Petrol bombs and tear gas rock Hong Kong, scores arrested for defying mask ban

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HONG KONG — Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday (Oct 6) wearing face masks in defiance of colonial-era emergency powers which threaten them with a year in prison for hiding their faces.

 

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