Thousands of pro-democracy protesters have taken to the streets of Hong Kong as the movement rolls into its sixth month of demonstrations
Tens of thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets on Sunday in a march seen as a test of the enduring appeal of an anti-government movement about to mark a half-year of demonstrations.
The protest ground to a standstill at times, with thousands of marchers crammed into the narrow streets, their cries of "Revolution in our times" echoing off the high-rise towers.Hong Kong’s leader and legislature."One of our problems is that the government is not chosen by us, so they do not have to respond to our demands," said Kelly Ma."We still have to fight for it,’’ her sister Priscilla Ma said. "We must not give up.
Police in riot gear deployed in numbers on the edges of the march. Earlier in the day, they arrested 11 people and seized a cache of weapons, including a firearm with more than 100 bullets. demonstrations since hundreds of thousands of protesters first marched on June 9 against now withdrawn government proposals that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent for trial in Communist Party- controlled courts in mainland China.
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