Masked group defaces Hong Kong Lennon Wall decrying extradition bill, puts up pro-government posters
- During Friday’s early hours, hundreds turned up to tear down slogans and images against the extradition bill, and put up posters for a pro-government march
- The walls have sprung up around the city in recent weeks
Hundreds of people, mostly wearing masks, gathered in northern Hong Kong to deface a pro-democracy Lennon Wall and replace it with pro-government posters during Friday’s early hours, as public disputes over the now-suspended extradition bill rumbled on.
It was the second time in a week the wall in Tai Po had been defaced.
The mural, near the entrance to Tai Po Market MTR station, is one of a number of Lennon Walls which have recently sprung up across the city, on which people write pro-democracy slogans or comment on the bill on colourful Post-it stickers.
The controversial legislation would allow offenders to be sent to jurisdictions the city has no formal agreement with, including mainland China. Opponents fear it would led to unfair prosecutions north of the border.
According to Tai Po district councillor Au Chun-wah, six coaches, which could each carry about 60 people, arrived near the MTR station at about 2am. Six to seven private cars and a truck arrived at the same time, he said.