Mothers Rally To Demand CE's Resignation

More than a thousand mothers and a handful of fathers gathered in Chater Garden on Friday night to call for the scrapping of the government's extradition amendments and to protest over the police's use of force to quell mass protests in Admiralty on Wednesday.

The group were clad in black with some holding white carnation flowers. They demanded that Chief Executive Carrie Lam resign over her attempts to push through changes to the extradition laws that would allow for suspects to be sent to all jurisdictions, including the mainland.

Susanne Choi, one of the organisers of the rally, said: "The real violence comes from the Hong Kong government's deliberate attempt and persistent attempt to be the enemies of the people.

"From the police deployment of disproportionate force against peaceful youngsters, and for the government's attempt to pass a law and destroy the judicial autonomy of Hong Kong, we gather here to send a signal to the young people that they will not be alone. We will be with them."

One of the participants, the pregnant mother of a three-year-old child, condemned Mrs Lam for her comments in an interview on Wednesday, when she said bowing to public demands to drop the bill would be like a parent giving in to a child.

"I think that no mother in the world would want to abuse their children. Does Carrie Lam think that only her sons need to be protected, and the children of other people can be treated as animals?

"The way the police treated the very young protesters was very violent. Why does Carrie Lam want to push this law, ignoring public opinion?"