1 year agoPolice is seen forcibly ripping off Singtao Daily photographer Alexander Fung's full face gas mask, tonight in Tai Wai. From post circulating on fb
1 year agoIn Tai Wai, police fired tear gas again on Wednesday night after crowds surrounded Tin Sun Police Station to call for the release of the man earlier arrested. Photo: iCable screenshot. #antiELAB
1 year agoHK police commissioner Stephen Lo said last night that police officers "immediately"(隨即) provide first aid to the student after he was shot [I still have the audio]. But as it turns out, this CBS footage show officers did not help until 3 mins later
1 year agoPeople starting marching from Causeway Bay toward Wanchai. New slogan: "Disband HongKong Police, delay no more."
1 year agoA angry crowd just demanding to disband police force
1 year agoMore and more assembled in Tsuen Wan Sha Tsui Road Playground #antiELAB
1 year agoVeby Indah, the journalist who was hit in the face on Sunday by a round fired by a Hong Kong police officer, is permanently blinded in her right eye. Info her lawyer Michael Vidler
1 year agoScene at Admiralty MTR at 3:15pm, October 2nd. #HongKongProtests
A top HongKong police official says the officer who fired a live round at a protester on Tuesday had used 'appropriate level of force'
1 year agoStudents at the Tsuen Wan High School holding a well-wishing vigil and support rally for their classmate who was shot point blank in the chest by a live round of real ammo yesterday, courtesy of @hkpoliceforce. Photo Credit: Susana Vera / Reuters
On China national day, 269 people aged 12-71 arrested in Hong Kong. #antielab
A group of people gathered in Sha Tin to protest against the police shooting. More than 100 citizens gathered in the Baitian Ladder of the Shatian Town Hall
1 year agoThey are marching to Admiralty passing Bank of China.
1 year agoMany people can sing the protest anthem "Glory to Hong Kong" by heart
1 year agoHK protesters arriving Admiralty now
1 year agoThe protesters made a powerful declaration in an open area next to Grand Millennium Plaza in Sheung Wan, saying they're workers in Central who do not accept the lies told by the police and the govt & chanted "rather be a shattered piece of jade than an unbroken piece of pottery"
1 year agoHundreds of people, many of them white-collar workers, are taking part in a lunch-hour protest march in Central district. The protesters chanted slogans such as "five demands, not one less.". Some say they've come out to protest against the police shooting of a student yesterday
Shooting of Hong Kong schoolboy 'totally appropriate', state media says
1 year agoSpeech at Grand Millenium Plaza by protesters singing #GloryToHongKong
1 year agoA small crowd has gathered in Chater Garden in solidarity with the student protester who was shot by police with a live round yesterday afternoon.
1 year agoStudents rally in support of a teenager shot by police during anti-government protests yesterday
1 year agoSinger and outspoken supporter of #HongKongProtests Tommy Yuen also came to the secondary school in Tsuen Wan to show support for the student who got shot ystd
1 year agoA man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask who claim to be the sit-in's organizer, said he knew two other frontliners who were with Tsang Chi-kin ystd. The pair told him they were trying to rescue some protesters who went alone and got in police's hands before the shot was fired
1 year agoOld boys and girls of Tsuen Wan Public Ho Tsuen Yiu Memorial College staged a sit-in outside their alma mater to support their alumnus who was shot in chest in Hong Kong's national day protests, when current students had to go in for classes
1 year agoHong Kong students and teachers are calling for a citywide strike and class boycott tomorrow to support the secondary school student shot today by police and to condemn the mass arrests of student protesters in recent days. (Via Telegram)
A total of 6 live shots were fired throughout the day on Oct 1, including 2 warning shots in Mong Kok, 1 in Tsuen Wan, and other on Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan and Shatin Pass Road in Wong Tai Sin, police chief Stephen Lo said
Over 180 people have been arrested on Oct 1 for charges related to rioting, possession of offensive weapons and assaulting police, said Commissioner of Police Stephen Lo
Police say they've arrested over 100 people today. They also arrested 51 people in 48 raids over the last two days. That would bring the total number of protest arrests since 6/9 to over 1,700. With 96 charged with riot tomorrow, at least 309 in all will have been charged
Student groups called for another "urgent" mass class strike on Wednesday in support of the 18-year-old who was shot by police
1 year ago11:10 A few rounds of teargas fired outside Mong Kok station, where a small number of protesters and mostly press have gathered
1 year agoHK police was seen targeting their guns at reporters at Nathan Road, Prince Edward. An @rthk_enews reporter was shot in the leg.
