Riot police chased protesters through Hong Kong's shopping malls and streets on Sunday as democracy activists launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and for the city's unpopular leader to resign. Small flashmob demonstrations broke out in at least eight malls throughout
1 / 2Small flashmob demonstrations broke out in at least eight malls, prompting riot police to rush in and disperse heckling crowds of activists and shoppersSmall flashmob demonstrations broke out in at least eight malls, prompting riot police to rush in and disperse heckling crowds of activists and shoppers Riot police chased protesters through Hong Kong's shopping malls and streets on Sunday as democracy activists launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and...
Hong Kong celebrates the American Mother's Day and protester chat groups had pushed the occasion to focus on chief executive Carrie Lam, a Beijing loyalist appointee. "This is just a warm-up, our protest movement needs to start again," a university student who gave his name as"B" told AFP.In the evening clashes spilled onto the streets, with police using batons and pepper spray in the busy commercial neighbourhood of Mong Kok, and making more arrests, including of a pro-democracy lawmaker.She has resisted calls for universal suffrage or an independent inquiry into the police's handling of the protests.
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