"A British company which sold teargas to Hong Kong has told the Guardian it will review its sales policy after a series of attacks on unarmed protesters in the former British colony.

Whitehall officials also made it clear they would re-evaluate their policy if they were asked to approve future export licences for teargas to Hong Kong....

...Chemring, based in Romsey, Hampshire, has sold the crowd-control weapon to the former British colony for several years under export licences approved by the British government."