The main representative of the Chinese government in Hong Kong said on Saturday people trying to turn the city into a "pawn in geopolitics" were the "real enemies" and Beijing was the true defender of the city's special status.
The main representative of the Chinese government in Hong Kong said on Saturday people trying to turn the city into a "pawn in geopolitics" were the "real enemies" and Beijing was the true defender of the city's special status.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Agnes Chow was released Saturday from prison on the second anniversary of the city's huge democracy rallies, with police out in force and protests now all but banned.
Hong Kong democracy advocate Agnes Chow (周庭) was yesterday released from prison on the second anniversary of the territory’s democracy rallies, with police out in force and protests now all but banned.
Two thousand officers have been placed on standby after social media calls for residents to commemorate the failed democracy demonstrations.
Authorities have kept a prohibition on public gatherings to curb the spread of a COVID-19, despite the territory recording just three local infections in the past month, and a Beijing-imposed National Security Law criminalizing most expressions of dissent.
However, yesterday morning one of those arrested for allegedly contravening the security law