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OUR TELNO 3945: DEMONSTRATION BY HK ALLIANCE
1. AS FORESHADOWED IN TUR, THE HK ALLIANCE HELD A RALLY AND DEMONSTRATION ON 1 JANUARY. THE TWIN OBJECTIVES WERE TO MARK THE RELEASE OF LAU SAN-CHING, AND TO CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CHINA, INCLUDING WEI JINGSHENG AND WANG XIZHE. A PETITION WAS LEFT OUTSIDE NCNA DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF ALL DISSIDENTS.
2. POLICE ESTIMATES THAT AT ITS PEAK ABOUT 800 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE DEMONSTRATION, WHICH WAS LED BY SIX HK ALLIANCE LEADERS WHO ARE ALSO LEGCO MEMBERS. THERE WAS NO TROUBLE.
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