VIDEO: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam bans masks in protests that have rocked the territory for four months. Read the story here:
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam reacts during a press conference in Hong Kong Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. The Hong Kong leader has banned protesters from wearing masks to conceal their identities in a hardening of the government's stance against the four-month-old demonstrations.
Lam said she would go to the legislature later to get legal backing for the rule. She stressed that the use of emergency powers does not mean Hong Kong is in a state of emergency. Lam wouldn’t rule out a further toughening of measures if violence continues. She said she would not resign because “stepping down is not something that will help the situation” when Hong Kong is facing “a very critical state of public danger.”
At the nearby Causeway Bay shopping area, a huge crowd occupied streets to protest the mask ban. Smaller rallies were held in several other areas. Analysts said the use of the Emergency Ordinance for the first time in over half a century set a dangerous precedent. The law, a relic of British rule enacted in 1922 to quell a seamen’s strike and last used to crush riots in 1967, gives broad powers to the city’s chief executive to implement regulations in an emergency.
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