Police and Protesters Clashed in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Police and protesters clashed in Hong Kong on Saturday as the demonstrators took to the streets of the city for yet another weekend of protests against the government. Protesters had wanted to gather in Causeway Bay to call for international aid to support the months-long social movement in the city, reports the South China Morning Post. But before the event even began tensions flared outside the park with officers pepper-spraying one man and arresting him. Police also conducted body searches on those wearing masks and fired tear gas to disperse a crowd on Hennessy Road. The illegal rally, alongside three authorised ones in Central and Tsim Sha Tsui, marks the 22nd straight weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong. At least three rounds of tear gas were fired soon inside Victoria Park, where protesters had gathered in defiance of a police ban against an anti-government rally. (IANS)

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