People from various ethnic groups joined the protest rally demanding respect for human rights and punishment for the policeman who shot dead Dil Bahadur Limbu, 31, on March 17. His wife and daughter are being flown to Hong Kong from Nepal Tuesday.
The protesters carried placards that demanded respect for human rights, punishment for the guilty and compensation for the victim´s family. Human rights activists and local media people also attended the rally. The brother of the deceased was at the front row of the protest rally.
People from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines as well as local Chinese community joined the rally.
Photo Courtesy: Chura Thapa
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The organizers said that almost 3,000 people had turned up for the protest.
The protest began from Southern Playground at Wan Chai around 3:00 p.m. and ended by handing in a protest letter to the central government representative situated at central Hong Kong.
Ganesh Ijam, one of the protest leaders, said the rally was meant to demand a fair and impartial probe into the shooting.
The Security Bureau of Hong Kong has already stated that it has launched an investigation.
Photo Courtesy: Chura Thapa
‘Incident politicized’
Some sections of Hong Kong society have questioned the motive of the protests at a time when the government has already launched investigation into the incident, www.hongkongnepali.com’s Thapa said. They believe that some local NGOs and the opposition political parties are trying to gain more ground by exaggerating the issue. Caxton Un, a student at Lingnan University in Hong Kong, said people should have trust in Hong Kong government. “If the finding from the probe does not seem impartial to the victims then they can take further steps.”
