China has expressed a total condemnation of protesters who stormed the Hong Kong’s legislature on Monday, saying that the acts “trample on the rule of law” and are “totally intolerable.”
Geng Shuang, foreign Ministry spokesman said that Beijing totally condemned the protesters who broke through the glass and steel barriers and went into the building where they unlawfully vandalized it.
He said that the Chinese government supports Hong Kong’s government and its police force in dealing with the incident in accordance with law.
“The violent attacks … are serious illegal acts that trample on the rule of law and endanger social order. We strongly condemn it,” Geng said.
A group of protesters broke through a window and stormed into Hong Kong’s legislative building amid another episode of mass demonstrations in the city, where a commemoration of the 22nd anniversary of the orderly return to Chinese rule was taken over by tumultuous scenes of utter civil disobedience, destruction and the deployment of tear gas.
The crowd, which comprised mostly of young protesters, could be clearly seen on video using a cargo cart and large poles as battering rams against the glass panel of the legislative building. The demonstrators then broke part of a glass and metal wall of the government building, carrying away the long strips of metal framework.
The Chinese government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, meanwhile, released a statement through the state-run Xinhua news agency, slamming the protesters as well, the Guardian reported.
The office said it was “shocked, indignant and strongly condemned” the siege of the government building that came following the massive protests over a controversial extradition bill concerning China.
“Some extreme elements used excessive violence to storm the legislature building and carried out a series of large-scale assaults. This is shocking, heart-breaking and angering,” the statement said.
“Their violent acts are an extreme challenge to Hong Kong’s rule of law and seriously undermined Hong Kong’s peace and stability. It is totally intolerable.”