Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam was again forced from the legislative chamber because of protests Thursday by opposition members following a bloody attack on a leader of the nearly 5-month-old protest movement.
A day earlier, Lam was forced to abandon an annual policy address in the chamber, later delivering it by television.
A woman with a stroller stands in front of the smashed glass door of the Hong Kong Design Institute during a demonstration in Tiu Keng Leng in Hong Kong, China Oct. 17, 2019.Prior to her departure, Lam reiterated that her"first priority" was ending the violence that has dealt a body blow to the local economy as well as Hong Kong's reputation as a safe, law-abiding center for finance and business with a sophisticated independent judiciary.
The protests began in response to a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent for trial in Communist Party-controlled courts in mainland China. It suggested the assault was politically motivated, linked"to a spreading political terror in order to threaten and inhibit the legitimate exercise of natural and legal rights."
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