Chinese official’s call to arms may have sparked Hong Kong protester attack
Official from China’s representative office appealed to residents to protect their towns as triads are believed to be behind the violence
26 July 2019 - 10:40
Hong Kong — A week before suspected triad gang members attacked protesters and commuters at a rural Hong Kong train station last Sunday, an official from China’s representative office urged local residents to drive away any activists.
Li Jiyi, the director of the Central Government Liaison’s local district office made the appeal at a community banquet for hundreds of villagers in Hong Kong's rural New Territories...
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