1 year agoPolice at Mong Kok police station have suddenly erected a black flag, warning protesters - who have been staying on the pavement - that tear gas may be fired to disperse them
1 year agoScenes outside Mong Kok Police Station on Tuesday night as protesters and residents heckle, and multiple are arrested upon a sudden police charge. Photo: Aidan Marzo / HKFP.
1 year agoFire set just now in Prince Edward area, then riot policemen charged at protesters from both ends of Nathan road
Riot police are moving towards the barricades along Nathan Road in Mong Kok, minutes after protesters set off fireworks
1 year ago#HongKongProtesters shooting fireworks in MongKok, less than a block away from the police station. Riot police on the ground
1 year agoBarricades and protesters outside Mong Kok Police Station at 10pm. Photo: InMedia.
By 8pm, total number of people sent to public hospitals increased to 51, with the youngest aged only 11 and the oldest 75. Among them, 2 are in critical condition and 2 serious. @hk01official reported around 9.35pm per source that the student shot in chest had surgery done
1 year agoBlack flag outside Mong Kok Police Station now. #antiELAB
1 year ago9:48pm Mongkok. Still lots of protestors in full gear. Police just fired teargas
1 year agoRather than be gathered at the police station, protestors are just south on Nathan Road within view of it. A small amount of laser versus cop torch going on. At some point the policemen will arrive to chase everyone off, just a matter of how soon
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that the use of live ammunition by Hong Kong police was disproportionate, after a teenage demonstrator was shot
1 year agoPolice fired tear gas towards hecklers outside Mong Kok Police Station shortly after 9pm. Photo: HKFP
1 year agoAt least two Sham Shui Po exits have been set alight. "Close your windows," protesters yell up to residents
1 year agoVideo as exit of Sham Shui Po Station is being set on fire
1 year agoProtesters currently vandalizing Prince Edward MTR station #HongKongProtests
1 year agoFire at the exit of Sham Shui Po Station.
1 year agoFirework by HongKongProtests protesters in Sham Shui Po HongKong, while firemen arrives soon after protesters set fire outside of the MTR station
Teargas used at Prince Edward MTR. Lots of civilian bystanders gassed.
1 year agoSearching busses in Fortress Hill because police have no one else to arrest - police presence here but no protesters
1 year agoHong Kong Island: In the west, police retreated to heckling from onlookers after reaching Causeway Bay Road. In the east, another group of police are pushing westwards from North Point. Photo: InMedia/Telegram
1 year agoPolice here in Fortress Hill on King's road
1 year agoIn Kowloon, the MTR, Yoshinnoya and Starbucks have also been vandalised after falling afoul of protesters in recent months. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoThe third angle of protester being shot in left chest. After he was shot, Hong Kong Police did not did any instant first aid. Another protester try to get closer but forced down by the police, they still did nothing, until he yelled for help.
1 year agoMTR FIRE: An entrance to Causeway Bay MTR subway station is set alight and then put out by Hong Kong firefighters
Police have made an urgent appeal to the public urging them to avoid going outdoors, saying there are riots across HongKong. In a statement, the force say there have been many people injured, and whom they describe as rioters damaging properties en masse and starting fires
An RTHK reporter is taken to hospital after being struck in the head by a projectile in Sham Shui Po. In light of the day's unprecedented violence, the English new team has decided to send all of its reporters back to base for the day.
