Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters as thousands thronged the streets to protest against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national-security laws on the city
HONG KONG - Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protest against Beijing’s plan to impose national security laws on the city.
The security laws have also worried financial markets and drawn a rebuke from foreign governments, human rights groups and some business lobbies.“I am worried that after the implementation of the national security law, they will go after those being charged before and the police will be further out of control,” said Twinnie, 16, a secondary school student who declined to give her last name.
As the city government sought to give reassurances over the new laws, police conducted stop-and-search operations in Causeway Bay and warned people not to violate a ban on gatherings of more than eight. Protesters set up road blocks and hurled umbrellas, water bottles and other objects, police said, adding that they responded with tear gas and made more than 120 arrests.The scenes evoked memories of last year’s sometimes violent anti-government protests, which drew up to two million people in the biggest single protest.A small group of democracy activists protested outside Beijing’s main representative office in the city, chanting: “National security law is destroying two systems.
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