HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologised on Monday after police hit a major mosque with water canon as they battled protesters during another day of political unrest in the Asian financial hub. In one instance, a cannon drenched the front gate and steps of the Kowloon mosque, Hong Kong’s most important Islamic place of worship where a few people had gathered including journalists. Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam (centre) exits the Kowloon Mosque, or Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre, in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong. Cleaners wash a vandalized bus stop outside Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre in Hong Kong’s tourism district Tsim Sha Tsui. Beijing has denied eroding Hong Kong’s freedoms and Xi has vowed to crush any attempt to split China.

Source: New Strait Times October 21, 2019 05:26 UTC