Man Stabs Police Officer
Hours after Britain accused China of maneuvering to ‘strangle’ Hong Kong’s freedoms with a ‘grave and deeply disturbing’ new security law, Beijing’s embassy in London called the offer a breach of international law and warned: ‘We firmly oppose this and reserve the right to take corresponding measures.’
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who unveiled the offer to British National (Overseas) passport holders yesterday, admitted last night that there would be little the UK could do if China tried to stop Hong Kongers from leaving.
Hong Kong police began their new crackdown on dissent in the city yesterday, rounding up hundreds of pro-democracy activists including a 15-year-old girl waving an independence flag. Police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray to drive protesters back (scenes from the protest are pictured above).
Another man accused of stabbing a police officer in the shoulder (main image, with the injury shown inset) was arrested on board a flight that was about to take off for London last night.
Ayooluwa Joshu