Videos and pictures of Hong Kong citizens being attacked made their way to the microblogging platform. PrayForHongKong
” is based on fictional events and deals with how violence is legalized and encouraged. Citizens in Hong Kong, in contrast, are clamoring for political reform and complete withdrawal of the extradition bill.,” the proposed legislation has not yet been completely withdrawn.
Fresh violence surged last Sunday when a group of men in white shirts carrying sticks and metal bars attacked anti-China protesters inAmong those injured were journalists and a pro-democracy lawmaker,The lawmaker said the attacks appeared to have been carried out by pro-Chinese government “gangsters” with the aim to intimidate protesters.
“I have strong reason to believe they were gangsters. I don’t think any ordinary citizens have done such sophisticated, organized attacks on this kind of level,” Cheuk-ting said in an interview with“They repeatedly went into the train and were using batons to indiscriminately attack all the people on the train. Many journalists, even a pregnant woman, all ordinary citizens of Hong Kong, were attacked by those gangsters,” he added.
Hong Kong citizens have begun to call for wider democratic reforms—including directly electing their own leader—and a thorough investigation into police authorities supposedly using extreme force against the protesters.
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