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Lam: Emergency powers needed to deal with ‘extreme violence’
HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said today that “extreme violence” in the Asian financial hub had justified her decision to invoke emergency powers for the first time in half a century, following a night of violent protests. Transport
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Another teen shot after HK imposes emergency powers
Hong Kong police shot and wounded another teenage boy yesterday, as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after its embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers, last used more than 50 years ago. Lam, speaking at a
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Hang your boots, Dr M tells HK leader
PUCHONG: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad urged Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to resign following massive anti-government protests that has been running for the last four months. He also predicted that China would crackdown on the protestors, sooner or
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Hong Kong to invoke emergency powers to stem protests
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government is expected to discuss sweeping emergency laws today, that would include banning face masks at protests, two sources told Reuters, as the Chinese-ruled territory grapples with an escalating cycle of violence. Authorities have already loosened
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Hong Kong protesters on a rampage after police shooting of a teenager
HONG KONG: Hong Kong anti-government demonstrators clashed with police into the early hours of today, venting their anger over a policeman’s shooting and wounding of a teenager earlier in the week, as months of protests show no sign of letting
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Hong Kong protests: Police shoot teen protester
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police shot a teenage protester yesterday, the first to be hit by live ammunition in almost four months of unrest in the Chinese-ruled city, amid violent clashes on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the
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Hong Kong on edge ahead of Chinese anniversary
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened today, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central
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Hong Kong protesters get busy ahead of China National Day
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters have set themselves a busy schedule for today, rebuilding “Lennon Walls” of anti-government graffiti and marking the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella” street movement that gridlocked the city for weeks. Thousands of protesters rallied
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Carrie Lam given a dressing down by public at first dialogue
Hong Kong residents turned on leader Carrie Lam yesterday, criticising her for curbing electoral freedoms as she began the first “open dialogue” session with the public in a bid to end more than three months of sometimes violent protests. Lam
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Malaysia’s football match in HK postponed due to protests
The international friendly football match between Hong Kong and Malaysia scheduled to take place at the Hong Kong Stadium on Oct 15 has been postponed indefinitely. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), in a statement today, informed that the decision to
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