[Hong Kong 4th Reuters]-Protests intensified on the 4th in Hong Kong where the “No Masking Mask Act” prohibiting demonstrators from covering their faces with masks etc. The boy was shot and became heavy.
On May 4, Hong Kong ’s Executive Secretary Carry Lam applied the “Emergency Situation Ordinance (Emergency Ordinance)”, which allows the Secretary to establish the necessary regulations for the public benefit in the event of an emergency. Announced to introduce the “Mask Prohibition Law”, which prohibits the entire face from being covered with a mask. The urgent regulations will be applied for the first time after returning to Hong Kong.
Under the emergency regulations, in addition to issuing a night out prohibition order, media censorship, port and transport management, etc. will be possible. However, Secretary Lam did not devise measures other than the prohibition of wearing a mask. [nL3N26P1UO]
However, protests intensified due to the enactment of the masking prohibition law. While the Chinese flag was burned everywhere, shopping centers and banks in the downtown area of Hong Kong Island closed early on that day.
According to the police, demonstrators in the New Territory of Genkai threw flame bottles at the police officers, who shot them for defense. The local media reported that a 14-year-old boy was shot. According to the hospital, the boy is heavy.
In the downtown area of Hong Kong Island, Causeway Bay, the Bank of China (Hong Kong) was surrounded by protesters, and in the Kowloon area on the other side of the bank, the glass of a Chinese insurance company branch was broken.
The Hong Kong Macau Secretariat, which is in charge of Hong Kong policy in the Chinese government, stated in a statement and expressed support for the measures taken by Secretary Lam that the protests were developing into a “color revolution”. Some tourists and retailers are being hit by protests, and some Hong Kong companies also support Lam ’s actions, saying “resolute measures are needed for convergence of violence” Was also asked.
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