New demonstrations and repression in Hong Kong | Chronic

Special police forces on Monday cracked down on thousands of protesters demonstrating in Hong Kong since Saturday with tear gas, rubber bullets and fire-fighting cars, a situation that led to a general strike in Hong Kong. which subway workers and airports joined, among others, and that ended with about 80 inmates.

The protesters crossed seven districts of the city and came to besiege at least five police stations, prompting officers to try to disperse them with tear gas.

Those who protested defended themselves with umbrellas and improvised shields and, late at night, some set fire to bins located a few meters from the agents and threw stones and eggs at the front of the police stations. to show their rejection of what they thought was excessive. use of force by the police in the last two months.

The force stated that she had arrested 82 people for "to revolt, to demonstrate illegally, to attack agents, to hinder their work and to possess offensive weapons", In addition to the arrests over the weekend, there are already more than 500 arrests since 9 June, when the protests began.

Groups dressed in white, reappearing in the night, belonging to so-called triads – organized crime groups – had metal bars to beat those dressed in black, the favorite color of the pro-democracy protesters.

The strike paralyzed several parts of the city, which had its first strike since 1967, blocking tunnels and occupying streets in areas as iconic as the Admiralty district.
The Hong Kong government's labor ministry has asked companies to understand their workers, the South China Morning Post reported.

The police have repeatedly warned the protesters to stop their activities. "illegal activity " and withdrew from the street, but they responded by wearing banners against the government and singing songs claiming Hong Kong's freedom.

The strike has resulted in significant follow-up in the transport sector, and the decommissioning of subway lines and buses, as well as delays and cancellations of flights on the financial center, generating new crossings, this time between pbadengers and protesters .

The chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, Monday offered a press conference during which he left almost unchanged the remarks of his previous appearances before the reporters, reported the agency EFE.

Lam warned that violence that "has been increased", he complained because "the protests have gone beyond the draft law on extradition " and warned that the scale of the demonstrations "seriously undermined the legality in Hong Kong, pushing the city to the limit. "

It is that this unprecedented situation originated in an extradition bill – left unresolved – that allowed citizens of the island to be delivered to Mainland China.

But the demands have increased after the total withdrawal of the text, a thorough investigation of police brutality during demonstrations and the implementation of universal suffrage.

Lam confirmed that he would remain in office and, faced with criticism of police brutality, he asked the "huge pressure"That the forces of the order lasted nine weeks when the demonstrations began.

"(They) have seriously violated Hong Kong 's law and order and put pressure on our city, the city we all love and that many of us have helped to build. They put it on the edge of a very dangerous situation, " said the president.

"It's time to return to order, the government is determined to do it" Lam remarked, who is supported by Beijing.

The protests led to broader demands on the city's democratic mechanisms, whose sovereignty was reconquered by China in 1997, with the commitment to maintain the structures until 2047. put in place by the British.