Student protesters in Hong Kong tell ABC News that they have been subject to mysterious, anonymous intimidation efforts. They say they’ve even received messages threatening that their families will be killed.
Protesters who've taken pro-democracy demonstrations to the streets of Hong Kong every weekend since early June are preparing for another tumultuous weekend in the city of 7.4 million people as they refuse to buckle to Beijing's demands to curb their rebellion.
"I think it symbolizes fighting for freedom," one of the high school students, who asked not to be identified, told ABC News of what the protests meant to her."If it's my parents, they don't actually support me. They think I'm here to ruin everything," the student said. The demonstrators have also asked Lam to resign and allow a democratic election to elect her successor.
Under the constitutional principle of"One Country, Two Systems," China had agreed to keep its hands off the freedoms Hong Kong residents have enjoyed as a semi-autonomous territory. But protesters said the Chinese government has exercised its power to curb democracy in Hong Kong in violation of the agreement.
Chinese officials alleged that protesters"have begun to show signs of terrorism," and China appeared to be weighing a crackdown on the democratic movement.
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