“Significant quantities of homemade explosives ready to be used were seized [along with] and an enormous quantity of precursor chemicals ready to be manufactured into yet more homemade explosives – over 2,500kg of chemicals”, McWhirter said. He said Hong Kong had faced “an ongoing bombing campaign … that has been both violent and indiscriminate”. Some in Hong Kong questioned the timing of the raids and accused police of being heavy-handed. Trust in the Hong Kong government and police force has plummeted over the past six months. Hui Nick Lam, a district councillor for Tai Po, told Hong Kong Free Press the police had gone “overboard”.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2020 08:03 UTC