Roadside vendors offer curses, blessings and spells against the city’s leaders using rituals from southern China that date back centuries. The services offered by the women, who set up their stalls under a flyover, have become increasingly popular as Hong Kong residents become more disillusioned with the political class. As his popularity plummeted, Hong Kong’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, has been increasingly in the crosshairs of the roadside retribution vendors.