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Gotta tell you all what a usual weekday for me turned out to be today.
If you don't already know, tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong are protesting against the China extradition bill, which is scheduled to be passed as law next week. Today we all expected a protest to happen near the government building, which is just next to the building where my office is at, but no one knew how big it would be. When I arrived in the office in the morning, I was shocked to see that all the main roads were occupied by protectors. But they were peaceful and rather harmless, with slogans and chanting etc.
Things got ugly when they tried to enter the government building protest area. The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at everyone they saw in their way...I.saw all what happened from my office. In the afternoon we were told to evacuate from the office but traffic came to a complete standstill. I went to the protest area with my colleagues and just when we arrived police started to disperse the crowds with increased force... They literally just fired randomly and even at women or teenagers who were unarmed. Some people who could not escape in time got beaten up badly by a number of armed policemen surrounding him. The area was rather posh so it was shocking to see injured people lying on the floor of big shopping malls waiting to be treated.
I am appalled by what happened and I've never seen anything like that happen in my home city in my whole life. In response to the protest, the governmen accused the protectors of starting a riot (while most of them were peaceful and weaponless) and insisted to have lawmakers debate the bill! It's ridiculous how defiant the government is in face of opposition and it'll only further anger the public. The protest will likely go on some time with people going on strikes and schools shutting down. China wants to rule Hong Kong with terror but we aren't going to back down easily.
If you don't already know, tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong are protesting against the China extradition bill, which is scheduled to be passed as law next week. Today we all expected a protest to happen near the government building, which is just next to the building where my office is at, but no one knew how big it would be. When I arrived in the office in the morning, I was shocked to see that all the main roads were occupied by protectors. But they were peaceful and rather harmless, with slogans and chanting etc.
Things got ugly when they tried to enter the government building protest area. The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at everyone they saw in their way...I.saw all what happened from my office. In the afternoon we were told to evacuate from the office but traffic came to a complete standstill. I went to the protest area with my colleagues and just when we arrived police started to disperse the crowds with increased force... They literally just fired randomly and even at women or teenagers who were unarmed. Some people who could not escape in time got beaten up badly by a number of armed policemen surrounding him. The area was rather posh so it was shocking to see injured people lying on the floor of big shopping malls waiting to be treated.
I am appalled by what happened and I've never seen anything like that happen in my home city in my whole life. In response to the protest, the governmen accused the protectors of starting a riot (while most of them were peaceful and weaponless) and insisted to have lawmakers debate the bill! It's ridiculous how defiant the government is in face of opposition and it'll only further anger the public. The protest will likely go on some time with people going on strikes and schools shutting down. China wants to rule Hong Kong with terror but we aren't going to back down easily.