[Reuters, Hong Kong 3rd]-Reuters documented that the Hong Kong police had relaxed the guidelines on the use of force for the protest demonstration on October 1 of China National Day. Relaxing the guidelines will increase the police's ability to suppress demonstrations under severe circumstances.
According to the document, the police manual partially modified the guidelines on how police officers should behave when they consider using force, and deleted the wording that police officers should be responsible for their actions.
