Footage emerges of a brazen attack on a man clearing barricades in Hong Kong, with the incident marking a violent return to anti-Government protests across the Asian financial hub.
They chanted"five demands, not one less" and"disband the police force" as they marched, in reference to the protest movement's five formal demands of the Government.that would have allowed people within Hong Kong to be arrested and tried in mainland Chinese courts.
The remaining demands include granting Hongkongers universal suffrage, the release of all imprisoned protesters, the de-classification of a June protest as a"riot", and the formation of an independent commission of inquiry into police behaviour. That rally followed two other marches earlier Sunday as protesters sought to keep the pressure on city leader Carrie Lam after theand the gaining of US support for their cause.
"If we don't walk out, the Government will say it's just a youth issue, but this is a Hong Kong problem that affects all of us," said Lily Chau, 30, as she pushed her toddler in a stroller at the march in Kowloon.
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