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Today’s the day HK’s election was scheduled for before being postponed by at least a year, and a rally is due to kick off in Kowloon to protest the move.
Thousands of police are patrolling the area. My bus across the harbour was boarded by officers who searched everyone’s bags.
Thousands of police are patrolling the area. My bus across the harbour was boarded by officers who searched everyone’s bags.
On police-lined Nathan Road, the pavement is packed with people walking north chanting protest slogans, including the now-banned “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time.
Kettled on Nathan between Saigon and Ning Po after a blue flag was raised near where Student Politics members were giving out face masks.
Most journalists were allowed out after checking our press passes but some reporters, either students or from small outlets, were retained.
Most journalists were allowed out after checking our press passes but some reporters, either students or from small outlets, were retained.
Bedlam just broke out on Shantung Street in Mong Kong after undercover police posing as protesters tackled several people to the ground and pepper sprayed the crowd.
Mong Kok is being fought for block by block, as riot police sweep through, nabbing some and cordoning off dozens for processing. Many caught in their crosshairs attempt to find shelter in nearby shops.
Everyone trapped inside the stores is now being carded, patted down, and having their bags searched.
Blue flag raised by police again outside a store on Sai Yeung Choi St in which they’re searching people who sought shelter there, after the crowd began chanting anti-police slogans.
Police closing in from all sides. It’s impossible to leave Mong Kok now without passing through a police line.
The only good way to conclude this thread.