1 year agoWater cannon shot blue dye on Hennessy Rd in Causeway as protesters fleeing towards Tin Hau
1 year agoBurning barricade at Diamond Hill MTR station
1 year agoFire at The V city of Tuen Mun
1 year agoProtesters set fire to makeshift barricades to allow time for others to retreat from the VCity mall, Tuen Mun. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoLull in the clashes, new fires in Causeway Bah and ghost money, bricks, tear gas canisters, burnt residue on the ground everywhere
1 year agoA standoff between protesters and riot police on Castle Peak Road, where protesters are trying to make their way back to #TsuenWan, after learning some have surrounded the govt building. While police give teargas warning, there are civilians walking on opposite road
#antiELAB protester who was shot in the chest at Tai Ho Road, Tsuen Wan is confirmed to be a F.5 (grade 11) student of Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College. He's not even 17
1 year agoChaos in Wan Chai as police advance down Hennessy Road. @LauraMannering spoke with domestic helpers who had been caught in tear gas as they tried to get back to their work places. Some shops restaurants and market stalls are open here. Many bystanders close to the violence
1 year agoProtesters are heading uphill after rounds of tear gas fired in Wanchai
1 year agoProtesters destroyed facilities of Tsuen Wan MTR station after news spreads that a protester was shot in chest by police, cable tv reports
1 year agoIn one corner of Wong Tai Sin, protesters smashed the glass entrances of Bank of China, Maxim's and Genki Sushi. These establishments are targeted for their Chinese ties
At least 40+ protesters will be charged for rioting offences in Admiralty on Sun (Sep29), legal source said. They will be brought to a magistrate court tomorrow (Oct2). More protesters arrested could be charged
1 year agoProtesters regroup after resting in Tuen Mun in the late afternoon. A Yoshinoya restaurant - whose Hong Kong franchise owner is perceived to be pro-Beijing - was vandalised. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoPetrol bombs thrown at advancing police, fires set, massive teargas barrage.
1 year agoYau Ma Tei at the junction of Nathan Road and Waterloo Road, that is, where the police firing live ammunition and a tear gas bomb.
Two lawyers have arrived at Princess Margaret Hospital to offer legal counsel to the protester who was shot in the chest. His family arrived shortly after. The family were escorted by lawyers to consult doctors about his condition
1 year agoAs police fired tear gas and non-lethal rounds towards the crowd in Mong Kok, protesters have responded with petrol bombs. Major escalation of the situation here
1 year agoProtesters attempted to throw petrol bombs at the Sham Shui Po Police station, but failed. Police fired what's thought to be bean bag rounds/rubber bullets to hit back
1 year agoVideo appears to show the protester being shot in the chest in Tseun Wan #HKprotests
1 year agoThe moment where protester shot in the chest in Tseun Wan, per HKU Campus TV
1 year agoSeveral rounds of tear gas from far distances in packed Nathan Road. Pedestrians casualties.
1 year agoPeople run from teargas in Admiralty just now. Cred: EW
1 year agoRetreat to Wan Chai where there were more fires and arrests
1 year agoA fire burns outside the Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai #hongkongprotests
1 year agoIn Wanchai now. Lots of protesters have taken refuge at Five Guys
1 year agoPolice pushed #pandem lawmaker Fernando Cheung and said he was "no better than dogs" in Admiralty
1 year agoPolice is advancing from Tsim Sha Tsui, chasing protesters down Nathan Road. #antiELAB
1 year agoMad panic. The moment police started to flush protestors out from Central through Admiralty and into Wanchai. Tear gas landing on the ground. Chaos. @CBSNews is here.
1 year agoRiot police charging down Queensway firing, behind water cannon
1 year agoProtesters are preparing Molotov cocktails on Nathan Road
1 year ago17:18 in Wong Tai Sin, at least 7 arrested
1 year agoOutside Police headquarters area now, tons of riot police being stationed temporarily
1 year agoMultiple arrests in Yau Ma Tei. Police tried to prevent journalists from shooting the arrests. #antielab
1 year agoFire at the police station in Wanchai, another one close to Central.
