Demonstrators have besieged police quarters amid escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city, hurling petrol bombs and other objects at buildings and damaging facilities, police said in a statement on Tuesday. Hong Kong bans protesters from police housing areas amid escalating violence https://t.co/8t57z9JWts | @Reuters Top News pic.twitter.com/VPbJ4a6jNf — Be Informed. (@_MrDavidJones) October 15, 2019The government has refused to concede to the protesters’ demand for an independent inquiry into accusations of police brutality. Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997 under a “one country, two systems” formula, which gives it wide-ranging autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed on the mainland. The Hong Kong and Chinese governments have repeatedly warned foreign governments not interfere in the territory’s internal affairs or fan anti-China sentiment.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 15, 2019 01:30 UTC