Protests Erupt in Central Hong Kong on Movement’s Anniversary
- Demonstrators gather downtown as police disperse crowd
- June 9 marks one year since first mass anti-extradition march
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Hundreds of protesters converged on Hong Kong’s Central business district, defying police warnings of unlawful assembly to mark the one-year anniversary of the first major march against since-scrapped legislation allowing extradition to China.
Crowds took to the streets Tuesday night and disrupted evening traffic as dozens of police in riot gear charged to try and disperse protesters. Officers fired pepper spray, according to the South China Morning Post. Police arrested 53 people in Central as of early Wednesday, according to a government statement.