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Hong Kong: Protestors end 15-hour long siege of police headquarters amid b
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 22 (ANI): Thousands of protestors here in the wee hours of Saturday morning ended their 15-hour siege of the city's police headquarters after putting up demonstrations demanding complete withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill and exoneration of demonstrators arrested
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Former Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei confesses to taking bribes
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tianjin [China], June 20 (ANI): Former Interpol Chief Meng Hongwei, during a trail on Thursday, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes of 2 million USD.
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Hong Kong: Carrie Lam publicly apologises for extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 18 (ANI): Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader, Carrie Lam, on Tuesday publicly apologised for having proposed controversial legislation that would allow criminal suspects to mainland China for persecution.
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Hong Kong protests marked by demonstrators' coordinated efforts to outwit
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 18 (ANI): Latest protests in Hong Kong against the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, were marked by unprecedented and coordinated efforts by demonstrators to stay a step ahead of government surveillance and identific
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Hong Kong: Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong released from jail
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 17 (ANI): Joshua Wong, a pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong, was freed from prison on Monday, a day after authorities said around two billion protesters took to streets to march against a controversial bill that would send criminal suspects to mainland China for persecution.
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Hong Kong: Protests underway despite suspension of controversial bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 16 (ANI): Thousands of protestors took to streets on Sunday demanding the permanent scrapping of the controversial bill that threatens to send criminal suspects to mainland China for prosecution, a day after the city government suspended it indefinitely.
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India U-17 women's football team to travel to Hong Kong for exposure tour
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 15 (ANI): With the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup slated to be held in India, the national team will be flying to Hong Kong for an exposure tour on June 16.
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Hong Kong to suspend controversial extradition bill
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 15 (ANI): The embattled government of Hong Kong on Saturday is expected to announce a suspension to the efforts to pass a controversial China extradition bill, in an apparent bid to quell further unrest and mass demonstrations that have been building up pressure on the city's
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Hong Kong: Govt offices shut down due to mass protests over controversial
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 13 (ANI): Authorities in Hong Kong on Thursday closed government offices after mass protests intensified against a controversial extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for criminal prosecution.
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Trump hopes 'China and Hong Kong can work things out'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 13 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he hopes things may work out between the Chinese central government and Hong Kong as protesters intensified demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the city to
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Hong Kong protests: Police fire rubber bullets, use batons to disperse agi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): Local police wearing anti-riot gear on Wednesday used a range of weapons, including rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and batons, on protesters who intensified demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill which would allow criminal suspects in the ci
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Hong Kong protest: Legislative Council meeting postponed; pepper spray use
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Jun 12 (ANI): The Legislative Council meeting, during which a debate on the controversial Chinese extradition bill was supposed to be held, has been rescheduled to a "later time" by the President of the Legislative Council.
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