Monday, December 1, 2014

Hong Kong protesters clash head to head with police at government HQ,and it's brutal?!...see details here!!!

Protester detained by riot police - 1 December
It seems like December is not a good month for the Japanese...maybe!...???..
waking up this morning,the first news that spread allover the net was...Hong Kong police had clash with pro-democracy activists trying to surround government offices,and it's described by experts as to be one in some of the worst unrest in two months of protests.

A police officer uses a baton on a pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong. Photo: 1 December 2014

According to BBC,Protesters fought police armed with pepper spray and batons on roads around the camp in the Admiralty district.

Police say 40 people have been arrested and a number of officers were injured.
Police rush down Lung Wo road tunnel to clear pro-democracy protesters on December 1, 2014 in Hong Kong.

According to our gathering,we're told that,The protesters want the people of Hong Kong to be allowed to choose their leaders in the 2017 elections without interference from Beijing.
"The action was aimed at paralysing the government's operation,'' student leader Alex Chow was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.
reacting to that,The Chinese government has said it will allow universal suffrage, but will screen candidates for the chief executive post in advance.
The unrest flared late on Sunday, after student leaders of the protest 
movement called on supporters to converge on the offices of Chief Executive CY Leung on Lung Wo Road
The road is a short distance away from Connaught Road in Admiralty, the major road protesters have been occupying for two months.
The latest clashes come after China said it would not allow a UK parliamentary committee to enter Hong Kong as part of an inquiry into British relations with its former colony.

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