Hong Kong students to boycott classes, hold rallies for second straight day HongKongProtests
The runaway rebellion in Hong Kong is piling pressure on its embattled leader Carrie Lam, who held a media conference at 9.30am.by igniting the political crisis by introducing a now-suspended extradition Bill which would see people sent to mainland China for trial in Communist Party controlled courts.Lam said she would quit if she had a choice, according to a leaked audio recording. A spokesman for Lam said her office would not comment on private meetings.
China has not ruled out using force against the protests, and is eager to quell the unrest before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Oct 1. Tensions are running high, with several brief skirmishes around the territory after night fell on Monday. Police fired tear gas to clear protesters in the densely populated Mong Kok region of the Kowloon peninsula.
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