HONG KONG, May 24 — Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at hundreds of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered today in opposition to a controversial security law proposed by China last week. The proposal is expected to ban treason, subversion and sedition, and comes after Hong Kong...
Anti-government protesters march again Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong May 24, 2020. — Reuters pic
Fearing the proposed law will spell the end of the city’s treasured freedoms, campaigners called for supporters to rally and hundreds responded, gathering in the busy Causeway Bay and Wan Chai districts, chanting slogans against the government as riot police warned them against the assembly. Riot police were deployed after earlier warnings from authorities against unauthorised assembly and the city’s current coronavirus-linked law banning public gatherings of more than eight people.
More than 8,300 people have been arrested since the protests erupted last year. Around 200 were detained during small rallies at malls on Mother’s Day earlier this month. Fears had been growing for years that Beijing was chipping away at those freedoms and tightening its control on the city, and campaigners have described the new proposal as the most brazen move yet.
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