With growing reports of violence, rape and scuffles, the deputy chairman of the Hong Kong legislative council’s security panel is now accusing elements within Hong Kong's government of hiring Triad members to try to break up the anti-Occupy protests.
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The deputy chairman of the Hong Kong legislative council’s security panel has accused the government of working with criminal gangs to break up pro-democracy protests.
Legislator James To told his fellow pan-democratic members on Saturday that “the [Hong Kong] government has used organised, orchestrated forces and even triad gangs in [an] attempt to disperse citizens,” according to the South China Morning Post.
His comments came as fresh clashes erupted between pro-democracy protesters and armed thugs on Saturday, with student leaders also accusing the government and the police of allowing triad gangs to attack them.
Witnesses said about 1,000 protesters faced off in Mong Kok, a densely populated known for its gang presence, at mid-morning on Saturday, but there were no uniformed police in sight.
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This type of thing seems directly out of Russia's playbook. Where is Wei Shen to deal with this when you need him?