China lashes out at Hong Kong protest targeting its office

By NADIA LAM, The Associated Press

HONG KONG — China on Monday harshly criticized a weekend demonstration in which eggs were thrown at its office in Hong Kong, accusing the demonstrators of violence without mentioning a violent attack against protesters and civilians the same night.

A group of protesters targeted China’s Liaison Office on Sunday night after more than 100,000 people marched through the city to demand democracy and an investigation into the use of force by police to disperse crowds at earlier protests.

Pro-democracy lawmaker Claudia Mo said there was “more than apparent” involvement from the triad, a branch of organized crime in Hong Kong.

“What happened last night doesn’t seem accidental in any way,” Mo said. “It’s all organized.”

Video of the attacks in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long neighborhood showed protesters wearing the movement’s black shirts being beaten by men in white shirts wielding steel pipes and wooden poles. Those under attack retreated into the trains, intimidated by the gangs of men waiting for them outside the turnstiles. The attackers then entered the trains and beat the people inside as they tried to defend themselves with umbrellas. They eventually retreated.

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