UPDATE: Thousands gather at Chater Garden in Hong Kong, some start to march towards Causeway Bay HongKongProtests HongKongextraditionbill
HONG KONG - Thousands of protesters, many clad in black, gathered at the Chater Garden public park located in Central on Sunday afternoon, as the city sees the eighth straight weekend of protests that began as opposition to a controversial extradition Bill.
Police have told protesters that they can gather only at Chater Garden - after application for the march was rejected by police. Earlier in the day, ahead of the rally, organiser Ventus Lau called on the police not to prematurely clear the crowd and to show restraint, as he has the proper paperwork for the gathering at Chater Garden.
“This could be our last legitimate mass gathering,” Mr Lau told journalists, a reference to the police’s repeated objections to proposed rallies over the past few days. Bricks on brick-laid pavements on Connaught Road West - near the police HQ and police station as well as the Liaison Office - have been glued together so that they cannot be dug up by protesters and used as missiles against law enforcers, broadcaster TVB reported.
HK police charging into Yuen Long station The men attacked people who had been returning from an anti-extradition protest on Hong Kong island a week earlier on July 21 as well as commuters who had alighted at Yuen Long MTR station. The assault left at least 45 people injured. Police were criticised for their slow response to the violence by the attackers.
Mr Max Chung, whose application to hold a rally in Yuen Long was rejected by police, was taken away after speaking at the City Forum in Victoria Park on Sunday, a weekly public forum that brings politicians, academics and prominent figures together to discuss current issues. ST understands that he has not been formally arrested.
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