Hong Kong Protesters Demand Probe of Li’s Death as Hu Visits
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Protesters gathered in Hong Kong’s central Wan Chai district to demand China investigate the death of dissident Li Wangyang as President Hu Jintao addressed a welcome dinner hosted by the city’s government.
Some of the hundreds of residents, who included students and legislators, also called on the Chinese leadership to change its verdict on the 1989 pro-democracy protests that led to the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Demonstrators banged drums, shouted slogans and held banners yesterday as hundreds of police filled the streets around the site.