Hong Kong government offices shut after massive protest turns violent
A protester reacts as she tackled by riot police during a massive demonstration outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Picture: Kin Cheung/APRiot police surround protesters near the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Picture: Kin Cheung/APRiot police check the bags of protesters outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. Picture: Kin Cheung/APA riot police patrols outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.
"We are ready to have a protracted war with the government," said one protester, Natalie Wong. "I am young, that's why I have to fight for Hong Kong." On Wednesday, police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes to clear demonstrators from the legislature, with officials saying 72 people had been admitted to hospital by 10 p.m.
Most roads around the business district were opening for traffic, but Pacific Place, a prime shopping mall next to the legislature, stayed shut. Hong Kong's China-backed Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemned the violence late on Wednesday and urged a swift restoration of order. In an impromptu media standup in the legislature, democratic lawmakers strongly criticised Lam's heavy-handed police response.
"It is lawlessness that will hurt Hong Kong, not the proposed amendments to its fugitive law," said the English-language China Daily.Face masks, goggles, helmets and water bottles strewn around the legislature area were being cleaned up, while a police team stood nearby, looking relaxed.
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