Hong Kong residents took to the streets during a new day of protests that resulted in severe repression

The clashes took place one day after violent incidents in which the police also attacked the participants from a concentration in Yuen Long, a city close to the Chinese border.

This Sunday, a group of about 200 protesters went to the Chinese government's liaison office with Hong Kong where they met a contingent of riot police who were guarding the building., whose facade was already dirty last week with eggs and graffiti.

Police called on protesters to end their "illegal meeting" before the release of gas and rubber bullets.

Protesters reacted by throwing bricks and pebbles, but were repulsed by police officers holding clubs.

AFP journalists have seen several agents make arrests. Two journalists were treated after being wounded and a protester had a bloody face.

The clashes ended abruptly at 11:30 pm when the demonstrators, in a coordinated fashion, quickly left the area. entering by different access to underground stations.

Another crowd, more numerous, had concentrated early in the popular shopping district of Causeway Bay, where the presence of the police was more limited. They demonstrated, erected barricades and blocked a main road, while the shops closed.

The crowd focused on the heart of Hong Kong Police had allowed a static demonstration in a park but had forbidden them to walk the streets.

"I have mixed feelings when seeing young people sacrificing their future for Hong Kong" Marcus, a 22-year-old student, told AFP.

On Saturday, riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets at Yuen Long after clenching in the face of protesters, some of whom threw objects and circled a police van.

In the town's train station, violent clashes left puddles of blood on the ground.

The protesters of Yuen Long protested against the aggression of pro-democracy activists last Sunday, attributed to the violent gangs known as "triads". According to hospital sources, these incidents resulted in 45 injuries.

At night, clashes took place between riot police and protesters. Police reported 13 arrests, including that of a young activist, Max Chung – who had managed the permit for the walk to Yuen Long – under charge of inciting an illegal meeting.

The previous attack of protesters against the Chinese government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong on July 21 was a new challenge for the Beijing authorities following the emergence of the Hong Kong parliament earlier this month.

Hong Kong is in the worst crisis in recent history for seven weeks, with gigantic peaceful demonstrations against the local government, pro-Beijing. But, similarly, clashes took place between radical respondents and the police.

The demonstrations have arisen following a controversial bill to facilitate extradition to Chinabut they resulted in a broader movement calling for democratic reforms, in a worrying context in the face of Beijing's alleged growing interference in the internal affairs of British excolony, which was pushed back to China in 1997.

Beijing condemned the acts of violence, which it described as "absolutely intolerable", but let the local authorities solve the crisis alone.

In Beijing, The Hong Kong and Macao Business Office has announced that it will give a press conference Monday afternoon.

Hong Kong's head of government, Carrie Lam, has not expressed a desire to reconsider her policies or to take the measures that the protesters have advocated, beyond the suspension of the controversial draft law. extradition.