1 year ago[5:10PM] Admiralty near Pacific Place. Water cannon firing blue dye. Small explosion seen.
1 year agoFire started on Queensway as water cannon coming with riot police. Protesters moving further east to Wan Chai
1 year agoOfficers moved in from the direction of Sham Shui Po police station a few blocks away and fired tear gas. Protesters are retreating
1 year agoProtesters run from police on Nathan Road #AntiELAB
1 year agoHongKong govt buildings in Cheung Sha Wan vandalised by extraditionbill protesters as national day demonstrations spread to many areas
1 year ago16:53 Large contingent of riot police pushing east on Connaught Rd and fired multiple rounds of tear gas
1 year agoTwo water cannons in Central, accompanied by raptors #antielab
1 year agoTear gas buffer in Sha Tin this afternoon. Dozens of rounds darkening the sky as protesters try to extinguish and hurl them back at riot police
1 year agoVideo of the protesters shot by the live round at Tsuen Wan, he shouted he felt pain in his chest and people nearby tell him to calm down as his chest is bleeding
1 year agoLocal reports say someone was shot with a live bullet in Tsuen Wan - Male , aged 25-30, left chest gun wound at Hau Tei Square
1 year agoA tear gas canister that was just fired on Chater Rd #HKprotests
1 year agoRounds of tear gas are fired at Hennessy Road in Wan Chai. Protesters have set fire to a tram stop. Video: SCMP/Chris Lau
1 year agoIn Jordan, police have fired at least a dozen round of tear gas from the Tsim Sha Tsui police station in the last 5 minutes
1 year agoNowTV just reported that a protester is shot and hospitalized. @hkpoliceforce confirmed they fired live around at Tsuen Wan
1 year agoHeavy clashes continue in Shatin, as protesters set barricades alight and riot police fire tear gas. At 4:30pm, the MTR announced the closure of Sha Tin Wai station. Photo: InMedia.
1 year agoSix soldiers came out of PLA Central Barracks to take vid of protesters on Harcourt Rd, and soon left
1 year agoVolleys of tear gas on Harcourt Road in response to more brick and Molotov-throwing
Live shots fired in Kowloon - Nathan Road near YMCA and Tsuen Wan, police source confirms
1 year agoWater cannon and teargas deployed in Admiralty
1 year agoProtesters threw eggs at Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
1 year agoTear gas and water cannon with blue dye on Harcourt
1 year agoTear gas has also been fired in Harcourt Road, Admiralty shortly before 4:30pm. Photo: HKFP
1 year agoA molotov cocktail was chucked into Central Station, where some police were stationed at. Police returned with tear gas and what sounded like sponge grenades. #antielab
1 year agoThe police deployed tear gas at the junction of Austin Road and Nathan Road.
1 year agoTear gas in Admiralty
Police have just deployed water cannon with blue dye outside the gov't headquarters
Hong Kong government orders all persons to evacuate Legislative Council complex immediately
1 year agoLegco: Water cannon truck is out. Hasn't sprayed yet. Police warning. Protester getting ready
1 year agoScenes of urban warfare in Tsuen Wan, as teargas is fired faster than protesters can put them off. Saw one being carried away after being hit
1 year agoA video circulating online shows warning shots fired as protesters and police clash at the junction of Waterloo and Nathan Roads
1 year agoProtesters building up defensive positions around government complex
1 year agoNear LegCo & Government offices
1 year agoAt the center of Wong Tai Sin, there were several motorcycles on fire at the Shin Kong Bridge.
