Week after week, a front-line protester who wants to be known only as Eason Chan - a clear indication of partiality to the popular Hong Kong singer whose songs are on the engineering graduate's playlist - turns up at street battles with the police.
When pressed, he admits to engaging in "offensive acts" on behalf of what many here deem to be the yellow team or those opposed to the government.
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