Flashmob protests and vandalism break out in multiple locations, prompting riot police to use pepper spray and make arrests in at least two shopping centers as members of the public heckled the officers.
MALL PROTESTS. A photojournalist argues with police during a protest at the New Town Plaza shopping mall in Shatin in Hong Kong on December 15, 2019. Photo by Philip Fong/AFP
Flashmob protests and vandalism broke out in multiple locations, prompting riot police to use pepper spray and make arrests in at least two shopping centers as members of the public heckled the officers. Earlier in the afternoon an elderly woman was knocked over in the same mall after a fight broke out when a shopper tried to stop protesters from spraying graffiti.
The past month had seen a lull in the violence and vandalism after pro-democracy parties won a landslide in local council elections.But public anger remains as Beijing and city leader Carrie Lam show no sign of giving further concessions despite the election success.The protests were ignited by a now scrapped plan to allow extraditions to the authoritarian mainland but have since morphed into a revolt against Chinese rule.
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