Their stock market sank nearly 1.8% on Wednesday in the city-wide turmoil.
Violent clashes broke out in Hong Kong on Wednesday as police tried to stop protesters storming the city’s parliament, while tens of thousands of people blocked key arteries in a show of strength against government plans to allow extraditions to China.
Rows of riot police battled protesters – many wearing face masks, helmets, or goggles and using umbrellas as shields – who had gathered in the centre of the city ahead of a scheduled debate in the city’s legislature. In a repeat of four years ago, people flooded major roads and junctions on Wednesday, dragging barricades onto highways and tying them together. Others plucked loose bricks from pavements.
Hong Kong’s police chief Stephen Lo defended his officers, saying they had shown restraint until “mobsters” tried to storm parliament. Organisers said more than a million people turned out on Sunday to oppose the proposed law, which would allow Hong Kong to send suspects to other jurisdictions around the world – including China.
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