At Monday afternoon's press conference, police also said they arrested 12 people in Sheung Shui in the morning for alleged possession of tools that officers suspected they would use to puncture vehicle tyres.
Police confirmed an "embarrassing" case that an officer on leave was stopped from leaving HK yesterday at airport as an extendable baton was found in his luggage. Police said the officer was "careless" and already reprimanded
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1 year agoRiot police are stopping and searching youngsters in Shatin during lunch hours. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 year agoFrontline protesters are setting up increasingly elaborate barricades on Des Voeux Road Central as riot police begin to converge upon the designated end of the march. Photo: May James / HKFP. hongkong
1 year agoThe frontline long since fell back to Peddar St, the police seem not to have changed stance at all and are happy to remain blocking the road to the Liaison Office, so still hopeful it remains peaceful today as these CHRF marches always have been
1 year agoWith most protesters having completed Sunday's march, increasing numbers of riot police are converging in Central, where a standoff continues
1 year agoChanting "one, two, one, two" to coordinate their pace, frontline protesters are cautiously retreating, while making sure they leave no one behind
1 year agoThe end of the march is finally passing Sogo, 3.5 hours after the official start (keeping in mind the crowd spilled over from Vic Park way before 3pm)
1 year agoIn Central, riot police at all intersections Connaught/Harcourt Rd; many black bloc protesters waiting around checking phones; first aid crews waiting at the ready
1 year ago[CWB. Outside Victoria Park] 4:55PM. Jammed. Every street.
1 year agoBlack-clad protesters are telling each other to retreat from the riot police cordon on Des Voeux Road Central as demonstrators from the authorised march continue to arrive. Photo: May James / HKFP. hongkong
1 year agoMarch in Admiralty
1 year agoAlmost two hours since the march started, the crowd remains strong in Causeway Bay. HumanRightsDay hongkongprotests Hundreds of Thousands Join Human Rights March: HongKong
1 year ago"We want Hong Kong to remain Hong Kong," a poster says. Crowd in Wan Chai while Victoria Park and Causeway Bay are packed to bursting point.
1 year agoWith police not intervening in the protesters' occupation of all six Hennessy Road lanes, the march has been able to go ahead at a moderate pace — without slowing to a crawl — as of 3:30pm. Photo: HKFP.
1 year agoThe Civil Human Rights Front's first approved march in months has begun from Victoria Park
1 year agoMarchers have left Victoria Park as the @chrf_hk support vehicle leads the way to Central
1 year agoAs was the case on Thursday evening, over a hundred local residents turned up to Kowloon Bay's Amoy Plaza shopping mall on Saturday evening to chant protest slogans and sing songs such as "Glory to HongKong". Photo: RTHK screenshot
1 year agoDisappointing that only hundreds at most have turned out to StandWithYuli, says Anna Tsui, when thousands have come out to thank US and Donald Trump. Not a good strategy to "rely on the mercy of international leaders, who honestly who wouldn't think of us as anybody," she says
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1 year agoA #StandWithYuli rally at Edinburgh Place, in support of the Indonesian woman who was deported from Hong Kong
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1 year agoAt a Thursday youth election forum, Taiwan President @iingwen said there was no present need to enact a refugee law to assist HongKong protesters fleeing persecution in the city. Photo: 曾守一 / USP
1 year agoA "singing protest" is taking place inside Kowloon Bay's Amoy Plaza on Thursday evening. Photo: Stand News screenshot
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1 year agoLONO for rally in Victoria Park will be valid from noon to 6pm. March must start when crowd occupies over 85% of the central lawn. LONO for march from park to Charter Road in Central valid from 3pm to 10pm. CHRF must have 200 supervisors for a reported turnout estimate of 32,000
A rally protesting the use of tear gas at Central's Edinburgh Place from 7-9pm on Friday has been approved. The Civil Human Rights Front is still awaiting a police decision on its Sunday march on Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong protests: crowds shrink further in lunchtime protests as just a few dozen show up in two business districts