HONG KONG - Riot police chased protesters through Hong Kong shopping malls on Sunday as democracy activists launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and the city's unpopular leader to resign.
Hong Kong celebrates the American Mother's Day and protester chat groups had pushed the occasion to focus on chief executive Carrie Lam, a Beijing loyalist appointee. "This is just a warm-up, our protest movement needs to start again," a university student who gave his name as "B" told AFP.Lam, who has been staunchly backed by Beijing, has record low approval ratings.
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