Activists confronted Hong Kong police officers at the transit station after authorities stopped and searched people. The incident follows days of protests against an extradition bill that would allow the transfer of criminal suspects to mainland China.
More protesters are expected to take to the streets Tuesday after hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest the government’s proposal to change an extradition law.
“The extradition bill does a key thing -- it undermines the validity and legitimacy of the Hong Kong legal system,” Winnie King, a specialist in Chinese international political economy and international relations at the University of Bristol, told ABC News. “One of the key central pillars of Hong Kong's identity and history, it is at the foundation of the island's strengths , the extradition bill illustrates how China's influence is no longer 'creeping' in nature.
The mass demonstrations have been organized by a group called Civil Human Rights Front, but the sheer numbers involved on Sunday , shows that the issue is supported by a cross-section of Hong Kong society. “Logistically it would have been very challenging for the organizers to get such a turnout so quickly,” he said.
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