20,000 apply for chance to 'vent anger' at Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam during dialogue session

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HONG KONG: Hong Kong's embattled leader said Tuesday (Sep 24) more than 20,000 people have applied to take part in a dialogue session with her and ...

Hong Kong entered a 17th week of political unrest which has seen hundreds of rallies, some of which ended in violent clashes between police and protesters.Lam said she felt"heartache" seeing children being arrested and asked"how well can children understand the current political issues?"

"Here I need to urge parents, teachers and principals must let children know that political problems are not that simple," Lam added."You never under-estimate the young's voice," pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo said. "Many young people these days are very mature-minded and they knew perfectly what they are thinking ... and what a civilised society should be."The protests were initially against a Bill that would have allowed extradition to China, but have snowballed into wider calls for democracy and police accountability in the semi-autonomous city.

Video emerged over the weekend of officers kicking a detained man wearing a yellow shirt in an alley. At a press conference on Monday, a senior police officer suggested it was not clear the"yellow object" was a man and claimed the video might have been doctored, sparking ridicule online.

 

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