Hong Kong police say students accounted for 29% of nearly 1,600 people detained in anti-government protests since June are urging youths to take the 'straight and narrow path' as more major rallies loom this weekend.
Protesters form a human chain outside the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Riot police on Thursday begun securing a stadium in downtown Hong Kong ahead of a town hall session by embattled city leader Carrie Lam, aimed at cooling down months of protests for greater democracy in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Police public relations chief Tse Chun-chung said 207 high school and university students were detained this month alone despite the resumption of classes after the summer holiday, up from 257 over the June-August period. Yong people have largely led the protests that started in June over an extradition bill that the government has now agreed to withdraw. But the movement has since drew wider participation as it snowballed into a wider anti-China campaign against what protesters say is Beijing’s creeping intrusion into Hong Kong’s autonomy promised when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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