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" Those who play with fire will perish by the fire, " warned, Tuesday, August 6, a senior official of the Chinese government to the Hong Kong protesters who have been defying for two months the communist regime in Beijing. For their part, the protesters held an unusual press conference.
" Never underestimate the strong determination and the immense power of the central government ," Hong Kong Office spokesman Yang Guang told reporters at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday. Macau, after a general strike and a new demonstration that ended in violence in the former British colony.
This warning is the strongest launched by Beijing since the beginning of the protest in early June 2019, provoked by a bill to allow extradition to the rest of China. The implementation of this project has been suspended but protests continue and take an increasingly violent turn, protestors calling for the final burial of the bill and the head of the head of the local executive, Carrie Lam, supported by the communist regime.
" It must be very clear to the very small group of violent and unscrupulous criminals and the disgusting forces behind them: those who play with fire will perish by the fire, " Yang Guang insisted. " In the end, they will be punished ." The man reaffirmed Beijing's support for Ms. Lam and the Hong Kong police in her crackdown on protests. The Chinese regime, which does not tolerate the protest in mainland China, has so far refused to intervene on the spot, leaving the Hong Kong law enforcement to handle the situation. Last week, the Chinese army, however, broadcast a threatening video showing its soldiers busy suppressing a riot in the metropolis returned to China in 1997.
Protesters press conference
Also on August 6, three members of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong wearing a mask organized a very unusual press conference in order, according to them, not to leave the monopoly of communication to the city executive who is aligned with Beijing. . Dressed in the now emblematic outfit of the protest, a black t-shirt and a yellow hard hat, two young men and a young woman wearing masks spoke in front of the media.
" This platform aims to counterbalance the government's monopoly on political discourse on this ," said one of the three members, assuring that none spoke on behalf of any political movement or party . In addition, the three people presented this press point as being given " by the people, for the people ". " We call on the government to empower the people and respond to the demands of the citizens of Hong Kong, " they said, reading statements in English and Cantonese.
" The quest for democracy, freedom and equality is for every citizen an inalienable right. We call on the government not to exterminate this right, "they said. The protesters demanded the resignation of Mrs. Lam, an investigation into the action of the police, an amnesty for the protesters, in addition to universal suffrage and a permanent abandonment of the controversial draft law on extradition to China.
( with AFP )