Hongkongers at an anti-government gathering in Sham Shui Po have poured onto the streets in an unauthorised march.
A separate rally in Causeway Bay had police approval, but was not allowed to spill onto the streets. A third march on the east of Hong Kong Island had also been refused approval.
The anti-government movement was sparked by opposition to an extradition bill more than two months ago. Protesters' five key demands include the formal withdrawal of the now-abandoned extradition bill, an investigation into police’s use of force, and genuine universal suffrage.
>Crowd sets off Crowds start marching out of Maple Street playground, Sham Shui Po, at about 3.20pm. The crowd is walking along Cheung Sha Wan Road chanting "Hongkongers, add oil!" twitter.com/Olgawys/status/1160453943681359873
Dominic Walker
>Past the police station The crowd in Sham Shui Po has passed Yen Chow Street, carrying on along Cheung Sha Wan Road. This suggests they are not heading to the police station. Police complexes have become targets for protesters, some of them being vandalised and having things hurled at them.
Leo Brown
In North Point, to the northeast of Hong Kong Island, there is a heavy police presence, amid rumours that protesters will go there and clash with pro-government groups from the Fujianese community. Officers are checking identities of people on the street, searching bags too.
More and more Fujianese men and women are arriving in North Point. Some are distributing red T-shirts at Foo Lum Palace restaurant. One man from a group says: “Tonight will be very exciting. We are going to fight back!”
Cheung Sha Wan Road near Maple Street is blocked by protesters, as one man paints a slogan on the road. It reads: "Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our time."
Vehicles are forced to turn away from the road as about 300 protesters march along. Three girls holding placards tell protesters their church offers shelter, phone chargers, water and other supplies. They welcome them to go in to rest or pray together.
There is another protest happening today, at the airport, which is on Lantau Island, far to the west of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. Hundreds chant slogans in the arrival hall, switching – in true Hong Kong fashion – between Cantonese, English and Mandarin, to appeal to more travellers.
Foo Lum Palace restaurant in North Point is almost fully packed with Fujianese people today. One man tells the group not to act rashly if protesters pass them: “We are going to show them our muscle and unity, but don’t initially take action to fight,” the middle-age speaker told those from his hometown.
Kevin Morales
>Yee Wo Street in Causeway Bay blocked Buses and cars on Yee Wo Street and Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay are being blocked by protesters. A bus is trying to make U-turn as it cannot go down its designated route. Protesters have also occupied the main road outside Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, a site that they had previously targeted in demonstrations this week.
Brody Jackson
Protesters have removed metal barricades to build road blocks on Cheung Sha Wan Road, near Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices. Traffic has come to a standstill.
Officers inside Sham Shui Po Police Station ask residents watching across the street and on the footbridge to leave immediately. "You are in a very dangerous location ... police will start clearing soon," they say.
Shit haha thought that was Sydney for a minute there
Asher Sanchez
They have also removed barricades from Yen Chow Street. Large crowds of local residents stand around to observe the scene.
Reporting services at the station have been suspended. The force has released a statement calling the occupation an unauthorised assembly, and calling on participants to leave.
>Protesters heading to Hung Hom Protesters in Tsim Sha Tsui East MTR station are gathering on the platform for trains towards Hung Hom. But it remains unclear if they are all going to Hung Hom or some would go to stations in the opposite direction, such as Austin, Nam Cheong or Mei Foo. At Hung Hom, a traffic concern centres on the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, a key link between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. It has become a frequent target of flash mob blockades. It is still unclear if the group today intends to do the same.
Gavin Hill
In North Point, a man has hoisted the Chinese flag atop a traffic pole. Many people nearby shout "Good job! Good on you!"
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Dragon Center on Yen Chow Street near Sham Shui Po Police Station. Some are building barricades. Three riot police officers are seen on a platform inside the station, one armed with a gun. Police are announcing with loudspeakers to residents on Lai On Tsuen and Lai Chi Kok Road to immediately close their windows, as they may start releasing tear gas.
>Brief episode at Cross-Harbour Tunnel Protesters have returned to Hung Hom MTR station after staging a very quick flash mob at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. They did not block cars this time, only disrupting operations enough to allow some vehicles to pass through without paying tolls. At the station, some protesters jump over turnstiles and head to trains without paying fares.
Police officers tell him not to do so, and escorted him back to pavement. The man waves the flag pole at journalists and tries to hit them. “Don’t point your cameras at me!” he shouts, before tying the flag to a railing.
Chase Lopez
Police have fired tear gas in Sham Shui Po.
Isaac Smith
The crowd in Causeway Bay is surging. They comprise protesters who earlier spilled out from Victoria Park. Police are warning crowds to disperse and reminding them that they are taking part in an unauthorised assembly.
The chemical keeps spreading through the neighbouring densely populated streets. Residents are confused and running away. Many complain about the pain.
>China just ignores it and doesn’t take the bait >Waits for protestors to run out of money and having to go back to work in order to pay their insane rent prices
>Police statement Police release a statement on the tear gas in Sham Shui Po. It says protesters were "hurling bricks at police officers, posing a threat to the safety of everyone at scene". "Having given repeated warnings to the protesters but in vain, police officers deployed tear gas and minimum force to disperse protesters," it reads. The force condemns violence by protesters, appeals to everyone to leave the scene, and asks local residents to keep their windows shut.
Joshua Phillips
>no video feed good job ruptly
Jordan Moore
A group of protesters in black have rushed to Golden Bauhinia Square and spray-painted graffiti on the ground in front of the statue. They also put up posters and Post-it notes in a four-minute flash mob act.
