Via Domain:
Serious “rioting” charges have been laid against 44 people, the youngest 16 years old, a day after Beijing urged the Hong Kong government to “punish” protesters who have taken to the streets for two months.
Television news broadcasts on Tuesday evening in Hong Kong showed police with batons and shields trying to disperse hundreds of people who massed outside the Kwai Chung police station when news of the rioting charges spread.