Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation
Hong Kong police have permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions, in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweepingSeveral dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish processing project.
Responding to the protest, the city’s Development Bureau said the project was intended to “support the daily needs of the community”. “Some lawbreakers may mix into the public meeting and procession to disrupt public order or even engage in illegal violence,” the police warned in their letter.Photograph: Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto/REX/ShutterstockApplications for other protests, including a candlelight vigil on 4 June to commemorate the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, have been denied on Covid related health grounds.
Some western governments have criticised the law as a tool of repression but Chinese authorities say it has restored stability to the financial hub.
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