The woman stood between clashing police and activists during violent protests on Saturday in the northwest of the territory.
of the woman, noting she"told the protesters to leave, and said that she wouldn't leave if they didn't leave." Subsequent tweets from other users suggested Wong's characterization was misleading and partisan.
This weekend's protests were some of the most violent yet, with running clashes between protesters and police in Yuen Long and in downtown Hong Kong. The demonstration in Yuen Long was held to protest last weekend's attack on passengers in the Yuen Long subway station. The incident marked a dark turn for the current round of protests, as white shirt-wearing armed men ran amok in the station, indiscriminately attacking bystanders and those returning home from a march downtown.
Journalists, children and a pregnant women were among those beaten. At least 45 people were injured, one of them critically. Pro-democracy forces have claimed that the men belonged to pro-Beijing triad gangs, and were either ordered or allowed to attack civilians by a complicit government and police force.
The Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, dismissed suggestions that police were working with the gangs, though social media users shared videos showing armed men in discussions with police and a pro-Beijing lawmaker. Though Lam promised an investigation, she also
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