Riot police hold back members of the press during a police operation to arrest pro-democracy demonstrators during a protest calling for the city's independence in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on May 10, 2020. - AFP
HONG KONG (China Daily/ANN): Police announced on Thursday (May 14) that 32 people face charges of rioting for their alleged involvement in separate incidents last year at Sham Shui Po and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.
They are the latest of the nearly 600 people who have been charged with rioting during the anti-government social unrest that erupted in June. As the city’s most serious offence against public order, rioting is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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