Protests mark Hong Kong handover anniversary

Heavy rain failed to stop more than 100,000 Hong Kong citizens from taking to the street to demand universal suffrage and the resignation of the Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on the 16th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to mainland China, South China Morning Post reported. The protests are an annual occurrence on the date and usually gather vast crowds. There were brief scuffles between police and protesters when some participants began moving police barriers in order to join the main march. Central government liaison Zhang Xiaoming said that the number of protesters that took to the streets illustrates that the people of Hong Kong have “sufficient rights and freedoms.”