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Hong Kong Protesters Are Split: Vote In Elections Or Keep Waging War Against Police
2019 • E41 Nov 23, 2019 6m
Hong Kong is going to the polls Sunday after weeks of increasingly violent protests that have seen police firing live rounds, a man set on fire by demonstrators, and days-long police sieges on hardline demonstrators trapped in universities. The local elections have taken on outsize importance. Freshman candidates like 23-year old Lee Ka Wai are hoping to tap into that energy on Sunday. Lee wants to take down the pro-China politicians who dominate the council. He's now running against New People's Party incumbent Kam Man Fung. But the elections are also revealing signs of fracturing in the movement — one hardline protester told us those running are "become an accomplice to the system."