Violence flares in Hong Kong as emergency rule spurs backlash

On a holiday weekend normally packed with tourists, the city's already reeling economy took another hit as banks, supermarkets and rail all cut service. MTR Corp., the rail operator, halted all travel except direct lines to the airport on Saturday for the first time since 2007. Train services remained limited on Monday, a holiday, with most stations closed due to vandalism. For the second time in a week, a teenage demonstrator was shot and wounded in scuffles with police.

"The government started a very bad and dangerous precedent in invoking the Emergency Regulations Ordinance to enact this anti-mask law," said Eric Cheung, a law lecturer at the University of Hong Kong and a member of the committee that elects the city's leader."There is growing distrust against the government, against the police."

Protesters initially hit the streets in June to protest a bill that would've allowed extraditions to mainland China. While Lam finally withdrew the proposal in September, the protests have since expanded to include calls for an independent inquiry into police violence and greater democratic accountability in the former British colony. The protests have become almost daily events with regular violent clashes between activists and police.

The High Court denied an application for an interim injunction by all 24 pro-democracy lawmakers on the ban of wearing of face masks during protests, Radio Television Hong Kong reported. The court adjourned a hearing on their application for a judicial review of the government measure to later this month, it said. The application followed another court's rejection on Friday of a temporary suspension of the law sought by pro-democracy activists.

Riot police detain a protester during an anti-government rally in central Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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