A Taxi, a Protest, a Life Altered The 2019 protests in Hong Kong left an indelible mark on the city's streets, its people, and their relationships with one another.
The human cost of those tumultuous days often gets lost in the narrative – not just to protesters or police, but to ordinary citizens who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
For Park Hoi lam, a Hong Kong clerk struck by a taxi during a demonstration in Sham Shui Po on October 6, 2019, that day marked a turning point. Her lawyers are seeking HK$8. 4 million (US$1.