Hong Kong protesters returned to the streets over postponed elections, drawing one of the biggest crowds since China imposed a national-security law. Police were ready with a large presence.
HONG KONG—Crowds of protesters massed in one of Hong Kong’s densest commercial districts, challenging the postponement of legislative elections as the city is brought more firmly under the control of mainland China.
The gathering Sunday was one of the biggest demonstrations of opposition to the government since China imposed aon June 30. Plans for the protest had circulated earlier in the week on social media, and police were ready with a large presence. Reflecting the risks, the protesters were somewhat camouflaged by dressing as ordinary shoppers, rather than in black, as they did last year. As police looked on, they would chant familiar slogans such as “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” and some threw items such as water bottles and umbrellas at police as they made arrests or regrouped at an intersection.
But in the large crowd, and with everyone wearing masks because of the coronavirus, it was difficult to be sure who was chanting and who was shopping. Police in riot gear who had descended on the Mong Kok neighborhood charged into the crowd to grab suspected protesters, occasionally firing pepper balls or pepper spray to clear the way. For several hours Sunday afternoon, groups of very young Hong Kong residents stood detained on street corners.
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