Democracy activists in Hong Kong launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies on Sunday calling for independence and the city's unpopular leader to resign.
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.
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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