Huko Hong Kong watalii kutoka China bara walikutana na maelfu kumi ya vikundi vya wenyeji siku ya Jumapili ambao walitaka kuelezea upinzani wao kwa muswada wa uhamisho ambao umetumbukiza mji katika machafuko ya kisiasa. Kwa kujibu Beijing ni kuweka kikomo kwa idadi ya wageni wa China bara Hong Kong, mwanasiasa na vyombo vya habari alisema Jumapili.
Maandamano dhidi ya muswada uliosimamishwa sasa wamevuta mamilioni ya watu kwenye mitaa ya koloni la zamani la Briteni katika wiki za hivi karibuni katika ambayo imekuwa changamoto kubwa kwa Rais wa China Xi Jinping tangu achukue madaraka mnamo 2012.
Muswada huo, ambao ungeruhusu watu kupelekwa China Bara kwa kesi katika korti zinazodhibitiwa na Chama cha Kikomunisti, umesababisha ghadhabu katika sehemu pana za Hong Kong wakati wa wasiwasi kwamba unatishia sheria inayopendekezwa sana inayounga mkono hadhi ya kifedha ya jiji hilo .
Waandamanaji waliandamana kupitia Tsim Sha Tsui, eneo maarufu la ununuzi lililo na maduka ya kifahari, Jumapili kujaribu kupeleka ujumbe wao moja kwa moja kwa watalii wa China bara kwa mara ya kwanza.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- The bill, which would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial in courts controlled by the Communist Party, has triggered outrage across broad sections of Hong Kong amid concerns it threatens the much-cherished rule of law that underpins the city's international financial status.
- Protests against the now-suspended bill have drawn millions of people onto the streets of the former British colony in recent weeks in what has become the greatest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he took power in 2012.
- In response Beijing is to impose a limit on the number of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong, a politician and media said Sunday.
