Grandpa Wong shielding protesters from the police by holding his walking stick up along with other elderly volunteers in the Tung Chung district in Hong Kong. – AFP pic, September 8, 2019.
GRANDPA Wong holds a cane held above his head as he pleads with riot police to stop firing tear gas – an 85-year-old shielding protesters on the front lines of Hong Kong’s fight for democracy. Despite his age, Wong is a regular sight at Hong Kong’s street battles, hobbling towards police lines, placing himself in between riot officers and hardcore protesters, hoping to de-escalate what have now become near daily clashes.
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