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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: A police source has confirmed to the Post that undercover officers have been deployed to infiltrate radical protesters. Follow our live coverage here: http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Police have fired at least one live round skywards near Victoria Park as a warning shot to protesters, a source from the force confirms to the Post. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: This would be the second time since protests began in June that police have fired live rounds. Follow our live coverage here http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: In Tsim Sha Tsui, police on Nathan Road are continuing to advance, warning people on the street that it is no longer a safe place. Most protesters have already left. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      Dramatic scenes near Victoria Park as a live round was fired by police skywards as a warning shot to protesters. #hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Kao Shan Shanpic.twitter.com/3XvhLUxAus

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: On King's Road in Fortress Hill, residents are chanting the slogan,"Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times" and lighting up their cell phone torches. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/zuhVImyT6j

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Scenes from Tsim Sha Tsui 📷: SCMP/Dickson Lee http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/WcnjiVrTtD

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: The MTR has announced that it is closing down Jordan and Wan Chai stations because of the unexpected circumstances until further notice. Trains will also not stop at Wan Chai, Admiralty and Sai Ying Pun stations. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Protesters have moved their battleground to Mong Kok and Kwun Tong after most of them left Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui. Police officers have entered Mong Kok MTR station to chase protesters. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Tempers frayed at Prince Edward MTR as protesters quarrelled with several passengers on a train that had stopped at the platform. A middle-aged man brandished a hammer as he confronted several masked protesters. http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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      SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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      #LIVE: Police officers have subdued several protesters on the platform of Prince Edward station. One man's forehead was bleeding. The MTR has announced that trains on the Tsuen Wan line will not stop at Prince Edward station http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Train services on the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines have been suspended due to unexpected circumstances, the MTR has announced http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Officers chase and subdue a protester in Yau Ma Tei stationhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1167822279138410497 …

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          Officers chase and subdue a protester at Yau Ma Tei MTR station Video: SCMP/Danny Lee #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/Fvk15eYpvA
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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: The Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines have been suspended due to "disturbances at various stations and train door obstruction". Sai Ying Pun, Admiralty, Wan Chai and Fortress Hill stations are all closed http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: State media has increased the rhetoric on the protests. A commentary by Xinhua says the violent acts on Saturday should be severely condemned. "The riots are turning Hong Kong into a war zone with the crazy thought of destroying Hong Kong"http://sc.mp/3nrqw 

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Riot police take a man out of Yau Ma Tei station and to a police van. He had an injury to his forehead and says his surname is Ma http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/sCiMpS2gmT

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Chaotic scenes earlier in Prince Edward MTR station as a group of police "raptors" were seen hitting at least four passengers with batons. The passengers were seen sitting on the carriage floor using their hands to protect their heads and each otherhttp://sc.mp/3nrqw 

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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Sources tell the Post there were two live rounds fired in the air near Victoria Park at around 9pm, as police faced off with protesters http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Railway services in Hong Kong have come almost to a standstill as the MTR has announced the suspension of train services on the Island, South Island and Tseung Kwan O lines for safety reasons http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: There are scores of people outside Mong Kok Police Station and occupying part of Prince Edward Road West. Tensions are high and they have been warned to leave immediately http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/az81y57kGX

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: In a statement, the Hong Kong government has strongly condemned the "unlawful and violent" acts of the radical protesters who they say have ignored the safety of the public http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Officers at Mong Kok Police Station have raised a blue flag, warning of the use of force after protesters threw missiles http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: The situation outside Mong Kok Police Station remains tense. Protesters have cut down netting in front of the building, exposing officers on guard http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/rxvK3pzRIs

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          SCMP News Retweeted SCMP Hong Kong

          #LIVE: Drivers honk their car horns as they pass Mong Kok Police Station, in a sign of their displeasure with the forcehttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1167847904800722944 …

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          Drivers honk their car horns outside Mong Kok Police Station Video: SCMP/Danny Lee #HongKongProtests pic.twitter.com/hsYJSuSFsA
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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Officers in riot gear have advanced along Prince Edward Road West and stopped outside Mong Kok Police Station. Protesters have already left http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/E4H3dCO4U7

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Aug 31
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          #LIVE: Police are withdrawing from Nathan Road, both vehicles and personnel http://sc.mp/3nrqw  #hongkongprotests

          2 replies 8 retweets 9 likes
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