Hong Kong activists to return to scene of triad attack

Riot police use pepper spray to disperse pro-democracy activists inside a mall after a march at Sha Tin District of East New Territories, Hong Kong on July 14.

Activists are insisting they will push ahead, with some planning to skirt the police ban by openly organising shopping and dining expeditions to the town, government-funded broadcaster RTHK reported. Local district councillors and rural hamlet chiefs earlier urged police to object to the march, citing grave concerns over public safety and fears symbolic village sites could be attacked.

Reuters reported on Friday that a Liaison Office official had days earlier urged local village chiefs to drive away any activists from the town. Initially demanding the scrapping of a bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland courts for trial, marchers are also seeking independent inquiries into police use of force, the resignation of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam and full democratic reform, anathema to Beijing’s Communist Party leadership.

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