WATCH: Hong Kong protesters enter the legislature building after smashing open a glass window #香港 #反送中 #July1st #七一 pic.twitter.com/h00kYhAmKF
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 1, 2019
Protesters tie British colonial flag to podium in Hong Kong's legislature and spray graffiti on walls, after smashing their way into main government building https://t.co/QdTmAPgpGB pic.twitter.com/CAlI2Skvtg
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 1, 2019
Quite something: protestors pin British colonial #HongKong flag to #LegCo President’s podium. Hard to imagine anything more incendiary to #China. (Pic: @AFP) pic.twitter.com/tMuRLbolGB
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) July 1, 2019
If the PLA comes after them, this could be an enormous bloodbath. And Hong Kongers will never permit it, as they’ve shown, so it wouldn’t stop here.
Via BBC:
Protesters have forced their way into the central chamber of Hong Kong’s parliament after an hours-long siege.
Dozens of demonstrators broke through the glass of the Legislative Council (LegCo) building earlier in the day.
Hundreds then entered the building, spray-painting messages on the walls and carrying supplies for those occupying the premises.
The unrest followed a peaceful protest involving hundreds of thousands over a controversial extradition law.
How apps power Hong Kong’s leaderless protests.Inside the central legislative chamber, one protester sprayed black paint across the emblem of Hong Kong on the rear wall – while another raised the old British colonial flag, which features the union jack.
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt – currently competing to become the next British prime minister – tweeted that “UK support for Hong Kong and its freedoms is UNWAVERING on this anniversary day”.