It is noted that since the beginning of the protests on June 9, the police used tear gas more than a thousand times and detained more than 500 people.

Earlier, the head of the administration of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, said that the demonstrators were trying to destroy the city.

Large-scale protests in Hong Kong began in June due to the consideration of amendments to the law on extradition: if approved, they will allow Hong Kong to extradite suspects to jurisdictions with which it does not have an extradition agreement, including Taiwan, Macao and mainland China.