Hong Kong Protesters Defy Rain to Demand Broader Democracy
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Tens of thousands of people defied heavy rain in Hong Kong yesterday to march on the 16th anniversary of the city’s handover to China to demand the government address a widening wealth gap and introduce broader democracy.
About 66,000 protesters were participating at the rally’s peak, a spokeswoman for the police, who asked not to be identified due to department policy, said by phone about 9 p.m. local time. The rally began about 2:30 p.m. in Victoria Park in the city’s Causeway Bay area and wound through the commercial and business district. Organizers said 430,000 people marched, Radio Television Hong Kong reported on its website.