MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY
Thousands pour into Hong Kong roads in protest
The annual march was held amid growing disillusionment with Hong Kong’s judiciary
Hong Kong — Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday in an "anti-authoritarian rule" march that called for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists. The march, an annual fixture over the past few years on China’s October 1 National Day, comes at a time of nascent disillusionment with Hong Kong’s once vaunted judiciary. "Without democracy, how can we have the rule of law," the crowds yelled as they marched through sporadic downpours, from a muddy pitch to the city’s harbour-front government headquarters. Many protesters, some clad in black, expressed dismay with Hong Kong Secretary of Justice Rimsky Yuen, who Reuters reported had overruled several other senior public prosecutors to seek jail terms for three prominent democrats. "We believe he [Yuen] has been the key orchestrator in destroying Hong Kong’s justice," said Avery Ng, one of the organisers of the rally that drew a coalition of about 50 civil a...
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