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22 Jul 19
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49066982
Police told to keep away ?
Hong Kong has been left in shock after a night of violence on Sunday, which saw dozens of masked men storm a train station.
The men - dressed in white shirts and suspected to be triad gangsters - assaulted pro-democracy protesters and passers-by in the Yuen Long area.
This is the first time this kind of violence has been seen in the ongoing anti-extradition demonstrations.
Several lawmakers questioned why police were slow to arrive at the scene.
Footage posted on social media showed dozens of men attacking people with wooden rods and metal sticks inside the station.
Forty-five people were injured, with one person in critical condition.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-49066982
Police told to keep away ?
Hong Kong has been left in shock after a night of violence on Sunday, which saw dozens of masked men storm a train station.
The men - dressed in white shirts and suspected to be triad gangsters - assaulted pro-democracy protesters and passers-by in the Yuen Long area.
This is the first time this kind of violence has been seen in the ongoing anti-extradition demonstrations.
Several lawmakers questioned why police were slow to arrive at the scene.
Footage posted on social media showed dozens of men attacking people with wooden rods and metal sticks inside the station.
Forty-five people were injured, with one person in critical condition.
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Lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting said police had taken more than an hour to arrive.
"Hong Kong has one of the world's highest cop to population ratio," said another pro-democracy lawmaker Ray Chan in a tweet. "Where were [they?]"
Police on Monday said they had not made any arrests but were still carrying out investigations.
What happened?
Pro-democracy protesters were set upon as they travelled back from a rally in the centre of Hong Kong, where riot police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
The masked men stormed Yuen Long MTR station at about 22:30 local time (14:30 GMT).
Local media said they were targeting people dressed in black - the colour most protesters were wearing.
In a statement, the government said: "This is absolutely unacceptable to Hong Kong as a society that observes the rule of law. The SAR [Special Administrative Region] Government strongly condemns any violence and will seriously take enforcement actions."
One journalist, Gwyneth Ho, was attacked while she was in the middle of live streaming for news website Stand News. She is currently in hospital.
"Hong Kong has one of the world's highest cop to population ratio," said another pro-democracy lawmaker Ray Chan in a tweet. "Where were [they?]"
Police on Monday said they had not made any arrests but were still carrying out investigations.
What happened?
Pro-democracy protesters were set upon as they travelled back from a rally in the centre of Hong Kong, where riot police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters.
The masked men stormed Yuen Long MTR station at about 22:30 local time (14:30 GMT).
Local media said they were targeting people dressed in black - the colour most protesters were wearing.
In a statement, the government said: "This is absolutely unacceptable to Hong Kong as a society that observes the rule of law. The SAR [Special Administrative Region] Government strongly condemns any violence and will seriously take enforcement actions."
One journalist, Gwyneth Ho, was attacked while she was in the middle of live streaming for news website Stand News. She is currently in hospital.
"wooden rods and metal sticks"
Shouldn't that be "wooden sticks and metal rods"?
Either way, I detest violence of any kind!
Also....[i]The men - dressed in white shirts[/i]
"Local media said they were targeting people dressed in black"
Shouldn't that be "wooden sticks and metal rods"?
Either way, I detest violence of any kind!
Also....[i]The men - dressed in white shirts[/i]
"Local media said they were targeting people dressed in black"
Beijing (Xi Jinping ) starting to worry that they will lose Hong Kong ?
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/where-were-the-police-hong-kong-outcry-after-masked-thugs-launch-attack
Activists believe thugs have been hired before in previous pro-democracy protests in 2014, possibly from southern China where local authorities have been known to hire men to intimidate residents or petitioners.
A widely circulated video showed pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho, who lives in Yuen Long, shaking hands with men in white and giving them a thumbs up. In response to accusations Ho hired the men to go after protesters, Ho said in a press briefing on Monday that he had nothing to do with the attack.
“My appearance in Yuen Long was normal. Many of my voters also live in Yuen Long. Their white-clad action was not a secret. What happened last night had nothing to do with me. I didn’t join any planning, nor was I any part of any group.”
Asked why he did not call the police, Ho said: “They appeared to be normal residents, just like the protesters in your eyes.”
The police, who entered a village near the station in Yuen Long where groups of men in white had gathered in the early hours of Monday, said they had seen no weapons and made no arrest because they “could not be sure of who was involved.”
“Even those dressed in white, that doesn’t mean they are involved. We will handle each case fairly, no matter their political camp,” said Yau Nai-keung, assistant commander of Yuen Long district.
The Hong Kong government condemned the violence in a statement, confirming that “some people” had attacked commuters on the station platform and within train compartments. “It led to confrontations and injuries. The [government] strongly condemns any violence and will seriously take enforcement actions.”
