Hong Kong police pepper spray reporters as protests start again
Pro-democracy protesters, defying a Covid-19 ban on gatherings, are expected to increase activity into the summer
12 May 2020 - 12:07
Hong Kong — Hong Kong’s police chief said on Tuesday that his officers should have been more professional in dealing with media during protests at which they pepper-sprayed journalists and made some kneel in a cordoned-off area.
Police arrested about 230 people after protests on Sunday in which hundreds gathered in shopping malls to sing and chant pro-democracy slogans, defying a ban on groups of more than eight, aimed at reining in the coronavirus...
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