Anti-government protesters’ slogan spray-painted outside Chinese army base in Hong Kong
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The popular slogan of the months-long anti-government protests was spray-painted on the wall outside one of the Chinese army’s bases in Hong Kong on Wednesday evening.
Police officers arrived at the barracks and found no suspects, after a passer-by called emergency services. By Wednesday evening, an investigation was under way and no one had been arrested.
Footprints were found on a box, which police believed the vandal might have stood on when writing the graffiti.
Hong Kong has been gripped since June by an anti-government protest movement, sparked by opposition to a proposed piece of extradition legislation. The unrest grew into a broad movement for greater democracy and accountability, with frequent violent street clashes between police and protesters.