Until recently, Hong Kong had a tradition of orderly political protests that were uncommonly polite by international standards[editor's note: read lame]. When 500,000 people took to the streets in 2003 to oppose successfully the introduction of stringent internal security regulations, the police did not make a single arrest.Here our Goddess of Liberty speaks:
“We’re just sick of going to rallies that political parties organize, and we hold our banners and don’t accomplish anything,” said Christina Chan, a 22-year-old graduate student in philosophy who was arrested at her home[editor's note: outside of a radio station, RTHK] this month on suspicion of assaulting police officers at two rallies. Released on bail of 500 Hong Kong dollars, or $65, she has not yet been formally charged and has denied any wrongdoing.Though the part that says she "was arrested at her home" seems wrong but overall, the account of the event as a whole was accurate.
Read the original piece here.
UPDATE 1/29/2010:
I wrote to Mr. Bradsher regarding his Times article and expressed my doubt on the place of arrest. He checked with Ms Chan and confirmed that the arrest was made not at her home but outside a radio station.
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