Hundreds of protesters gathered in shopping malls across Hong Kong on Wednesday, flouting coronavirus-related social distancing rules to mock unpopular Chief Executive Carrie Lam on her birthday.
FILE PHOTO: An anti-government protester holds a flag with Chinese calligraphy that reads"Liberate Hong Kong, the Revolution of Our Times", during a protest at Mong Kok in Hong Kong, China, May 10, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
While the government has allowed bars, gyms and cinemas to reopen and civil servants to come back to work, it maintains that group gatherings should be limited to eight people. In the New Town Plaza mall in the working class Sha Tin district, protesters hung up banners reading “Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of our Times,” and chanted “There are no rioters, only tyranny” and “Disband Hong Kong police.”
Social distancing rules imposed to help contain coronavirus contagion has largely put a brake on protests since January. Pro-democracy demonstrators are further incensed by renewed calls from Beijing and pro-government officials in Hong Kong to enact national security legislation, known as Article 23, which is also a requirement of the Basic Law.
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