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4. THE POLICE MAINTAINED ORDER AND GUESTS WERE NOT OBSTRUCTED.
ONE DEMONSTRATOR WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT. A FEMALE
STUDENT COMPLAINED THAT SHE HAD BEEN INJURED BY THE POLICE.
5.
YANG YOUYONG, DEPUTY HEAD OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF THE NCNA, MADE A COMPLAINT TO THE DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER ABOUT THE DEMONSTRATION TAKING PLACE OUTSIDE THE VENUE WHEN HE ARRIVED TO ATTEND THE RECEPTION. BRADLEY REPLIED ON STANDARD LINES.
6. AT 2100 HOURS 30 SEPTEMBER, A CANDLE-LIGHT VIGIL WAS ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ALLIANCE OPPOSITE THE NCNA OFFICE. ABOUT 150 PEOPLE (250 PEOPLE AT PEAK) ATTENDED AND POSTERS AND BANNERS WERE DISPLAYED. AN HOUR LATER, LEADERS OF THE HK ALLIANCE, INCLUDING SZETO WAH AND CHEUNG MAN-KWONG, ARRIVED. BOTH MADE SPEECHES CRITICAL OF CHINA USING A LOUDHAILER. AT AROUND 2355 HOURS, SZETO WAH LED THE CHANTING OF SLOGANS FOR A SHORT WHILE. HE THEN THANKED THE CROWD FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE AND ANNOUNCED THE END OF THE VIGIL. MOST OF THE CROWD DISPERSED PEACEFULLY. HOWEVER, ABOUT 20 MEMBERS OF THE HKFS REMAINED AT THE SCENE. TWO MEMBERS OF THE HKFS ATTEMPTED TO HANG TWO BLUE LANTERNS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE NCNA BUILDING. ANOTHER HKFS LEADER TIED A BLACK COLOURED FLAG ON TO A LAMP-POST NEAR THE NCNA BUILDING. THEIR ACTION WAS INTERRUPTED BY POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY WERE PERSUADED TO TAKE THE LANTERNS AWAY. THE STUDENTS DISPERSED BEFORE 0050 HOURS.
YANG YOUYONG OF NCNA RANG THE POLITICAL ADVISER THREE TIMES DURING THE EVENING TO PROTEST ABOUT THE NOISE CREATED BY THE GROUP PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE NCNA BUILDING. EHRMAN SAID THAT THE POLICE WOULD ENSURE THAT ORDER WAS KEPT.
COMMENT
8.
AUTHORISED USE OF LOUDSPEAKERS IS ALLOWED UNTIL 11 P.M. IN THIS INSTANCE, SOME USE OF LOUDHAILERS BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT WAS PERMITTED SINCE THE POLICE PRIORITY WAS TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND THEY JUDGED THAT ATTEMPTING TO STOP ALL USE OF LOUDHAILERS COULD HAVE CAUSED RESISTANCE AND LED TO CONFUSION.
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