Hong Kong police arrested 54 people during a protest in Kowloon on Tuesday night, though none of them fell foul of rules on public gatherings brought in amid the coronavirus epidemic.A resident as young as 12 was among those detained.But some lawyers and legislators on Wednesday accused officers of nonetheless abusing the public health crisis, by having the metal strips removed from arrested demonstrators’ surgical masks, saying they were dangerous.From Sunday, groups of more than four have…
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