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“Let It Snow”:In the Nov.
8 Calendar section, a review
of the movie “Let It Snow”
reversed the roles of two ac-
tresses. Isabel Merced plays
the character who’s going to
college and spending the day
with a pop star, and Odeya
Rush plays the character
who’s an ex-girlfriend on a
rampage.

FOR THE

RECORD

blood!”
Alex Chow Tsz-lok, an
undergraduate student at
the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, re-
portedly plummeted from
the third floor Sunday as he
attempted to escape tear gas
that police had fired into the
parking structure. But key
circumstances surrounding
his fall remain unknown.
“Did the police pursue
him and lead to his fall? Was
he thrown off the car park
purposely? Did the police
obstruct the rescue opera-
tion to save Chow?” asked
pro-democracy lawmaker
Ray Chan, echoing many
Hong Kongers’ misgivings.
Lack of a political solu-
tion has trapped the city in a
vortex of ever-worsening vi-
olence. Beijing’s strategy is
not to intervene directly
with its military — the cost
would be too high — but to
empower Hong Kong’s gov-
ernment and police to crack
down without giving in to
protest demands, especially
those for political reform
and democratic voting
rights.
As a result, police have
arrested more than 3,
protesters, more than a
third of whom are students.
They operate with a sense of
impunity: Riot control
squads openly call teenagers
“cockroaches,” chasing
them through neighbor-
hoods with tear gas night af-
ter night, making mass ar-
rests and infuriating resi-
dents who scream curses at
them on the streets.
Peaceful protests have
meanwhile turned into ar-
son, vandalism and vengeful
attacks on police, pro-China
businesses and mainland
Chinese citizens, while those
who prefer nonviolence re-
main quiet, committed to
not splitting the movement.
On the streets, their chants
have turned from “Hong
Kongers, add oil!” — a term
of encouragement — to
“Hong Kongers, resist!” to,
since Friday morning,
“Hong Kongers, revenge!”
The most obvious way
forward would be to allow a
second of the protesters’ key
demands: independent in-
vestigation of the police. But
the administration of Hong
Kong’s chief executive,
Carrie Lam, and the govern-
ment in Beijing show no sign
of taking that step.
Earlier this week, Chi-
nese President Xi Jinping
met with Lam in Shanghai,
declaring that he had “high

trust” in her and “fully af-

firmed” her handling of the

protests. “To curb the vi-

olence and stop the chaos in

accordance with the law is

still the most important task

faced by Hong Kong,” Xi

said.

The central government

also recently announced

special housing privileges

and job opportunities for

Hong Kongers in the south-

ern provinces of mainland

China — much to the cha-

grin of mainlanders online,

who complained of being

treated as second-class citi-

zens as Beijing tries to woo

Hong Kong’s youth with

such economic sweeteners.

But the strategy has not

quelled the unrest.

The protest in which

Chow was fatally injured be-

gan with protesters heckling

police who were guarding a

colleague’s wedding cere-

mony in a suburban shop-

ping area on Sunday. As riot

police arrived to clear the

area, some retreated to the

parking garage and threw

objects at police from the

upper levels. Police respond-

ed by firing tear gas at the

parking structure.

According to various ac-

counts from those at the

scene, riot police dispersed

first-aid volunteers and

blocked paramedic access,

resulting in a delay of more

than half an hour before

Chow received treatment.

Police denied those claims

at a news briefing this week.

A recent survey con-

ducted by the Chinese Uni-

versity of Hong Kong found

that close to half the city’s

residents have zero trust in

their police force, contrib-

uting to an atmosphere in

which rumors thrive and of-

ficial pronouncements are

rarely believed unless

backed by eyewitnesses and

surveillance video.

“Hong Kong people’s

sadness is beyond words,”

Chan said. He predicted

that “people will be more

resolute in their call for an in-

dependent investigation

and resort to all available

means to demand full ac-

countability,” further esca-

lating protests in the coming

days and weeks.

News of Chow’s death

came during the university’s

graduation ceremony Fri-

day morning. University

President Wei Shyy canceled

ceremonies scheduled for

the afternoon and visited

the hospital where Chow

had been in critical condi-

tion since Sunday. Students

staged a moment of silence

followed by a march while

calling on Wei to denounce

the actions of the police.

Some vandalized Wei’s

residence and trashed sev-

eral cafeterias as well as on-

campus branches of Star-

bucks and the Bank of China

— businesses that have been

labeled pro-Beijing and fre-

quently targeted in recent

protests. Wei later issued a

statement demanding a

thorough investigation into

the circumstances of Chow’s

death.

“We will be outraged if

there is no acceptable expla-

nation offered,” he said.

Hong Kong police have

faced widespread criticism

for use of tear gas deemed

excessive since protests be-

gan in June in response to a

proposed extradition bill,

now withdrawn, that would

have allowed criminal sus-

pects in Hong Kong to be

tried by courts in mainland

China.

Since then, police have

fired nearly 6,000 tear gas

canisters in the densely

packed streets of Hong

Kong, affecting millions of

residents. Anger at this po-

lice response has sparked a

demand for an independent

investigation and has

helped transform what

started as single-issue

marches into a wide-ranging

antigovernment movement.

Several young protesters

died by suicide this summer.

Unverified rumors have also

swirled for months sur-

rounding extrajudicial

killings of protesters and

cover-ups by police.

In June, activist Marco

Leung Ling-kit fell to his

death after hanging a ban-

ner from the rooftop of a

shopping mall. Chow’s

death, however, is the first

linked to a clearance opera-

tion by riot police.

At a news conference Fri-

day afternoon, police

spokeswoman Sze Yuk-sim

said officers had entered the

parking lot prior to Chow’s

fall but left long before it

happened. She warned peo-

ple about attending “unlaw-

ful assemblies,” referring to

impromptu memorial serv-

ices for Chow.

In Beijing, Ministry of

Foreign Affairs spokesman

Geng Shuang declined to

comment on Chow’s death.

As night fell, thousands

of mourners gathered at the

parking lot where Chow fell.

A line of people snaked

through all three levels of the

garage. They brought white

flowers and candles, waiting

quietly to lay their tributes

at the spot where he hit the

ground.

“When I heard the news

on the bus this morning, I

started crying,” said Tiffany,

24, as she lighted a row of

candles. Like other partici-

pants in the memorial, she

asked not to disclose her full

name for protection from

authorities. “As a Hong

Konger, I can’t accept this

happening. ... This isn’t sup-

posed to happen here.”

Special correspondent Ho

Kilpatrick reported from

Hong Kong and Times staff

writer Su from Beijing.

Hong Kong mourns a demonstrator

THOUSANDSof mourners waited to light candles at the parking garage where Alex Chow Tsz-lok, 22, fell three stories to his death.

Photographs by Anthony WallaceAFP/Getty Images

PEOPLE WEEPas they gather in the garage. Chow’s death may have been the

first directly linked to police action in the five months of Hong Kong protests.

[Hong Kong, from A1]