Police spray jets of blue dye at pro-democracy protesters outside a major Hong Kong mosque. More here:
HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologized on Monday to the city’s Muslim community after police hit a major mosque with water canon as they battled thousands of pro-democracy protesters overnight in the Asian financial hub.
Protesters had said they would not target the mosque in Sunday’s march after a leading pro-democracy leader was brutally attacked by masked men last week that the police said were “non-Chinese”. Chief Imam Muhammad Arshad said the apology was “accepted” and that the Islamic community hoped to continue living in Hong Kong in peace.
“The police do their work and the protesters have a right to protest. Everybody needs freedom. They demand to live with freedom.” The protests pose the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he took power. Beijing has denied eroding Hong Kong’s freedoms and Xi has vowed to crush any attempt to split China.
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