23 years after the Hong Kong Handover, thousands of protesters defied a police ban to march in Causeway Bay in protest of the newly-enforced national security law. Police blocked MTR exits, deployed water cannon, pepper spray and cordoned off main roads. Protesters chanted Hong Kong independence slogans despite the new legislation. A man in possession of an independence flag was among 70 arrested. Follow the developing story here.






























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