Release the police accountable. I want universal

protestors demonstrating outside the territory's parliament earlier this week.

I'm Vivienne Nunes and today on Business Daily on the BBC World Service,

we'll be hearing how Hong Kong's business community feels about the escalating political situation.

People from the asset management businesses, they are moving their private wealth to offshore jurisdictions.

All our staff, if they want to go strike, that's okay.

Usually I tell them to be safe, but if anything happened, I always stand by them.

That's Business Daily from the BBC.

On Monday, Hong Kong police fired tear gas at demonstrators.

Also that day, a group of protesters stormed the Legislative Council building and vandalised it.

Beijing has called for those people to be investigated.

Emotions have been running high in Hong Kong since the government introduced plans for a new law that would allow Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China.

The issue has triggered mass protests, with millions of people taking to the streets to show

their opposition.

Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, has suspended the bill,

but many wanted to be scrapped altogether and have called for her to resign.

The protesters see the extradition bill as a threat to the one country two systems arrangement that gives Hong Kong some autonomy and a separate legal system to mainland China.

Many small businesses have openly opposed the extradition bill.

Over a thousand companies from yoga studios to restaurants and even a porn site

went on strike on June 12 in solidarity with

those marching.

Vincent Hong is the owner of Brew Note Coffee Roaster in Hong Kong's North Point

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