Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty ...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police used tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb on Saturday after some activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention helped fuel tension.
Police used tear gas after some protesters threw Molotov cocktails and bricks and others tore up “smart” lamp posts equipped with surveillance cameras. Others had set up roadblocks with bamboo scaffolding. “After repeated warnings to the protesters went futile, police officers have deployed tear gas and minimum force to disperse protesters,” it said.
The wider calls for democracy have plunged the city into an unprecedented crisis posing a direct challenge for Communist Party leaders in Beijing. A spokeswoman for the station said RTHK has taken note of the opinions raised, it said on its Facebook page. “She said staff follow the station’s charter and producer guidelines, and are obliged to deliver objective programming.”British consulate staffer Simon Cheng was detained for 15 days for violating public security management regulations, police in Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, said on their Twitter-like Weibo account.
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