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Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily by fieryscribe on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:51PM (#20204868)
> Eleven protesters were arrested on suspicion of unlawful assembly, assaulting police, disorderly conduct in a public place, and other riot-related offenses, according to the police.

Protestors were arrested while being treated in hospitals, because the police used a backdoor that the Hospital Authority installed in hospitals: https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/06/17/police-can-access-full...

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Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily by wybiral on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:58PM (#20204950)
Also "Eleven protesters were arrested on suspicion" is a pretty low percentage of incidents for a 2 million or so strong protest. That to me sounds like pretty good evidence that it's largely very peaceful.
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Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily by ltbarcly3 on Monday June 17, 2019 @01:01PM (#20204990)
Cracking down on a massive popular protest against overreach would just be counter productive to Chinese interests. My guess is that these eleven are not just random protesters, but were either identified as leaders or will be used to send a message.
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Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily by fieryscribe on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:00PM (#20206254)
They were arrested for last week's protest of approx. 1m people, not Sunday's. According to some estimates, the police injured 70+ people and arrested 11.

It's pretty shocking for us HKers, as the police used to be trusted and looked upon very favorably. That trust has deteriorated since the Umbrella Revolution.

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