Hong Kong’s uncles and aunties take on role of guardian angels, watching over the young protesters amid violence

As riot police chased and arrested protesters outside a luxury mall in Hong Kong last Sunday, two black-clad youth ducked behind a huddle of middle-aged and elderly people, who quickly formed a human wall around them.

An image of Wong holding his walking stick horizontally above his head in front of a line of riot police has become one of the defining moments of the protests. Wong, along with another elderly volunteer, 73-year-old Uncle Chan, and many other middle-aged men and women, would go to sites of violent clashes and ask both sides to rethink their actions in the hopes of cooling the situation.

Protect the Children is just one of many self-organised groups – from first-aid workers to legal teams and human-rights monitors – watching over the protesters who have been demonstrating since June against the now-withdrawn extradition bill. The bill would have allowed criminal suspects to be transferred to mainland China and other jurisdictions which the city did not have any agreements with.

Hong Kong police groups call for tougher emergency powersThe group has a command centre that monitors the whole city, while volunteers on the ground are split into teams of seven and sent out to different zones, rushing from conflict site to conflict site with whatever transport is available. Each team has a member of the clergy or experienced social worker assigned to it.

Last Sunday, another silver-haired volunteer watched anxiously as Special Tactical Squad and riot police searched a line of at least seven protesters, telling reporters “they look so young, please, try and get pictures of their faces”, as police officers blocked his view. Hong Kong police ‘overwhelmed’ as anti-government protesters unleash new level of violenceLast month, police were strongly criticised after they were filmed kicking a Protect the Children volunteer who had been taken to a back alley in Yuen Long during a protest on September 21. The man was later sent to hospital, and the group said he had suffered injuries consistent with being kicked.

“If the protesters beat people we stop them too,” he said. He described the situation in Yuen Long on September 21, where protesters beat an older man who had scolded them with iron rods. “I told them, you cannot do this, you’ll kill him,” Chan said.

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