Police presence heavy, with tensions between protesters
and officers rising over bag searches the night before at nearby MTR station
(domestic railway network covering 91 stations on 10 main commuter lines, MTR
Corporation)
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Crowds gather again at government grounds in Admiralty (central
business district of Hong Kong) three days after
historic march against legislation turned ugly
In a
fresh display of defiance against the contentious (tending to argument or strife, quarrelsome) extradition bill, protesters who
had camped overnight at Tamar Park (is an urban park in Admiralty) in Hong Kong
began stopping traffic from accessing the legislature (the legislative body of
a country or state) on Wednesday morning, before a full council meeting
on the government's proposal.
As
tensions mounted, police said protesters were gathering bricks from
pavements. Meanwhile, the Legislative Council meeting due at 11am was delayed with no indication of when it would
resume.
On
Sunday, a historic march turned roads along Causeway Bay (is a heavy built-up area of Hong Kong) to Admiralty into sea of people as organizers claimed 1.03 million took part. Police
estimated attendance peaked at 240,000. The mass march ended in chaos as
scuffles (short fight that is not very violent) between police and radicals
broke out, spilling over (spread to other areas) into the early hours of
Monday.
Despite
mounting pressure and death threats Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, (Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, is a Hong Kong politician serving as the 4th and current Chief Executive of
Hong Kong since 2017)
has stood firm, insisting that the bill will be passed as
soon as possible, with a final vote expected as early as next
Thursday. Lam has insisted that the legislation is needed to plug legal
loopholes (way of avoiding obeying law, contract etc.) and prevent Hong Kong
from becoming a haven for fugitives (someone avoiding being caught by police).
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