Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a news conference in Hong Kong November 11, 2019. — Reuters pic
HONG KONG, Nov 11 — Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam said today the violence that is roiling the former British colony has exceeded protesters' demands for democracy and demonstrators are now the people's enemy.
Lam was speaking hours after police shot a protester, a man was set alight and volleys of tear gas were fired at lunch time in the heart of the financial centre in some of the most dramatic scenes to grip the city during months of unrest. — Reuters