[GELORA45] Hong Kong protesters march to US Consulate to call for help from Trump - CNN

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Ni ya para bapak2/ibu2 pembenci USA, baca. USA diminta dengan mengiba.Protests 
calling on US President Donald Trump to intervene in the ongoing Hong Kong 
political standoff escalated rapidly Sunday, with marchers setting fire to a 
barricade outside a subway station entrance in the city's business 
district.Earlier in the day, tens of thousands of protesters waving US flags 
marched on Hong Kong's US Consulate to call for help from the Trump 
administration in ending a three-month confrontation with the government.The 
march began in the Chater Garden public park in Central before heading to the 
consulate as part of the 14th straight weekend of public demonstrations in the 
Asian financial hub.In a letter which protesters planned to presented to 
consulate officials, the group calls for the passing of the proposed "Hong Kong 
Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019" by the US Congress.A barricade burns at an 
entrance to a train statio on September 8 in Hong Kong, China.One banner 
carried at the march read "President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong" in 
English. Some marchers sang the US national anthem as they moved towards the 
consulate."We share the same US values of liberty and democracy," 30-year-old 
banker David Wong said. "USA is a country of democracy. Donald Trump is elected 
by his people. We want this."The protests began peacefully but rapidly 
deteriorated into violence and vandalism over the afternoon, after police 
appeared to arrest a number of people in the busy Central subway 
station.Protesters erected a barricade at one of the subway exits before being 
setting it on fire. Other exits had their glass windows smashed or defaced with 
graffiti.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone