Violence erupts on hundreds of thousands of people across Hong Kong on the streets of Mask

Hong Kong, Ta. October 6, 2019, Sunday

Thousands of people came out on the streets today in protest against the ban on protesters in Hong Kong wearing masks, resulting in police being forced to release tear gas and protesters vandalized several places throughout the city.

On both sides of Victoria Harbor, a large number of people marched in the pouring rain to allow unacceptable but quiet views and condemned the government's mask ban on public places and invasion.

Violence broke out as police tried to disperse the protesters leaving teargas. Subsequently, clashes broke out between protesters and the police in several places, causing the Sanatan area to collapse in the financial district.

In one incident, a taxi driver in the Sham Shu Po area hit a man in the crowd, killing him severely in which he was bleeding. Was. However, people drove the car away from the young woman.

Volunteers treated the girl and the driver before police arrived at the scene. Earlier, the mob had vandalized a government building adjacent to it, and protesters also vandalized several places in Chinese banks and subways across the city.

Protesters rallied for the third consecutive day, and Hong Kong ruler Kerry Lam opposed it by banning the mask. Kerry used the colonial-era law that had not been used for the last fifty years.

Pro-democracy advocates and MPs reached the High Court this morning and applied to ban the ban on masks. He argued that emergency power violated Parliament and the city's smaller constitution.

However, a senior judge rejected the application. The law empowers Lamm to make any rule during public outcry and crisis. She also warned that if the storms do not stop, they will use broad powers to bring in new laws.

The ban was welcomed by Beijing and pro-government supporters, but opposition parties and protesters saw it as a slippery ladder that turned the international hub into a powerhouse.