Extremists rioted in the streets of Hong Kong in an attempt to disrupt the approval of a law that criminalizes Western interference in the domestic politics of this administrative region of the PRC.
As reported on Wednesday, May 27, the Reuters agency, hundreds of special forces soldiers lined up near the parliament. In addition, around the building a two-meter fence was built from plastic containers filled with water.
Meanwhile, in different parts of the city, radicals are building barricades on the roads from garbage bins and other improvised means, blocking traffic. Even schoolchildren are participating in anti-government actions, on behalf of whom pro-Western forces on the eve issued an open appeal calling for “strike”.
Demonstrators also broke into one of the shopping centers. They chanted the slogans: “Free Hong Kong” and “Independence from Hong Kong is the only way out.” Protesters quickly retreated when police vans spotted on the street.
According to media reports, security officials have already launched tear gas to disperse particularly violent radicals in central Hong Kong. In addition, law enforcement officers have already detained at least 16 people aged 14 to 40 years for carrying weapons and other violations.
Hong Kong Anti-Government Protests
In June 2019, mass rallies began in Hong Kong, accompanied by pogroms and clashes with the police. The official reason for the protests was the extradition bill. If adopted, Hong Kong would be able to detain and extradite persons wanted by Chinese security forces to Beijing.
The demonstrators were openly supported by Western countries, in particular the United States and Great Britain. The protests themselves continued even after the authorities refused to pass the law. The most absurd occasions were invented for the campaign. For example, at the end of August last year, the radicals smashed subway stations allegedly because of poor quality of service, and also demolished smart lampposts that collect information about road traffic and the level of air pollution. The fact is that the protesters discerned in them a system of total surveillance by the authorities.
Shares in Hong Kong stopped amid the coronavirus pandemic and resumed in late April. A series of actions took place on May 1, and ten days later, riots broke out in Hong Kong with barricades and arson. Against this background, the Chinese government decided to introduce a law on national security in Hong Kong.
The document, among other things, criminalizes foreign interference and undermining state power in this administrative region of China. Thus, the implementation of anti-government activities is complicated here and the US Department of State has already demanded that Beijing not prevent Washington from interfering in Hong Kong affairs.
On Sunday, riots broke out in the city again. The brutality of the radicals forced the security forces to disperse those using water cannons and tear gas. Over 180 especially violent law-breakers were detained, and one of the key American henchmen in Hong Kong exponentially appealed to the United States to legislatively protect extremists acting for Washington’s interests.