1 month agoSix officers equipped with anti-riot gear, one of which with a police dog, have been stationed at Pik Uk Prison in Clearwater Bay. Chan Tong-kai, who is wanted by Taiwan, is expected to be released at 9 am. @singtaodaily says he'll be transported to a safe house. antiELAB
1 month agoChan Tong-kai walks out of Pik Uk Prison accompanied by Reverend Peter Koon
1 month agoTaiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said it heard no "substantial response" from HK govt about proposal to let Taiwanese officers bring murder suspect Chan Tong-Kai back to Taipei tomorrow. MAC said Taiwan govt had already shown utmost sincerity and effort.
1 month agoTaiwan Mainland Affairs Council made a new offer, asking HK to allow TW police/prosecutors coming to HK and bring Chan Tong-kai back. It also urged HK to hand over all relevant confession testimonies to TW authorities
1 month agoPhilip Khan, Jeremy Tam, Mohan Chugani and Phyllis Cheung are lodging a formal complaint against police abusing the water cannon at the Kowloon Masjid on Sunday to the police
1 month agoHongKong's Legislative Council held its first meeting on Tuesday morning to "vet" the mask ban enacted earlier this month through the Chief Executive's emergency powers. Photo: LegCo screenshot.
After 10 pm only Airport Express will travel to Hong Kong and airport stations, other MTR lines closing at 10pm
1 month agoMore tear gas is fired in Yuen Long near midnight. Meanwhile, a police dog is brought onto the scene. Photo: RTHK screenshot.
1 month agoAt least 3 more arrests in Yuen Long, here 1 of them. About 15 in all there tonight and at least 6 elsewhere
1 month agoPolice are conducting stop and searches in Tai Wai at 11pm. Crowds had gathered at the local MTR station to mark three months since the July 21 Yuen Long mob attacks over the evening. "Go to the mosque." some protesters heckle. Photo: Stand News screenshot.
1 month agoAfter residents in Yuen Long shouted insults at police, the police fired multiple rounds of tear gas to disperse them.
1 month agoRiot police continue to march through Yuen Long, heckled by residents, as it nears midnight. Dozens of tear gas cannisters were fired near 11pm. Photo: Stand News screenshot.
1 month agoUnited Social Press reported some of the tear gas cannisters fired in Yuen Long on Monday night emmitted small flames as they landed on the ground. Police earlier admitted they began purchasing canisters made in China. Photo: USP.
1 month agoEven in places with almost no protesters, police are turning out in riot gear. This is outside Tai Wai MTR. They're heckled by local residents. Most places in HK they receive a similar response. They're detested by a large portion of the population
1 month agoAt Tsuen Wan's Lennon Wall, riot police have arrived and appear to have arrested two youths for alleged graffiti. Stand News reports that they fired pepper spray at heckling crowds. Photo: Stand News screenshot.
1 month agoInMedia reports that an iCable reporter was hit by a cannister of tear gas fired by police in Yuen Long, and is receiving treatment. Photo: InMedia.
Officers fired multiple rounds of tear gas in Kuk Ting Street and Tai Tong Road at about 9.30pm after a stand off with angry residents, many of whom had been berating the police for their failure to prevent the attacks on July 21
1 month agoTear smoke warning again at 8.41pm in Yuen Long. Between 8.15pm to 8.30pm, protesters and counter-protesters had a row and competition of throwing words, bottles and waters on Tai Tong Road. Riot police arrived when the two groups were ready for a real fight
1 month agoIn another part of Yuen Long, protesters are setting up makeshift roadblocks. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 month agoIn Yuen Long, riot police arrive on a street after reports of fights between pro-Beijing and pro-democracy supporters. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 month agoThe well-known anti-police protest chant "July 21, you disappeared, August 31, you beat people to death, October 1, you shot people" is heard in Tseung Kwan O. Photo: Stand News screenshot.
1 month agoAn @appledaily_hk reporter just attacked by a group of pro-Beijing supporters near the Tai Tong Road light rail stop, as she attempted to cover a scuffle between the "yellow" and "blue" camps. They can be seen throwing bottles, bicycles, etc, at each other
1 month agoAt Tseung Kwan O MTR Station, protesters have also spontaneously gathered to mark three months since the Yuen Long attacks. They began the event with a minute's silence. The station remains open. Photo: Stand News screenshot
1 month agoPolice suddenly rushed forward and arrested at least one local resident on Yuen Long's Castle Peak Road. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 month agoA middle-aged woman is being searched and questioned on the streets of Yuen Long by a dozen riot police. Photo: Stand News screenshot.
1 month agoTear gas warning on Tai Tong Rd, Yuen Long, raised at 8.17pm
1 month agoShopping centre in Yuen Long is closed after protestors called a sit-in rally on Monday evening
1 month agoTaiwan's Ministry of Justice & Mainland Affairs Council are holding a presser calling on HongKong to take responsibility on Chan Tong-kai's case. They said HK should sit down with Taiwan to discuss matters on judicial cooperation, but not simply asking Chan to come himself
TW Minister of justice Tsai Ching-hsiang denied Taiwan will reject to take in Chan Tong-kai, but stressed that should be done formal mutual legal assistance. He said the priority remain for HK authority to hold Chan in custody before he's freed
1 month agoHong Kong Police offer first public apology in press conference in the months of #HongKongProtests. Senior superintendent Wong Wai-shun's sorry for unintended targets that were sprayed, referring to the Kowloon Mosque being sprayed with pepper spray-filled blue dye
