Hong Kong suspends trains, again rallies after 'dark day'
All subway and train services were suspended, lines formed at the cash machines of shuttered banks and shops were closed as Hong Kong dusted itself off and then started marching again Saturday after another night of rampaging violence decried as “a very dark day” by the territory’s beleaguered leader.
She defended the legality of the measure denounced by government critics and demonstrators and said that “to protect citizens’ daily lives and freedoms, I cannot allow the small minority of rioters to destroy that.
After widespread arson attacks, looting, fighting with police and beatings, the government appealed for a public shift in attitude against rioting. But even many peaceful protesters say violence has become a means to an end, the only way for young masked protesters to force the government to bend. Lam insisted when announcing the ban Friday that the measure and her use of rarely deployed emergency powers to introduce it without legislative approval were not steps toward authoritarian rule or at the behest of the Chinese government. Two activists filed legal challenges late Friday on grounds it would instill fear and curtail freedom of assembly, but a court denied their request for an injunction.
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