Entire streets were left shrouded in tear gas yesterday as Hong Kong police fought pitched street battles with protesters, firing numerous gas canisters and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd who had deviated from an approved route.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Entire streets were left shrouded in tear gas yesterday as Hong Kong police fought pitched street battles with protesters, firing numerous gas canisters and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd who had deviated from an approved route.
Yesterday, demonstrators built barricades around the Sogo departmental store in Causeway Bay, prompting it to shut early. Protesters fought back, hurling projectiles like bottles, rocks and umbrellas at officers, or pushing flaming objects - including rubbish bins and a metal cart - at them. In a Facebook post, the police said they were conducting a dispersal operation eastward on Hong Kong Island as some protesters were committing arson. They appealed to the public to stay calm.
Yesterday's rally was the eighth straight weekend of protests to oppose a controversial extradition Bill. Participants have five demands: that the Bill be fully scrapped, the label of June 12 protests as a"riot" be removed, allegations of police abuse be investigated, the release of protesters who were arrested, and for universal suffrage to be implemented by next year.
The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the central government's authority of the Special Autonomous Region, will hold a briefing today.
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