Hong Kong protest group vows new rallies, rejects city leader's comments
1 year agoHong Kong's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam announces that a widely loathed proposal to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland "is dead" - but she again stopped short of protester demands to immediately withdraw the bill
1 year ago"There are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries (about) whether the government will restart the process with the Legislative Council. So I reiterate here, there is no such plan. The bill is dead," Carrie Lam says
China regarded the violent actions of some protesters in HongKongProtest as an "undisguised challenge" to the one country, two systems formula under which the city is ruled, state television reported on Tuesday.
HongKong Gov Press conference: In response to the question about resignation, Carrie Lam said: I've apologised for the insufficient work surrounding the Bill, there is much more work to be done.
1 year agoAt a 4am press conference, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, Secretary for Security John Lee and police chief Stephen Lo condemned Monday evening's occupation of Hong Kong's Legislative Council.
1 year agoPolice chief Stephen Lo said the withdrawal of police officers from LegCo prior to the evening occupation as a "temporary retreat" due to the environment and the tactics used by protesters.
![[00:35 HKT] Police ready to enter Legco](https://hongkong.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/07/01/21861911_0.jpg)
1 year ago[00:35 HKT] Police ready to enter Legco
1 year agoLawmaker Roy Kwong is covering protestors to leave from Admiralty Centre #AntiELAB
1 year agoLianyu Wall is commonly known as The Lennon Wall, is guarded by a large number of riot police.
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters and riot police on the crossing of Tim Mei Avenue and Harcourt Road.
1 year agoTear gas fired on Lung Wo and LegCo Road.
1 year agoHongKong police fire tear gas to disperse anti-extraditionbill protesters after they stormed into Legco for several hours
1 year agoPolice clearing LegCo Road with big numbers and force. Multiple tear gas canisters fired. Police holding bean bag guns.
1 year agoPolice just fired tear gas at protesters outside Legco.
1 year agoPolice preparing in heavy force on Fenwick Pier St
1 year agoEuropean Union weighs in, saying the actions to break in the legco "are not representative of the vast majority" as they call on protesters to exercise restraint
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters all geared up as police near from Wan Chai. Helmets, masks and gloves on. "We are not defending the barricade at all cost, we just need to buy time for those behind us to leave," shouts one.
1 year agoHong Kong Police Force: The LegCo Building was violently attacked and forced to enter illegally. The police severely condemned the violent attack. The police will conduct sweeping in a short period of time and will take reasonable force.The police also appeal unrelated protestors to leave the vicinity.
1 year agoFull statement from the HongKong gov't in response to the July1 protests and unrest at the legislature
Police announced that they will be clearing the scene shortly. As news spread, #antiELAB protesters are urging those who need to go, to leave and that a safe exit through the other end of Lung Wo Road is possible.
![[22:36 HKT] Still around 200-300 protestors and press inside Legco chamber.](https://hongkong.liveuamap.com/pics/2019/07/01/21861876_0.jpg)
1 year ago[22:36 HKT] Still around 200-300 protestors and press inside Legco chamber.
1 year agoSpeakers chair and Hong Kong SAR emblem defaced in LegCo. And that's a Hong Kong Colonial flag too. #antiELAB
Organizer crowd estimate for today's July 1 march: 550,000.
1 year agoThe Legislative Council chamber has been taken over by protesters, the Beijing-imposed HK emblem defaced, and the old British colonial flag (assoc. with HK independence) draped at the front.
1 year ago"This is a complete trap, I'm sorry that people played into it," pro dem lawmaker Fernando Cheung says inside the chamber. Says police could have easily cleared protesters earlier but allowed this to happen.
1 year ago#antiELAB protesters have occupied Legco chamber
1 year agoProtesters inside LegCo chamber.
1 year agoProtesters smash up portraits of Legislative Council presidents outside the chamber
1 year ago#HongKongProtest hundreds of protesters finding their way through the floors of Legco.
