Anti-government protesters run away from tear gas during a march billed as a global ‘emergency call’ for autonomy, in Hong Kong, China November 2, 2019. — Reuters pic
With the city bracing for a 24th consecutive weekend of rallies, police brought charges against three key pro-democracy lawmakers while four other lawmakers said they had been ordered to attend a police station later Saturday to be booked. The charges relate to chaotic scenes that broke out within a legislative committee in May as pro-democracy lawmakers tried to stop a controversial bill being discussed that would allow extraditions to authoritarian mainland China.
Hong Kong’s legislature is quasi-democratic, with half the seats popularly elected and the rest chosen by largely pro-Beijing committees, ensuring the chamber remains stacked with government loyalists. The tinderbox atmosphere intensified on Friday after 22-year-old student Alex Chow died from a fall during recent clashes with police.
In one incident, an officer fired a live warning shot as his unit faced off with protesters throwing projectiles.The city is holding district council elections on 24 November with the pro-Beijing camp bracing for heavy defeats.
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