Riot police removing a barricade set up by demonstrators during a protest in the Central district of Hong Kong, China.Hong Kong police have earned an average of US$11,000 for each officer in overtime pay during the last six months of anti-government protests, with the total overtime bill for the govt coming to more than US$120mil. - Bloomberg
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police have earned an average of US$11,000 for each officer in overtime pay during the last six months of anti-government protests, with the total overtime bill coming to more than US$120mil, government figures showed on Friday (Dec 13).
Police have covered more than 900 protests since June and worked overtime only in "inevitable circumstances", the government's security bureau said in a written response to questions from pro-democracy lawmakers.
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