{"id":42121,"date":"2014-09-09T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=42121 "},"modified":"2014-09-09T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:58:00","slug":"42121-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=42121","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong democracy activists shave heads in protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
9 September 2014 Last updated at 08:16 ET<\/div>
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Founders of the Occupy Central movement (from L to R), academic Chan Kin-man, academic Benny Tai and Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, shave their heads during a protest to call for people to join them for an upcoming rally in Hong Kong (9 September 2014)<\/div>
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The three founders of Occupy Central – Chan Kin-man, Benny Tai and Chu Yiu-ming – had their heads shaved<\/div>
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Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have shaved their heads in a protest over what they see as China’s growing political control over the city.<\/div>
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Forty people, including the founders of the Occupy Central movement, had their hair cut off in a church hall.<\/div>
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A minor scuffle reportedly broke out when China supporters showed up.<\/div>
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The activists were protesting against Beijing’s recent announcement that open nomination will be ruled out for Hong Kong’s next leadership election.<\/div>
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On Tuesday, dozens of campaigners packed the church hall to witness the head-shaving.<\/div>
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Among them were the three founders of civil disobedience movement Occupy Central – Benny Tai, Chu Yiu-ming and Chan Kin-man.<\/div>
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Mr Tai told reporters the act was meant to symbolise that the movement would make no concessions to Beijing’s ruling.<\/div>
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“It is our determination to show we can give something up in order to fight for something more important,” he said.<\/div>
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‘Radical elements’<\/div>
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News agencies reported that a small scuffle broke out when several pro-Beijing supporters arrived and heckled the activists.<\/div>
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Reuters said about five people wearing caps, medical masks and sunglasses charged into the hall, chanting slogans denouncing Occupy Central.<\/div>
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One person was sent to the hospital following the scuffle. The police arrested at least one person.<\/div>
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