Thats the thing, there are no leaders. Its being lead by groups outside of Hong Kong (UN human rights policy groups, potentially even groups from within China which are attached to the government). Also why would protesters be using Hitler as a comparison for Xi, to draw a parallel with an evil dictator? No Chinese or Hong Konger is going to see that and go "Woah he really is Hitler". Who the fuck is Hitler to the average person in Mongkok or in Shenzhen?
Kayden Walker
>Another police station confrontation There is a separate confrontation at Cheung Sha Wan Police Station, only about 500 metres from Sham Shui Po Police Station and still in Sham Shui Po district. Protesters are gathered on Cheung Shun Street, moving their defensive line closer to the station. A tear gas warning is issued.
Nolan Miller
>Tear gas at second police station Tear gas fired at Cheung Sha Wan Police Station.
Jayden Davis
I wish we had crosswalk sound cues like you got in HK
Ryder Campbell
Nice disinfo chang.
Jack Scott
>Also why would protesters be using Hitler as a comparison for Xi, to draw a parallel with an evil dictator? >protesters That's literally just one person holding the Hitler sign. But, I'm sure most are aware that Xi is a dictator.
Adam Green
>An overview as night approaches
Three major protests are going on today (Sunday): at Sham Shui Po, Causeway Bay-Wan Chai and the airport.
The clashes are most violent in Sham Shui Po as police fire rounds of tear gas and pin down some protesters, while also warning of the use of rubber bullets and other crowd control weapons.
Meanwhile in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, roads are blocked, but police presence is not yet heavy.
A significant number of officers are deployed in the tensed North Point, as pro-government supporters have vowed to safeguard their community if protesters come into the area. North Point was the scene of a violent street brawl last week between men with poles and protesters.
At the airport, a sit-in at the arrival hall enters its third day.
So far no MTR lines are affected and bus operators have not officially announced service disruptions or changes.
What are they protesting then? They already suspended the bill. They were protesting about the Uighers a few days ago. Why the fuck would a muslim minority in the far west of China matter to Hong Kongers? Its wasted energy aimed at everything which will achieve nothing and it has the potential to cause a crackdown from China. Its not like Hong Kong is ever going to be an independent country. It was landed leased from China. If Australia had leased Melbourne to New Zealand for 100 years, why would we give it away after the lease finished?
Robert Thompson
Fucking exactly
Parker Richardson
It's OK the People's Republic of China are your blood brothers. No more brother wars!!!
Kayden Martin
the blackshirts should get the cops or redshirts into a corner and crush them. that's a nice bank of china - maybe it needs to be painted/renovated ;P
Owen Nelson
laser pointers should be aimed at the ones firing the tear gas - they can't shoot if they can't see!
Daniel Carter
Seriously, why would you follow a Hong Kong independence movement which doesn't even have a Hong Konger as its leader? (or at least a recognizable asian face that everyone can go " I wonder what Mr Chan thinks about this - us protesting everyday - does he think its conducive to the overall movement? Fuck he has a way of putting the whole thing in perspective and make it easier to understand what were protesting about!" Your being lead to the slaughter.
>Riot police on Castle Peak Road Minutes after rounds of tear gas were fired from Cheung Sha Wan Police Station, protesters retreated to Cheung Sha Wan Road near Lai Chi Kok MTR station. Riot police have marched out and gathered on Castle Peak Road, with some others patrolling the area.
Charles Davis
On Ki Lung Street in Sham Shui Po, where some food stalls are still open for business, shoppers and residents are affected by the tear gas which has been fired at protesters nearby. Many of those among the stalls are elderly people in slippers, or women holding plastic shopping bags, without any protective gear. Demonstrators wearing yellow helmets come to advise them to steer clear of Cheung Sha Wan Road, pointing them away from the site of clashes.
>Riot police in front of HQ in Wan Chai Over in Wan Chai, riot police are out in front of the force's headquarters. Protesters, many of whom marched from a rally in Causeway Bay, are gathered a block away, on Hennessy Road and Fenwick Street.
Xavier Lewis
because people don't want to be controlled by china, it should stay away, so should it's shills (you). if xi is so good, why don't you live there? oh, you did, but you had to go to australia and try to control expats - go home chinese man - we're full!
David Parker
>Tensions between Fujianese and journalists Tensions are running high among the Fujianese community in North Point as a crowd turns rowdy, angered by journalists pointing cameras at them. Several are seen pushing and kicking journalists. One man is seen trying to push a reporter off railings. That journalist had climbed up to take pictures and videos. twitter.com/Olgawys/status/1160493531787513858
Ayden Rogers
>Seriously, why would you follow a Hong Kong independence movement That's not the mainstream demand, only a minority is advocating independence.
Luis Nguyen
>Protesters gather outside Wan Chai police HQ Protesters are now gathering a block away from the police headquarters in Wan Chai, one of the first stations to be besieged weeks ago as the backlash against the force grew.
Liam Ross
i'm proud of all of you Hong Kongers, i wish people here had the guts to rise up like you have
Camden Lewis
Here in the Netherlands, almost everyone I know is following your struggle and supporting you. Keep up the good fight against the CCP, Hong Kong!
>Tear gas in Tsim Sha Tsui Police have fired tear gas in Tsim Sha Tsui, near the police station and the entrance to the adjacent Kowloon Park.
Matthew Bennett
A flag warning that tear gas will be fired if police orders are not complied with has been raised in Lockhart Road. Barricades have been installed in Lockhart Road, near the junction with Fenwick Street. About 100 metres away police and protesters are facing off.
Some protesters are also aiming laser beams at officers. Police are warning protesters they are participating in an “unauthorised assembly”. Police are appealing for everybody to leave immediately and for motorists to tune into travel news.
