UK to Suspend Crowd Control Supplies to Hong Kong

UK to Suspend Crowd Control Supplies to Hong Kong
Police fired tear gas toward the protesters over 10 times near the Legislative Council of Hong Kong on June 12, 2019. Song Bilong/The Epoch Times
The Associated Press
Updated:

LONDON—Britain’s foreign secretary says the country will refrain from issuing export licenses for crowd control equipment to Hong Kong unless it addresses human rights concerns.

Jeremy Hunt also urged the Hong Kong government to establish a “robust, independent investigation into the violent scenes that we saw.” Many in the city have criticized the police for unleashing tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters in violent clashes that left dozens injured on both sides.