MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Hundreds of people will return to the streets in Hong Kong to protest against parallel trading with China on Sunday, with police ready to deploy officers to suppress possible clashes, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.
Hong Kong has a long history of illegally exporting goods to China, which causes shortages and raises anti-China sentiment.
Negotiations between police and protesters will be conducted a day before the protest to discuss the security measures to be implemented on Sunday. This may help to prevent the clashes which have erupted during previous anti-parallel trading protests.
Last February, tensions ran high in the district of Tuen Mun as a protest descended into chaos with police using pepper spray and 13 arrests.
Hong Kong’s anti-parallel trading protests will follow a huge wave of pro-democracy protests against Chinese State authorities that began last September, with thousands of protesters demanding free elections. Hong Kong police made several attempts to break up the mass protests that paralyzed parts of the city.
