Im michael okun welcome to the program at least 90 people have been arrested in hong kong in protests against the governments decision to postpone Elections Police fired pepper balls at prodemocracy campaigner protesters are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday authorities have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay antigovernment protesters have been held across since june last year. And correspondent phebe kong joins us now from hong kong by phone phebe hundreds of people are protesting there today against the press boning of the elections what exactly are they worried about. Yeah i have been writing that sos has all i said all afternoon in hong kong today and all this week with her protests so kind of like give me back my clothes and i want to kind of like those guys on the street so today i originally on this is just an election day one of the most important election in a city. Like this and so it acts like a st
Seeming to tell us whos who behind the mast. A michael oku its nice to have you with us we start with a massive show of police force in hong kong thousands of officers in riot gear have swooped in on antigovernment protests making nearly 100 arrests demonstrators are furious about a decision to postpone todays planned legislative elections there are also angry about a sweeping National Security law imposed by china that gives beijing unprecedented power to crack down on critics in hong kong. Reclaim hong kong they chant and hong kong people unite. These private democracy. Pain is should be voting today in elections to the citys legislature instead that out on the streets after authorities delayed the poll until next summer citing a spike in coded 19 cases the what was it that protests have been met with an andris bonds with Police Firing pepper balls at some. And using stop and search on others was the was there but the the new National Security law imposed by china bans demonstrations