- Title: Protesters hit Hong Kong malls
- Date: 21st December 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (DECEMBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTESTORS BREAKING RESTAURANT WINDOWS BROKEN WINDOW AND GLASS ON FLOOR RIOT POLICE PASSING BY THE RESTAURANT VARIOUS OF RIOT POLICE ON THE MOVE IN THE MALL RIOT POLICE MOVING TOWARDS PROTESTER MORE OF POLICE ON GUARD IN MALL (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) 34-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG RESIDENT, ERIC WONG, SAYING: "The main problem is that they (the police) did nothing. They are looking at a screen with videos showing people holding weapons, chasing the black-shirt people and beating them. They, the police, didn't come out to mediate and stop them, allowing them to hit others in the metro station. They arrived 39 minutes after the incident. I think it's very unreasonable." (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) 23-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG RESIDENT, MS. NG, SAYING: "It has already been so long after the attack and the government didn't respond. I think it is very out of line. Even if we asked them to investigate this incident, they still refused and are reluctant. For citizens who witnessed the whole incident, we feel furious. It's unfair." VARIOUS OF PROTESTORS SITTING ON THE FLOOR BLACK-CLAD PROTESTER THROWING DOG FOOD ON FLOOR AND UNDERCOVER POLICE SHOWING HIS POLICE ID PLAINCLOTHES POLICE ARRESTING PROTESTER DOG FOOD ON FLOOR PLAINCLOTHES POLICE ARRESTING PROTESTER VARIOUS OF MASKED PROTESTERS MARCHING NEXT TO CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS VARIOUS OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUTSIDE SHOPPING MALL POLICE ON GUARD
- Embargoed: 4th January 2020 10:41
- Keywords: China Christmas Hong Kong Yuen Long five demands protest shopping mall
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001BAX341Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hundreds of protesters gathered in several Hong Kong malls on Saturday (December 21), a day after Hong Kong police arrested a man who fired a single shot with a pistol, saying they believed the suspect was linked to the anti-government protest movement.
In Yuen Long, hundreds of black-clad protesters held a sit-in to mark the five-month anniversary of an attack in a train station by an armed mob who beat up innocent bystanders and protesters. Police were criticized at the time for not responding quickly enough to calls for help, and for not arresting any alleged culprits on the scene.
In the Harbour City mall in Tsim Sha Tsui, small groups of protesters also gathered, in one instance surrounding several men they claimed to be undercover police officers, calling them "black dogs". Dozens of riot police later swept through the mall, chasing some protesters off amid heated scenes and cursing. Some shops were forced to close.
The protesters are angry at perceived Chinese meddling in the city's freedoms guaranteed under the "one country, two systems" formula when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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