overwhelmingly pro beijing representatives. having restored order from chaos, it is high time that hong kong starts a new chapter of development. the former police officer is seen as a hardliner, a beijing loyalist, who quietly rose up the ranks of the police force before becoming the city s second highest ranking official. he oversaw the implementation of the national security law and cracked down, ending the pro democracy protest movement. with education, with prevention and with enforcement, we can turn the tide to let people know that protection and national security is everybody s responsibility. that advocacy for independence of hong kong is against the law. power to the people! but today, before voting began, a small group staged a protest calling for universal suffrage.
that advocacy for independence of hong kong is against the law. power to the people! but today, before voting began, a small group staged a protest calling for universal suffrage. i spoke to one police officer under condition of anonymity. i think the law is always a weapon. i think they re now using it more to achieve their political or financial means. police in hong kong has been the force available to the government to enforce anything. hong kong was promised a certain political freedoms when it was returned to china in 1997. hong kong people were said to rule hong kong. to many, today marks the start of a political era for the territory. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan pathak. hello and thanks forjoining us.
as a hardliner, a beijing loyal, who quietly rose up the ranks of the police force before becoming the city s second highest ranking official. he oversaw the implementation of the national security law and cracked down, ending the pro democracy protest movement. with education, with prevention and with enforcement, we can turn the tide to let people know that protection and national security is everybody s responsibility. that advocacy for independence of hong kong is against the law. power to the people! but today, before voting began, a small group staged a protest calling for universal suffrage. i spoke to one police officer under condition of anonymity. i think the law is always a weapon. i think they re now using it more to achieve their political or financial means. police in hong kong has been the force available to
missionary group is based, a protest calling for their release. palpable anger rising toward what they see as an incompetent government. this protester says these missionaries do things for us in our village the government doesn t. they ve handed the country over to the gang. we demand their release because these missionaries are everything for us here. people remain angry because there have been little updates from the government as to what if any progress is being made, though a government source says that s on purpose so as not to make negotiations any harder. it remains impossible to know how long the 17 missionaries will remain captive inside whatever location the gang has placed them. for father brion, it was nearly three weeks in total. he says the kidnappers play with time, they test the nerves of their victims, especially when they are negotiating so the victims can t lose faith. they need to keep their hopes up. in our case, our faith was our best ally. matt rivers, cnn,
windows. in the beginning they were giving us food once a day but by the end they stopped feeding us, they forced to us go hungry believes it was an intimidation tactic. a source tells us they believes the 17 missionaries could be going through a very similar situation right now, somewhere several miles down the road. made even more difficult by the fact that five of them are children, with the youngest being just eight months old. in the small town where the missionary group is based, a protest calling for their release. palpable anger rising to what they see as an incompetent government. this protesters says these missionaries do for us in our village that the government doesn t. they ve handed the country over to the gangs. we demand their release because these missionaries are everything for us here. people remain angry because there have been little updates by the government what though a government source says