HONG KONG — The Chinese government on Tuesday denounced those protesters in Hong Kong who stormed the city’s legislature as “extreme radicals,” and urged the police and government to hold them responsible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the demonstrators had carried out “serious and illegal acts” that “trampled on the rule of law” during a daylong protest on Monday. “We strongly condemn this behavior,” Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the ministry, told reporters at a regular news conference in Beijing. The remarks were a stern warning to protesters after weeks of demonstrations against a contentious bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China.

Source: International New York Times July 02, 2019 12:33 UTC