Chief Executive Carrie Lam is a frequent target of this popular ritual. FMTNews CarrieLam
A women uses a shoe to beat a piece of paper as she performs the ‘villain hitting’ ritual in the Causeway Bay district.
Although a year-round tradition, villain hitting, also known as a petty person beating, is considered more effective on Jing Zhe – the year’s first thunder according to the lunar calendar, which fell this week. While the rallies and clashes have died down, partly due to exhaustion and arrests but also because of the deadly new coronavirus, tensions remain.
“We’re here today to hit the petty persons, we’ll beat them to the ground,” he said, holding up a picture of a pro-democracy lawmaker.
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