1 year agoPolice outside the Central Government Offices raise a yellow flag - warning of a police cordon - at crowds occupying Harcourt Road, Admiralty. Photo: @creery_j / HKFP. #antiELAB
1 year agoRumours going around that two live rounds were fired in Ya Ma Tei. I heard two bangs earlier when people were running, assumed tear gas. Have found some evidence of molotovs in Jordan
1 year ago1602: Police firing real bullets in YMT
1 year agoProtesters are back on Harcourt Rd #HongKongProtests
MTR Corp says the entire Tsuen Wan line is suspended from services. Other than Mei Fu, Lai King and Central stations, all the stations are closed on the Tseun Wan line #hongkongprotests
1 year agoClashes intensify in Wong Tai Sin, as riot police advance while regularly firing tear gas and other projectiles. Apart from Wong Tai Sin and Diamond Hill, nearby Lok Fu MTR station has also closed. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkong
1 year agoMore ghost money sprinkled over the intersection of Nathan Road and Argyle Street
1 year ago#hongkongprotesters heading for Sai Ying Pun and the Chinese government's rep office and control centre in #hongkong (the Liaison Office) face a water cannon, raptors, and a helicopter. Cred: EW
1 year agoTear gas and other projectiles have been fired by riot police in Shatin as clashes continue for over an hour. Photo: InMedia.
Police officers and journalists have been injured by a corrosive liquid thrown during violence in Tuen Mun. #HongKong
1 year agoAt 3pm in Sham Shui Po, police searched a cafe that previously provided desserts to protesters in August, and arrested two people. One woman suffered a heat stroke while being searched, reported InMedia. Photo: InMedia.
1 year agoProtesters have shut down part of Connaught Rd - but still getting waves of support from people in transit bus forced to turn around
1 year agoPetrol bombs and tear gas outside a Tsuen Wan public market. Video: SCMP/Kathleen Magramo
Tsim Sha Tsui station is closed, taking the total to 18 hongkongprotests
1 year agoNathan Rd was closed at the top near Mongkok station
1 year agoBlocking a tunnel in central outside China insurance group building
1 year agoPolice arrested a male and a foreign female in Tuen Mun
1 year agoRounds of tear gas are fired in Tuen Mun. Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau
1 year agoProtesters light a makeshift barricade on fire in Tuen Mun as clashes with police intensify on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkong
Protesters are setting up road blocks on Connaught Road West, a few blocks to the east of Beijing's liaison office in Sai Ying Pun. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoProtesters set up roadblocks in On Ting Estate, Tuen Mun after clashes broke out at the local town hall. They plan to move to the nearby Yau Oi Estate as scouts on a bridge warned of police vans. Photo: @krislc / HKFP.
1 year agoPolice have launched tear gas in Sha Tin, up in New Territories
1 year agoA little earlier, a flash mob of six protesters wearing V for Vendetta masks bring self-made paper portraits of President Xi Jinping and Carrie Lam to the PLA Gun Club Hill Barracks in Jordan, before setting them on fire. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoProtesters set small fires on roadside plantation strip as they retreat eastward on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoPolice firing multiple tear gas grenades non stop in Shatin. Reporters said the whole street is full of smoke. #antielab
1 year agoAn aerial view of the march from a bridge on Queensway. Video: SCMP/Laurie Chen
1 year agoPolice are stationed under the flyover of Po Kong Village Road on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. #hongkongprotests
MTR has announced that four more stations are closed: Kwai Fong, Kwai Hing, Diamond Hill and Tai Wo Hau are closing, bringing the total to 15. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoDecision made. The crowd is heading towards the central government liaison office.
1 year agoDozens of police with shields and batons march towards protesters on Cheung Sha Wan Road. Video: SCMP/Sidney Leng
1 year agoProtesters dig up bricks along Sha Tin Centre Street, outside New Town Plaza. Video: SCMP/Lam Ka-sing
The procession along Nathan Road has met little police resistance as of 2:45pm. Photo: HKFP.
From Sham Shui Po, protesters have begun marching down Nathan Road at 2:30pm. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoThe head of the procession arrives at Chater Road, the end point for the illegal march. Figo Chan, one of the pro-democracy activists who organised the rally, announces the end of the protest and dismisses protesters. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoTwo large banners are flown from the flyover near Pacific Place in Admiralty. They read "Fight for freedom", and "Anti-communist. Enforce justice on behalf of heavens". #hongkongprotests
1 year agoProtesters disassemble a sign celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China to a massive cheer by the crowd in front of Pacific Place.
