Protesters infuriated by the ban began gathering even before the measure was announced
Hong Kong’s embattled top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, invoked colonial-era emergency regulations Friday to announce a ban on the wearing of face masks at all public gatherings. Those violating the ban, which applies to any kind of facial covering including paint, are liable to imprisonment for a year.
“The purpose is to hide their identity and evade the law and they have become more and more daring. We believe the prohibition on face covering will be an effective deterrent on radical behavior and help police in upholding the law.” Tweeting just before the ban was announced, prominent campaigner Joshua Wong predicted that it was “just the beginning” of draconian measures to come. In an “Open Letter to World Leaders” published on Facebook, he added: “The direct implementation of such anti-mask law, without any consultation or due process, will further expand police’s power in Hong Kong, making the city under complete police control.
‘Our freedom of expression could be next’Even before Lam announced the ban, protesters began gathering in the heart of Hong Kong’s banking quarter, occupying a key intersection and chanting slogans of the enclave’s fourth-month-old democratic rebellion. Disturbances broke out across the city and in the New Territories hinterland. Sha Tin and Taikoo Shing stations, major suburban hubs, were closed after being flooded and vandalized. At Sha Tin, black clad protesters smashed platform fittings while startled commuters looked on. A subway station exit by the Sogo department store, a prominent Hong Kong landmark, was set ablaze.
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