On June 12, 2019, Hong Kong protestors gathered outside the Legislative Council, attempting to postpone the extradition bill’s second reading. The proposed bill was criticized for opening a potential legal channel for China to intimidate or arrest those critical of its rule. Protestors were stormed by rubber bullets and more than 100 rounds of tear gas. Such police brutality shocked the Hong Kong society at the early stage of the anti-ELAB protests.
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