Hong Kong protesters demand apology from U.S. over Snowden allegations
Reuters
2013-06-15
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About ten protesters affiliated with a pro-Beijing political party marched to Hong Kong's U.S. consulate general on Saturday (June 15) to demand an apology from Washington after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked details of top secret U.S. surveillance programmes, alleged the U.S. had hacked into Hong Kong's networks.
The 29-year-old fled to Hong Kong in the hope that the city's legal system would help protect him from U.S. prosecution.
The protesters chanted slogans such as "stop hacking" and "explain to us immediately the surveillance programme" as they walked to the consulate general, which was closed for the weekend.
Starry Lee, legislator and member of the pro-Beijing political party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, said Hong Kong should offer Snowden protection and that the U.S. should apologise.
"We would like to urge them (U.S. government) to
About ten protesters affiliated with a pro-Beijing political party marched to Hong Kong's U.S. consulate general on Saturday (June 15) to demand an apology from Washington after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked details of top secret U.S. surveillance programmes, alleged the U.S. had hacked into Hong Kong's networks.
The 29-year-old fled to Hong Kong in the hope that the city's legal system would help protect him from U.S. prosecution.
The protesters chanted slogans such as "stop hacking" and "explain to us immediately the surveillance programme" as they walked to the consulate general, which was closed for the weekend.
Starry Lee, legislator and member of the pro-Beijing political party, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, said Hong Kong should offer Snowden protection and that the U.S. should apologise.
"We would like to urge them (U.S. government) to
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