"We are heredeclare that Beijing is the one violating our governing values and judicial procedures," a 19-year-old protester who gave his first nameTony, told AFP. Organisers said some 430,000 people turned out. "Stop turning a deaf earthepeople's demands," Bonnie Leung, from the Civil Human Rights Front , told reporters after the march. "Carrie Lam really needsrespond and I hope we will see that soon. "On Saturday, the establishment mustered its own supporters in their tens of thousands for a rally, a gathering that was covered in detail by Chinese state media and pro-Beijing newspapers inFew see a political solutionthe crisis on the horizon.Steve Vickers, a former head of the police's Criminal Investigation Bureau before the handover who now runs a risk consultancy, said the public order situation would likely "worsen" in the coming weeks.

Source: Economic Times July 21, 2019 15:45 UTC