Hong Kong 5 months after protests started

In Hong Kong, a series of protests will begin, and it will be five months in the 9th, but a memorial gathering will be held in various places in response to the death of a university student who seems to have participated in the protests on the 8th. The youths are repelling, such as clashing with the police.

In Hong Kong, a university student who seems to have participated in the protests that took place on the 4th of this month, Zhou Peng-raku (22), fell in the hospital during the forced removal of the police and was being treated. In response to the death, memorial gatherings were held in various places.

Among them, many citizens gathered in the center of Hong Kong Island, and after praying with candles in hand, they said, “The police should stop violence”.

A 14-year-old boy who participated said, "I want the government to know what citizens want."

A woman in her 30s said with tears, "Why did young lives have to be lost? We should all look back."

In addition, young people wearing masks at various places blocked roads and set fires on the streets late at night, and according to local media, police officers surrounded by demonstrators in the downtown area of ​​Kowloon Peninsula It means that one shot was shot at the sky.

The series of protests lasted for five months in nine days, and more than 3,000 people have been arrested for participating in riots and illegal gatherings.

The Hong Kong government is preparing to further strengthen police control ahead of the constituency election on the 24th of this month.

Many citizens gather at the fall site

A lot of citizens and young people who heard the news that they had died visited one after another until late at night, and tens of thousands of people visited the parking lot constantly overflowing with thousands of people. You can see it.

The people were mourning for the death of college students, turning their flowers to silence and offering candles.

Late at night, young people in black clothes gathered on the road around the parking lot and started building a barricade.

One young man said, “I don't want to do something like respecting the memorial place, but the police are suddenly in trouble, so I ’m making a barricade to protect everyone.” It was.

Japanese teacher at a school where university students attended

Mr. Yoshio Nozawa, a teacher at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where Mr. Zhougaku, who passed away, attended NHK's telephone interview.

Mr. Nozawa said, “I had a serious conflict between the people who participated in the demonstration and the police, and I thought it would be a problem if I did that in my students. "I talked about my current feelings.

A graduation ceremony was held on the 8th at the university, and in the meantime, the news that Mr. Zhou died was conveyed.

Mr. Nozawa, who was attending the ceremony, looked back on the situation at the time, saying, “There was a contact with the president, and there was a long silence. I think the students in the same department as you are most shocked. "

In the afternoon, I saw a large number of young people wearing masks that I didn't see in the afternoon. `` There were things that were never seen in the university, such as the doors and tables of the cafeteria were broken, '' said Zhou-san's death, and the situation was further increased due to intense protests on campus They expressed concern about getting worse.