Dozens of activists from the pro-democracy League of Social Democrats party marched from the HSBC headquarters to the former government offices in Central. The group intended to go to Government House where Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was set to have a dinner with visiting Chinese state leader Zhang Dejiang at around 6:30pm.
Zhang – China’s no. 3 official – arrived in the city on Tuesday to attend a Belt and Road Initiative summit hosted by the government.
Leading the protest was the party’s chairman Avery Ng Man-yuen who — along with three other members – were released by police after being arrested at a protest earlier on Tuesday.
“Zhang’s visit was disrupting our daily lives, and we felt that China was not sincere in implementing genuine universal suffrage in Hong Kong,” Ng said.
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