Hong Kong
police have earned a total of HK$135 million ($17.3 million) in allowances during the past six months of anti-government protests, government figures show.
The meal and work-related allowances were on top of HK$950 million overtime pay that police have earned since the
protests intensified in June, according to the figures released to city legislators on Friday.
The Chinese-ruled city has been convulsed by more than 900 often violent protests since June, the security bureau said earlier, as public opposition to a now-withdrawn extradition bill developed into demands for greater freedoms.