Hong Kong, Lam leaves parliament for protests: "Independence requests will not be tolerated"

2019-10-16T06:04:19.369Z

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam condemned the violence in the square in a speech broadcast on video, after being forced to leave Parliament by opposition deputies. Hong Kong is facing "stormy times and enormous difficulties" starting last June, he said. Since then, according to data quoted by you, over 400 demonstrations have been held, more than 1,100 people have been injured and over 2,200 have been arrested. Lam then defended the "one country, two systems" model with which Beijing regulates the relationship with the former British colony, returned to China in 1997 as a special administrative region, and assured that Hong Kong protects human rights, but that it does not requests for independence will be tolerated. "I believe that as long as we adhere to the model 'one country, two systems' we will be able to get out of the current impasse has marked Lam, but" any action that points to Hong Kong's independence and threatens sovereignty, security and national development interests will not be tolerated ". Lam left the courtroom under guard, while several deputies tried to reach her. Despite the massive deployment of police forces around the building devastated in the July protests, this morning there was only one group of protesters. Also present was the banner "five requests, not one less", to remember the points of the platform of claims, including universal suffrage. The slogan was then punctuated in the courtroom by the member of the Civic Party, Tanya Chan. The government has confirmed that the scheduled statements that would have been shown in a pre-recorded video.