Footage of gangs of masked men wearing white T-shirts and attacking pedestrians and anti-government demonstrators with bats, sticks and metal poles went viral on social media. FMTNews Triad
HONG KONG: Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left dozens wounded, a dramatic escalation of the political turmoil plaguing the Chinese city.
Hospital authorities said 45 people were wounded in the attack, with one man in critical condition and five others with serious injuries. Lam Cheuk-ting, a pro-democracy lawmaker, was one of those wounded in the melee, sustaining lacerations to his face and arms.“Their very barbaric and violent acts have already completely violated the bottom line of Hong Kong’s civilised society,” he told reporters early Monday.Furious fellow pro-democracy lawmakers held a press conference on Monday where they accused the city’s pro-Beijing leaders of turning a blind eye to the attacks.
Similar assaults by pro-government vigilantes against demonstrators during the 2014 “Umbrella Movement” protests were blamed on triads. The city’s parliament was trashed by protesters earlier this month, as Beijing’s authority faces its most serious challenge since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997.As the mob rampage unfolded in Yuen Long police were simultaneously battling hardcore democracy protesters in the middle of the city’s commercial district.
Xinhua added the demonstration “blatantly challenged the authority of the central government” and was “absolutely intolerable”.
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