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Hong Kong protesters hold 11th week of protest with peaceful march

2019-08-19 119 Dailymotion

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Hong Kong gathered for a rally Sunday,...marking the eleventh week of protests and unrest that began with a now-suspended extradition bill.<br />For more on this and other news around the world, let's turn to our Kim Da-mi.<br />Dami, tell us more about this latest protest.<br />Mark, braving torrential downpours, hundreds of thousands of people returned to the streets of Hong Kong...this time at Victoria Park.<br />Victoria Park was the starting point of huge peaceful marches in June.<br />As protesters planned, the march remained peaceful throughout the day...for the first time in 4 weeks.<br />There was no use of tear gas by the police and people freely marched through the city with their umbrellas, including in the Causeway Bay and Wan Chai areas.<br />The police did approve the Sunday rally but still didn't allow a march to the Central district, fearing possible clashes like before.<br />But protesters marched anyway.<br />According to the organizers, around 1-point-7 million people participated in the demonstrations, but police tallied the number far lower at 128-thousand people.<br />The protests began back in June over a controversial, but now-scrapped extradition law.<br />But demonstrations now also focus on greater democratic freedoms, including an inquiry into alleged police brutality.<br />Fortunately, China's military, which was seen conducting exercises near Hong Kong, did not intervene in Sunday's protest.<br />But concerns remain that the Chinese government may use military from the mainland to crack down on the protesters.<br /><br /><br />

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