Wedding bells on hold for Hong Kong protester, policeman

Rifts in some cases have pitted relatives, friends and even lovers against each other.

Since protests began, police have fired thousands of rounds of tear gas, along with rubber bullets and pepper spray.READ: 'Don't test our bottom line' say Hong Kong police to protesters Police chiefs have insisted their officers have responded with restraint to violence from protesters throwing molotov cocktails, bricks and other objects.May has been with her fiance for eight years, but says it wasn't until recently that his career become a bone of contention.

But she was still shocked when her best friend confronted her about the relationship after the pair went wedding dress shopping."If he's seen this by the police and still thinks they have done nothing wrong, should you be with a person whose values are so different?" her friend asked.But she doesn't believe that her future husband - a frontline riot officer - would hurt anyone.

While she describes her fiance as apolitical and uninterested in her involvement in the protests, his friends have criticised her politics, even calling her"crazy".Even before her friends voiced their opposition, May's planning ran into trouble: The printer she chose to do the invitations was among wedding vendors in the city boycotting all celebrations involving police.

In this picture taken on Nov 23, 2019, Hong Kong protester May, who asked to be identified by a pseudonym, walks down the stairs in a park in Hong Kong. "It makes me feel that my wedding won't be blessed, just because my partner is a policeman," May said.

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