The crowd overturned barriers and threw objects at police, who countered with rubber bullets and tear gas. HongKongProtests
John Bacon and Elizabeth LawrencePolice in Hong Kong clashed with throngs of protesters outside government buildings Wednesday as opposition intensified to a proposed extradition bill that would tighten Beijing's control over the semiautonomous territory.
The crowd overturned barriers and threw objects at police,who countered with rubber bullets and tear gas. The legislation was triggered by a homicide case last year. Taiwanese authorities were unable to prosecute a Hong Kong man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Taipei because he fled to Hong Kong. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, however, has decried the legislation, threatening to post a travel advisory for Hong Kong if the bill becomes law.
Samuel So, who is involved in the protest efforts and is a former resident of Hong Kong, said its citizens' very identities are threatened.On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered against the bill in one of Hong Kong's biggest protests in recent history. People of all different backgrounds marched together peacefully until a smaller group clashed with the police outside the government headquarters.
At a brief news conference held as the chaos swirled just outside, Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung called the demonstration a riot. That could spell long jail terms for anyone arrested, adding to concerns that Hong Kong’s government is using public disturbance laws to intimidate political protesters.
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