Hong Kong protesters return to streets a week after election

Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong returned to the streets, a week after local elections last Sunday delivered an overwhelming victory to pro-democracy candidates.

Iran Press/ Asia: Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets on Sunday for a series of marches and rallies after a rare period of calm in nearly six months of unrest.

Sunday's protests came as the Hong Kong government is looking into setting up an independent committee to review the handling of the crisis, Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung told reporters when asked about an independent review committee. Some critics on social media, however, have said that such a committee would fall short of the independent investigation they have been demanding.

There has been relative calm in Hong Kong for the past week since local elections last Sunday delivered an overwhelming victory to pro-democracy candidates.

Earlier, China's National People's Congress urged the US to terminate its interventions in Hong Kong and China's affairs.

Hong Kong has been governed under a “one-country, two-system” model since the city -a former British colony- was returned to China in 1997. 205/216

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