FILE PHOTO - An anti-government protester wears a raining coat with half his face covered during a demonstration after a government’s ban on face masks under emergency law, at Yuen Long, in Hong Kong, China, October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese soldiers issued a warning to Hong Kong protesters on Sunday who shone lasers at their barracks in the city, in the first direct interaction with mainland military forces in four months of anti-government demonstrations.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Kowloon district warned a crowd of a few hundred protesters they could be arrested for targeting its troops and barracks walls with laser lights.
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