Thousands March for Democracy in Hong Kong

Thousands of protesters marched in Hong Kong on Sunday, June 14, to voice their opposition to an electoral reform proposal that faces the legislative council next week. Carrying yellow umbrellas and yellow banners, symbols used during last year’s large-scale pro-democracy protests, people marched from Causeway Bay to government head quarters in Admiralty.

The march was organised by the Citizens Against Pseudo-Universal Suffrage Campaign, a coalition of 14 groups campaigning for democracy.

The political reform package, which will be debated on Wednesday and voted on by the end of the week, outlines a framework for the election of Hong Kong’s chief executive in 2017. Under the proposed package, candidates must be chosen by a nominating committee and must be “a person who loves the country and loves Hong Kong”.

Earlier in the day, people rallied at the funeral of Yeung Kwong, the leader of pro-Beijing riots in 1967, as is seen in the final video. Credit: SocREC 社會記錄頻道