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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 25 June 2019

Protesters block Hong Kong building access, plan new action

By DAKE KANG you that for sure the G-20
Associated Press will not discuss the issue of
HONG KONG (AP) — Pro- Hong Kong and we will not
testers fearing an erosion allow the G-20 to discuss
of Hong Kong’s legal au- the issue of Hong Kong.”
tonomy blocked access to Hong Kong’s government
a government office build- “has taken a series of mea-
ing for nearly two hours sures to safeguard fairness
Monday and plan more and justice of society and
demonstrations to draw to block loopholes in the
the attention of leaders at- legal system. We believe
tending the G-20 summit what they have done is
this week. completely necessary and
About 100 demonstrators the central government
jammed the entryway and supports these measures,”
lobby of the Inland Reve- he said.
nue Tower, a skyscraper in Joshua Wong, another ac-
the Wan Chai district in the tivist who helped galvanize
city center. mass pro-democracy pro-
Earlier, one of the main pro- tests in 2014, said on Twitter
test groups announced a that he was urging his fol-
demonstration planned on lowers to join the protest on
Wednesday to try to draw Wednesday.
the attention of world lead- A man squeezes through protesters blocking the lobby of the Hong Kong Revenue Tower in Hong Pro-democracy activists
ers attending the Group of Kong on Monday, June 24, 2019. and legislators and others
20 summit in Japan. Associated Press critical of the extradition
The leaders of the Civil Hu- of people have filled the a few protesters remained mocracy.” bill have insisted they are
man Rights Front said they streets and sidewalks in re- though the offices in the China has rejected foreign not satisfied with apologies
hope the world leaders cent weeks to oppose leg- building had reopened. commentary over the pro- from the authorities over
meeting in Osaka will hear islation seen as increasing Kelvin Ho, one of the tests and the extradition the handling of the unpop-
the protesters’ concerns Beijing’s control and police group’s several leaders, issue as interference in its ular legislation and over
over the weakening of the treatment of the protesters. said the protest was meant internal affairs. police moves during pro-
city’s legal autonomy by The activists spoke on Mon- to “urge the international At a briefing in Beijing, tests that many Hong Kong
mainland China. day near the city govern- community to give stress on Zhang Jun, an assistant for- residents considered overly
Hundreds of thousands ment headquarters, where Beijing that we need de- eign minister, said “I can tell aggressive.q

Death toll in Indian encephalitis outbreak rises to 152

By INDRAJIT SINGH have occurred in 20 of the fever and vomiting. The Su-
Associated Press state’s 38 districts. preme Court was respond-
PATNA, India (AP) — India’s The outbreak has been ex- ing to a petition filed by a
Supreme Court on Monday acerbated by a heatwave, lawyer. “The deaths of chil-
directed state and national with temperatures in Patna, dren are a direct result of
authorities to file reports to Bihar’s capital, reaching a negligence and inaction”
the court on an encepha- high of 45.8 Celsius (114.5 on part of authorities, said
litis outbreak in the eastern Fahrenheit). Manohar Pratap, the peti-
state of Bihar this month in More than 700 cases of tioner. The court expressed
which 152 children have encephalitis have been concern over the deaths
died. A senior health de- registered since the out- and asked the govern-
partment official in Bihar, break began June 1, of- ments to respond within
Sanjay Kumar, said the epi- Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) shout ficials said. Young children seven days with details on
slogans condemning deaths of more than 100 children in an
demic is showing signs of encephalitis outbreak this month in eastern Bihar state, during a are particularly vulnerable medical facilities, nutrition,
slowing with no new deaths protest in Hyderabad, India, Monday, June 24, 2019. to the illness, which can sanitation and hygiene
on Monday. The fatalities Associated Press cause swelling of the brain, conditions in the state. q