aug 31, when police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters throwing petrol bombs. As the number of protesters increased, some set fires on Nathan Road in Kowloon district while others set up road blocks. Mong Kok subway station was closed.
Many protesters are angry about what they see as creeping Chinese interference in Hong Kong, which returned to China in 1997 under a"one country, two systems" formula intended to guarantee freedoms that are not enjoyed on the mainland.
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