Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday in light of the special circumstances in recent events, participants under the age of 18 who were involved in vandalism and violent clashes within the campus should be treated in a very humanitarian way. "If they come out peacefully, we will just put down their data. So we make a record of their personal data, and they may leave the campus," Lam said.
It is reported that, due to vandalism by rioters at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Rock S. Tuan, the university's president, has applied for 1.4 billion HK dollars to restore the campus. A huge amount of money is needed after the wanton destruction that took place across the city, but who will pay for it?
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday that the voluntary and charitable activities by soldiers and officers from the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison should not be over-interpreted.
During a disturbing event that took pace on Monday night, rioters in Hong Kong besieged a group of police officers and tossed bricks at them, stopping police from sending injured protestors to the local hospital.
The violence in Hong Kong has escalated since June. In a latest video, political leaders from across the world have called for an end to the violence and chaos in Hong Kong.
An interview with Mrs Lee, wife of the man who was set on fire by a masked radical outside Hong Kong's Ma On Shan MTR station on Nov 11, reveals the victim's current condition and the story after the incident.
A group of residents came out Saturday spontaneously to clear barricades erected by radicals on the Pok Fu Lam Road near the University of Hong Kong main campus on Hong Kong Island.
Anti-government rioters' recent violent acts are one step closer to terrorism, a police spokesman said on Thursday. The remark by John Tse Chun-chung, chief superintendent of the Police Public Relations Branch at a media briefing, came as Hong Kong endured the fourth consecutive day of widespread vandalism to the city's transportation systems and university campuses, as well as indiscriminate attacks on people in Hong Kong.
On Nov 17, rioters set fire on a pedestrian flyover at Hung Hom, causing multiple explosions loud enough to be heard from a block away. They threw firebombs that set an armored police vehicle on fire. In a statement, the police said that the rioters threw tens of gasoline bombs at the police within just half an hour.
On Nov 17 in Hung Hom, rioters attacked police officers with lethal weapons fired from their stronghold in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. They rampantly hurled petrol bombs at pedestrian flyovers at Cross Harbour Tunnel to fend off the police, causing a wall of fire and multiple explosions.
The violence in Hong Kong has escalated since June. Political leaders and people from all walks of life have constantly called for an end to the violence and chaos in Hong Kong.
