Hong Kong protesters stage shopping mall rallies, hoist 'Lady Liberty' statue above city

Record ID: 1436548

  • Title: Hong Kong protesters stage shopping mall rallies, hoist 'Lady Liberty' statue above city
  • Date: 13th October 2019
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) HONG KONG RIOT POLICE OFFICER FIRING TEAR GAS IN TSUEN WAN AS THEY ARE GETTING ON CAR, AND RELOADING VARIOUS TEAR GAS ON ROAD / POLICE CAR LEAVING POLICE GETTING DOWN FROM CAR TO CHASE PROTESTERS IN TSUEN WAN PROTESTER SITTING ON GROUND IN AN ARREST POLICE SUBDUING PROTESTER POLICE SUBDUING PROTESTER INSIDE DISCOVER PARK MALL IN TSUEN WAN PEOPLE SHOUTING AT POLICE AS THEY TAKE BOY INTO CUSTODY VARIOUS OF POLICE TAKING BOY INTO CUSTODY PROTESTERS GATHERING AT GENKI SUSHI CHAIN STORE INSIDE MALL STORE LOGO VARIOUS PROTESTERS VANDALIZING VENDING MACHINES / SIGN READING (English): "CHINAZI" BROKEN GLASS VANDALIZED WRITING ON VENDING MACHINE READING (English): "CHINAZI" VARIOUS PROTESTERS CARRYING 'LADY LIBERTY' STATUE UP TO HONG KONG'S LION ROCK (NIGHT SHOT) VARIOUS PROTESTERS HOISTING UP LADY LIBERTY ON LION ROCK (NIGHT SHOT) PROTESTER HOLDING STATUE (NIGHT SHOT) PROTESTER FIXING STATUE (NIGHT SHOT) (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) HONG KONG PROTESTER, ALEX, SAYING: (NIGHT SHOT) "Lately, we have noticed the voices emerging in society questioning our movements. A lot of us are getting tired as it (protest) has been going on for four months. We hope with this statue atop the Lion Rock, we can encourage everybody to stay the course to pursue the five demands." PROTESTERS DRILLING INTO ROCK BASE (NIGHT SHOT) WIND BLOWING OFF STATUE'S HELMET (NIGHT SHOT) (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) HONG KONG PROTESTER, ALEX, SAYING: (NIGHT SHOT) "I think (the Lion Rock spirit) can conclude Hong Kong people's culture identity in a general way, which can represent people who live in Hong Kong. As everyone all lives in the same land under the Lion Rock which I think is very interesting." VARIOUS PROTESTERS HOISTING UP STATUE'S HELMET (NIGHT SHOT) VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS ASSEMBLING FLAG ONTO STATUE (NIGHT SHOT) FLAG READING (Chinese and English): "REVOLUTION NOW" (NIGHT SHOT) STATUE (NIGHT SHOT) PROTESTERS LOOKING AT STATUE (NIGHT SHOT) LADY LIBERTY HOISTED ON LION ROCK LION ROCK
  • Embargoed: 27th October 2019 10:32
  • Keywords: Hong Kong China protests demonstration anti-emergency law extradition law five demands
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001B0XI2X3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists staged a cat-and-mouse game with riot police on Sunday (October 13), mounting protests in several shopping malls and chanting slogans such as "Free Hong Kong" until police arrived and then dispersing them amidst weekend shoppers.
    Some protesters vandalized shops and police made several arrests but in most cases the protests were peaceful.
    In the early hours, protesters scaled the city's Lion Rock peak and hoisted a large statue they called "Lady Liberty" to rally anti-government activists ahead of more planned demonstrations in the Asian financial hub.
    The three-meter (9-feet) statue, wearing a gas mask, helmet and protective goggles, was carried up the 500-meter (1,500-feet) peak in the dead of night by several dozen protesters, some wearing head lamps, during an overnight thunderstorm.
    It held a black banner that read "Revolution of our time, Liberate Hong Kong" and could be seen from the city below.
    (Production: Ronn Bautista, Joyce Zhou, Yoyo Chow, Juarawee Kittisilpa)
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