HONG KONG: Hong Kong police used pepper spray Sunday to drive back hundreds of protesters angry at China’s decision to intervene in a row over whether two pro-independence lawmakers should be barred from the city’s legislature. Demonstrators later occupied a major intersection near the liaison office, leaving dozens of trams and buses stuck on the road. Hong Kong was handed over by Britain to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” deal which guaranteed its rights and freedoms for 50 years. Monday’s expected announcement will mark the fifth time since the handover that China has interpreted Hong Kong’s constitution. They draped themselves in banners reading “Hong Kong is not China” and altered the wording of their pledges to include derogatory terms and expletives.

Source: New Strait Times November 06, 2016 15:04 UTC