Sunday’s violence marks the latest unrest in Hong Kong, where mass protests have been held for seven consecutive weeks, often resulting in clashes.
The protests, which began over a controversial extradition bill that would allow suspects in Hong Kong, have take on wider demands, including an investigation into police behaviour. Observers believe the violence in Yuen Long and the police’s response is likely to be the focus of another protest.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters attending a peaceful anti-government march defied the police-sanctioned route and pushed westwards to Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong, where they graffitied the building’s walls, threw eggs at it, and defaced the emblem of the People’s Republic of China.
Speaking outside the building on Monday, Wang Zhimin, director of Beijing’s liaison office, said: “We resolutely condemn the illegal mob who seriously damaged the precious spirit of rule of law in Hong Kong, undermined the fundamental interests of the people, and seriously hurt the feelings of the entire Chinese people.”
Chinese state media on Monday also slammed the protests on Sunday, calling the attack on the liaison office a “blatant challenge to the central government”, calling such violent acts evidence of the “mobs and the forces behind them.”
The demonstrations challenge Beijing’s authority over the former British colony, returned to Chinese control in 1997. Under the one country, two systems framework, Hong Kong is meant to maintain a high degree of autonomy from the mainland, with an independent judiciary and a free press. But critics say they have witnessed Hong Kong’s freedoms quickly disappearing.
Among protesters’ demands are democratic reforms that would give Hong Kongers the ability to directly elect their leaders. Protest groups have vowed to continue until their demands are met.
“I don’t see this ending. It looks like it’s just going to escalate … it’s almost becoming ungovernable,” said Victoria Hui, a political scientist from Hong Kong, now at Notre Dame University.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/where-were-the-police-hong-kong-outcry-after-masked-thugs-launch-attack
Activists believe thugs have been hired before in previous pro-democracy protests in 2014, possibly from southern China where local authorities have been known to hire men to intimidate residents or petitioners.
A widely circulated video showed pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho, who lives in Yuen Long, shaking hands with men in white and giving them a thumbs up. In response to accusations Ho hired the men to go after protesters, Ho said in a press briefing on Monday that he had nothing to do with the attack.
“My appearance in Yuen Long was normal. Many of my voters also live in Yuen Long. Their white-clad action was not a secret. What happened last night had nothing to do with me. I didn’t join any planning, nor was I any part of any group.”
Asked why he did not call the police, Ho said: “They appeared to be normal residents, just like the protesters in your eyes.”
The police, who entered a village near the station in Yuen Long where groups of men in white had gathered in the early hours of Monday, said they had seen no weapons and made no arrest because they “could not be sure of who was involved.”
“Even those dressed in white, that doesn’t mean they are involved. We will handle each case fairly, no matter their political camp,” said Yau Nai-keung, assistant commander of Yuen Long district.
The Hong Kong government condemned the violence in a statement, confirming that “some people” had attacked commuters on the station platform and within train compartments. “It led to confrontations and injuries. The [government] strongly condemns any violence and will seriously take enforcement actions.”
Sunday’s violence marks the latest unrest in Hong Kong, where mass protests have been held for seven consecutive weeks, often resulting in clashes.
The protests, which began over a controversial extradition bill that would allow suspects in Hong Kong, have take on wider demands, including an investigation into police behaviour. Observers believe the violence in Yuen Long and the police’s response is likely to be the focus of another protest.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters attending a peaceful anti-government march defied the police-sanctioned route and pushed westwards to Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong, where they graffitied the building’s walls, threw eggs at it, and defaced the emblem of the People’s Republic of China.
Speaking outside the building on Monday, Wang Zhimin, director of Beijing’s liaison office, said: “We resolutely condemn the illegal mob who seriously damaged the precious spirit of rule of law in Hong Kong, undermined the fundamental interests of the people, and seriously hurt the feelings of the entire Chinese people.”
Chinese state media on Monday also slammed the protests on Sunday, calling the attack on the liaison office a “blatant challenge to the central government”, calling such violent acts evidence of the “mobs and the forces behind them.”
The demonstrations challenge Beijing’s authority over the former British colony, returned to Chinese control in 1997. Under the one country, two systems framework, Hong Kong is meant to maintain a high degree of autonomy from the mainland, with an independent judiciary and a free press. But critics say they have witnessed Hong Kong’s freedoms quickly disappearing.
Among protesters’ demands are democratic reforms that would give Hong Kongers the ability to directly elect their leaders. Protest groups have vowed to continue until their demands are met.
“I don’t see this ending. It looks like it’s just going to escalate … it’s almost becoming ungovernable,” said Victoria Hui, a political scientist from Hong Kong, now at Notre Dame University.
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