With no community coronavirus infections for more than a week, Hong Kong residents packed beaches and shops Friday, the Labor Day public holiday, in signs of normality returning. For some, that meant resuming hostilities with the government.
HONG KONG——Riot police used pepper spray to clear demonstrators from a shopping mall Friday, the first clash in months as the city’s antigovernment movement sought to revive protests after a lull during the coronavirus pandemic.
After police banned the annual May Day protest organized by trade unions, riot officers were out in force across the city, which has imposed a law prohibiting more than four people gathering as part of social-distancing efforts to tackle the virus.
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