Pro-democracy activists and lawmakers in Hong Kong accuse police of failing to protect public after masked assailants appear to target protesters at train station
An anti-government demonstrator picks up a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police after a march to call for democratic reforms, in Hong Kong. July 21, 2019.
Some politicians and activists have long linked the allegedly Chinese network of triad criminal gangs to political intimidation and violence in recent years. Lam, who was injured in the attack, said he was angry about a slow police response after he alerted them to the trouble, government-funded broadcaster RTHK reported.
Yau Nai-keung, Yuen Long assistant district police commander, told reporters that an initial police patrol had to wait for more reinforcements given a situation involving more than 100 people. Hong Kong's anti-triad police units in 2014 investigated the role of triad gangs attacking protesters on the streets of Mong Kok during the 'Occupy' pro-democracy demonstrations that shut down parts of the city for 79 days.Hong Kong has been rocked by a series of sometimes violent protests for more than two months in its most serious crisis since Britain handed the Asian financial hub back to Chinese rule in 1997.
On Sunday, police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse activists on the edge of Hong Kong's glittering financial district after they had fled China's Liaison Office, its main representative branch in the city.
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