Chaos as Hong Kong protesters take over parliamentA protester daubs black paint over the Hong Kong emblem in parliament after protesters broke into the government headquartersHONG KONG - It started with an attempt Monday by hundreds of protesters to force a street vendor's trolley through the glass frontage of Hong Kong's parliament building. The symbol of the defiance was a single anti-government protester spraying black aerosol over the Bauhinia flower that marks Hong Kong's flag and distinguishes the semi-autonomous territory from the mainland. "There's no excuse for it," said Philip Dykes, of the Hong Kong Bar Association. In the assembly hall Monday, another group of protesters unfurled an old colonial Hong Kong flag. But they were re-grouping after midnight, baton-charging protesters on a highway near the parliament building.

Source: Bangkok Post July 01, 2019 18:11 UTC