Tear gas fired, opposition activist arrested as hundreds gather to protest Beijing’s planned national security law for Hong Kong

Hong Kong police fired tear gas in the Causeway Bay shopping district on Sunday as hundreds of people took to the streets to protest Beijing’s planned national security law for the city, denouncing the proposed legislation as a threat to civil liberties and the end of the “one country, two systems” principle.The tear gas was fired near the junction of Hennessy Road and Percival Street at 1.24pm.People Power activist Tam Tak-chi was arrested only minutes earlier while conducting what he called a…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3085822/hong-kong-opposition-activist-arrested-hundreds-gather