Au wants to protest a controversial bill that has divided Hong Kong. Au’s father wants police to crack down on protesters.
Mourners hold a candle during a candlelight vigil to commemorate a protester who died during a rally in Hong Kong.
Despite family pressure not to participate, Au was one of around 2 million people according to organizers — more than a quarter of the city’s population — who took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday to demonstrate against a deeply controversial extradition bill and to call for the city’s leader to step down.
Au had been caught in the clouds of tear gas in Wednesday’s protest. He didn’t have any supplies to protect him and instead tried to use the neck of his T-shirt to cover his face from the tear gas that filled his nose and mouth.Someone offered him saline to wash his face, he recalled, which helped dull the sting of the gas.
The violence shocked many Hong Kong residents because the amount of tear gas used far exceeded what was used in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests, which demanded more transparent elections.
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