{"id":43007,"date":"2014-10-20T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=43007 "},"modified":"2014-10-20T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T16:22:00","slug":"43007-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=43007","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong protests: CY Leung \\’foreign link\\’ claim denied"},"content":{"rendered":"
19 October 2014 Last updated at 21:15 ET<\/div>
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Neha Bhatnagar reports on the Mong Kok protests<\/div>
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Pro-democracy activists have strongly denied Hong Kong leader CY Leung’s claim that “external forces” are involved in protests in the territory.<\/div>
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Student activist Alex Chow said the leader’s comments were “irresponsible”, and said Mr Leung had not provided any evidence to support his claim.<\/div>
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Pro-democracy demonstrations have paralysed parts of Hong Kong for the past three weeks.<\/div>
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The protesters are calling for fully democratic elections in Hong Kong.<\/div>
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They are angered by the Chinese government’s decision to vet candidates for the leadership polls in 2017.<\/div>
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In an interview with local broadcaster ATV, Mr Leung said the protests were “not entirely a domestic movement, as external forces are involved” – although he declined to give details or name the countries he thought were involved.<\/div>
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Mr Chow, from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, said: “To make a statement that there are foreign powers infiltrating this movement right before the discussions, is evidence that CY [Leung] is hoping to crack down on the entire movement.”<\/div>
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One protester, Jeffrey Hui, told the BBC: “This is something which is purely by citizens, purely by those who live in Hong Kong, those who care about Hong Kong, who stand up and go against the regime.”<\/div>
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