Hong Kong police arrested 90 protesters during the demonstrations delayed local elections

Hong Kong police arrested 90 protesters during the demonstrations delayed local elections

(HONG KONG) – At least 90 people were arrested during the protests to return Sunday against the decision of the government elections for the legislature of Hong Kong, police and a news report he said. The elections were took place on Sunday, but Chief Executive Carrie Lam moved on July 31 for a year. Lam made a charge recovery in the crown cases, but critics said that his government worried about the opposition would win seats if the vote went ahead in the program. Anti-government protests have been 2019 to simplify in Hong Kong almost every weekend in June a planned extradition law and broke spread over demands for greater democracy and criticism of Beijing’s efforts include the control of the former British colony. On Sunday, in the Kowloon district of Yau Ma Tei on charges of assault and slogans of spreading pro-independence, police said on his Facebook page a woman arrested. They say these slogans are illegal set according to the new National Security Law in force. The Communist Party in power of decision, the law encouraged to impose in May, the complaints were bad promised for the autonomy of the region in which it was returned to China in 1997. Washington withdrew privileges in Hong Kong and other governments exposed extradition is granted and other trade agreements on the grounds that the area is not more than 7 million dependents. Also Sunday, police pepper balls at protesters in Kowloon’s Mong Kok, the South China Morning Post reported shot. At least 90 people were arrested, many of them illegal on charges of gathering, police said in a separate account social media. Situated in the Jordan, protesters raised one late banner choice criticized the Post said. “I want my right to vote!” Activist Leung Kwok-hung, known as Long Hair, was quoted as saying. The paper said Leung was arrested later.
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