HONG KONG, May 25 — Video of Hong Kong protesters beating a lawyer was seized on by China's state media today, becoming a propaganda blow for the city's pro-democracy movement. The assault took place yesterday during a rally against a controversial security law proposed by Beijing that was broken...
Pro-democracy protesters gather in Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, ahead of planned protests against a proposal to enact new security legislation in Hong Kong May 24, 2020. — AFP pic
China plans to impose a new security law on Hong Kong that bans treason, subversion and sedition after months of massive, often-violent pro-democracy protests last year. Videos of pro-democracy protesters attacking opponents have been seized on by Beijing to portray them as violent radicals., posted the video of yesterday's assault on Twitter — a platform banned in mainland China.State newspaperChina has portrayed Hong Kong's protests as a foreign-backed plot to destabilise the motherland.
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