Hundreds of protesters marched through festive Hong Kong shopping malls on Thurs...
HONG KONG - Hundreds of protesters marched through festive Hong Kong shopping malls on Thursday, aiming to disrupt business in the Asian financial hub for a third day over the Christmas holidays, with riot police deployed in the event of unrest.
The turnout on Thursday was smaller than on the previous two days, but dozens of riot police patrolled the outskirts of shopping centers on the Kowloon peninsula and in the rural New Territories. Some officers entered the malls to observe chanting black-clad protesters. On Thursday, police detained several people at a mall in rural Tai Po, located far north of the city’s financial center earlier on Thursday, public broadcaster RTHK said.
China denies interfering, saying it is committed to the “one country, two systems” formula put in place at that time, and blames foreign forces for fomenting unrest.
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