Two months on and nearly 2,000 rounds of tear gas later, what do Hong Kong’s extradition bill protesters really want?
- In a new series of in-depth articles on the unrest rocking Hong Kong and its impact and implications, the Post goes behind the headlines to look at the underlying issues, current state of affairs, and where it is all heading
- In this first instalment, we analyse what the protesters really want and what the chances are of persuading them to stay off the streets
He had to be in many places. “We’re trying to make it more difficult for police to plan their operations,” Sin said when the Post met him at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom. By then, he and his fellow protesters had walked more than 4km from Mong Kok in the summer heat, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
On the tunnel billboard above him, his comrades had already spray-painted the catchphrase “Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times”.
If this was a revolution, Sin was the archetypal freedom fighter. Reed-thin, dressed in Bermudas and a black T-shirt, and geared up to hide his identity, he was polite when explaining their actions.
Before rushing off to his next target, the 22-year-old said: “We understand we’re creating lots of trouble for the public. There is a cost incurred by a social movement.
“We hope what we are doing will draw people’s attention to what is happening in Hong Kong.”
