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An 18-year-old man who was shot with a live round by police was arrested for assaulting an officer, police commissioner Stephen Lo Wai Chung said. The man is still receiving treatment in hospital, the commissioner told reporters. Lo said he believed police, who fired six shots on Tuesday, exercised restraint, but added that they will […]
Hong Kong police arrested more than 180 people in protests across Hong Kong on Tuesday, police said. Hong Kong’s police commissioner called the day’s rallies — which were held on China’s National Day — the “most violent scenes” he has seen in the city. At least 25 officers were injured in the protests, he said. […]
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday on suspicion of organising illegal protests as authorities clampdown on a wave of unrest that has plunged the city into its biggest political crisis in more than two decades. Wong, the icon of pro-democracy demonstrations five years ago that foreshadowed the latest turbulence, is the […]
MELBOURNE, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Police in Melbourne issued a warning on Saturday after small scuffles erupted between supporters and opponents of the Hong Kong protest movement during a rally attended by several hundred people from the city’s Chinese community on Friday evening. “We respect the right of the community to express their views peacefully […]
Hong Kong’s airport resumed operations on Wednesday, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city. Pro-democracy protesters retreated from Hong Kong’s airport on Wednesday following two days of hugely disruptive rallies that turned violent and plunged the global […]
Thousands of protesters readied in Hong Kong on Thursday for more potential clashes with police over a planned extradition law with mainland China, a day after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at unarmed demonstrators. Small scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators around the city’s legislature, the epicentre of the violence, while some […]
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