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Police Used Batons, Pepper Spray Against Protesters in Hong Kong

VOA News

   Anti-government protesters who fought running battles with police
   inside a Hong Kong shopping center were "rioters," city's pro-Beijing
   leader Carrie Lam said Monday.

   Lam supported the actions of police force, saying that police and
   prosecutors will press charges following investigations.
   Police used batons and pepper spray to disperse thousands of protesters
   who again took to the streets of a Hong Kong suburb Sunday to demand
   the complete withdrawal of a bill that would allow extraditions to
   mainland China, as well as Lam's resignation.

   The protest in Sha Tin was peaceful through most of the day, but
   scuffles broke out between police and the demonstrators as the day came
   to an end. Some protesters ran into a luxurious shopping complex where
   the scuffles continued.

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