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A 12-year-old girl arrested for protesting in Hong Kong
Reporter Kim Kyung-hee [email protected]
Check-in: 2020-09-07 18:33:47Revision: 2020-09-07 18:34:39Published: 2020-09-07 18:35:52 (p. 12)
When the Hong Kong government decided to postpone the legislative assembly elections to prevent the spread of Corona 19, the Hong Kong police arrested protesters protesting this on the 6th (local time) and are monitoring the streets. AFP Yonhap News
Local media reported that at least 289 people, including a 12-year-old girl, were arrested at a protest in Hong Kong on the 6th. In the process, at least nine people were injured and taken to hospital, one of whom is known. who was seriously injured.
Hong Kong media Myeongbo reported that 289 people were arrested the night before the 7th and that at least 9 people were taken to a hospital in the Mongkok area where the protests took place. Among those arrested, a 12-year-old girl is also controversial. The girl claims that she was captured by the police after arriving in the city to buy office supplies at the time of the protest. Photos and videos were published of three police officers surrounding the girl and throwing her to the ground.
Bongbyeon went out of town to buy stationery
Postponement of Legislative Assembly elections and protest against the security law
289 detained per day on day 6 … 9 injured
Police said on Facebook that the girl had a suspicious look, escaped and caught her, and had exerted low-intensity force. Meanwhile, some 100 people gathered in the streets and shouted slogans, and some said they were arrested for not obeying the dissolution order.
From 2:30 pm on the 6th, protests against the delay of the legislative elections and the application of the Hong Kong National Security Law (Hong Kong Security Law) took place in central areas such as Kowloon. Protesters organized through social media, such as Telegram, staged a guerrilla-style demonstration in the city center while the police refused to demonstrate due to the spread of Corona 19. Some protesters threw umbrellas at the police and police stations and they shouted slogans such as “Liberation of Hong Kong, revolution of the time”.
Since the implementation of the Hong Kong Security Law on June 30, shouting these slogans, which signify Hong Kong’s independence, can be severely punished. However, no serious physical collision occurred. Police said of the 289 arrested, 270 were arrested on charges of participating in an illegal assembly, and the rest were arrested on charges of making a fuss in public places or failing to produce identification cards.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Li Zhen defended Hong Kong police crackdown on protests at a regular briefing on the 7th. Reporter Kim Kyung-hee, some news from Yonhap