1 year agoOn the thousands-strong march on Hong Kong Island, officers with helmets and shields can be seen on the footbridge next to the police headquarters in Wan Chai. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoA massive turnout in TsuenWan, where protesters are marching along an unplanned route and have no plan where to go so far. There's extra tension as TW was the site of multiple violent attacks of protesters in the past
1 year agoProtesters have begun spraying graffiti on the roads in front of Maple Street Playground. Some dismantling road barriers
Tear gas was fired by police in Wong Tai Sin shortly after 2pm. #antiELAB
1 year agoProtesters hurl eggs at a poster of president Xi Jinping #PRC70
14:02: tear gas fired in Wong Tai Shin
1 year agoProtesters have reached Admiralty. Police armed with helmets and shields are guarding next to the police headquarters in Wan Chai. #PRC70 #antiELAB
1 year agoA moment of silence for the Hong Kong victims of police violence and for the protest supporters who've killed themselves since the clashes began
1 year agoJumping over to Tsuen Wan, where the funeral march have started for CCP's day of mourning. The long yellow rods are incense candles
1 year agoMarch at overpass next to HK police HQ, heading toward Central
1 year agoHundreds of protesters are marching from Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin along Tai Chung Kiu Road and Shing Mun River while chanting slogans, occupying half of the road and the entire Lion Rock Tunnel Road. Video: SCMP/Lam Ka-sing
1 year ago14: 03,Tsuen Wan citizens are seen carrying offerings. #antielab
1 year agoIt's a cat and mouse game between protesters and police at Wong Tai Sin. The dozens of protesters retreat in panic to Wong Tai Sin Road again as police march towards them. #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Liu Yujing
1 year agoTurnout is large and demographically diverse—lots of middle-aged-and-above protesters at this unauthorised march, which police can designate "unlawful" at any point. People chanting "Down w CCP, end one party rule." while Hong Kong's unofficial anthem plays in background
1 year agoHong Kong protesters "mourn" China's National Day in Causeway Bay with a banner showing solidarity with Uyghurs and Tibetans & by sprinkling ghost money — a Chinese funeral rite
One of the new slogans among HK protesters today is "Oct 1, celebrate your mum", just hours Chinese president Xi Jinping declares that the country is in a celebratory mood
1 year agoPolice raise a blue flag to warn the dozens of protesters gathering near Wong Tai Sin Square to leave, or officers may use force. #hongkongprotests
Police say they arrested five males in Wan Chai on Monday night after finding the raw materials for making petrol bombs. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoHere's a map of all the MTR stations that have either closed, or will be closed later today
1 year agoEarlier: Clashes erupted between protesters and police in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district. Politician and activist "Long Hair," aka Leung Kwok Hung, led the charge
1 year agoMTR's service disruption best illustrated by @mtrupdate
The national and HKSAR flags have been raised at Bauhinia Square, as hundreds of officials and guests the ceremony live inside the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
1 year agoAround 20 people from League of Social Democrats have marched from Wan Chai to an area near Hong Kong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 year agoWater cannons at the ready inside the convention centre - and no public access to the flag raising ceremony in Hong Kong today.
1 year ago07:34, 1 Oct: the first rally ran by Long Hair started in Wan Chai. One person arrested
1 year agoAhead of PRC70 flag-raising ceremony in front of convention centre (below) there are five large police patrol boats in the harbour — and around 12 black RHIBs. Guests are arriving by boat — roads outside the venue are virtually deserted, lots of security cordons
1 year ago#NationalDay: While #HongKongProtesters are expected to protests around Hong Kong early afternoon, MTR will shut down stations including Causeway Bay, Shum Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Che Kung Temple and Tsuen Wan West from 11am