As many Hong Kong residents prepared for their evening commute, the smell of tear gas lingered outside their office buildings. In an internal memo, the bank HSBC said that while it was still operating normally, its employees should “leave the office early and under safe conditions.”
The Hospital Authority said that both the protester who had been shot and the man who had been set on fire were in critical condition.
On Monday afternoon, the police urged protesters to stop threatening public safety. The authorities said that the officer who fired the three live rounds in the Sai Wan Ho area had acted in self-defense against protesters who had been trying to steal his revolver.
“We certainly believe our officer did not have bad intention to hurt anyone,” John Tse, a top police official, told reporters.
Mrs. Lam, the city’s leader, called Monday’s mayhem “destructive” and said it could “take Hong Kong to the road of ruin.”
“The behaviors of these rioters have already far exceeded this so-called fight for demands,” Mrs. Lam said, describing those who were responsible for the man’s burning.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/world/hong-kong-protests.html
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