#LIVE: Scenes from the ground. Photos by SCMP's Sam Tsang https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/WQsh9zux7f
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#LIVE: Scenes from the ground. Photos by SCMP's Sam Tsang https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/WQsh9zux7f
#LIVE: After police used water to disperse the crowd outside the Chief Executive's Office, demonstrators have retreated and are walking towards Central. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0T8lP9g0id
#LIVE: Riot police have arrived on Harcourt Road, leading protesters to flee. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Em5Vk0jqjw
#LIVE: Scores of riot police are advancing towards Admiralty and have just raised a blue flag, warning protesters they are participating in an unlawful assembly.
https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Riot police have arrived on Harcourt Road, leading protesters to flee. Police are also on nearby Rodney Street.
There are also officers inside Admiralty MTR station. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/D6I9XWqfwO
#LIVE: Riot police are also outside the Pacific Place mall on Queensway, leaving only a few lanes for traffic. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/pdwWgYVVT3
#LIVE: About a dozen police vehicles have arrived at Harcourt Road and officers armed with long shields are clearing barricades set by protesters, who have largely deserted the road to head to Central. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ZDEsWbkIzI
#LIVE: As protesters in Central work out how to leave, some change T-shirts. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Sik4FSBgoI
#LIVE: Hundreds of protesters are queuing for ferries to Tsim Sha Tsui, with some shouting: “Don’t take the MTR, take ferries!” As protesters wait for their ferry rides, they sing the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/7ZN9XaqDo2
#LIVE: The police force says “appropriate force” has been used against a large group of violent protesters who vandalised glass panels outside the government headquarters and set up barricades on Harcourt Road. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotests
#LIVE: Riot police have stopped two buses in Wan Chai at the intersection of Fleming Road and Harbour Road near Central Plaza. They have asked passengers to leave the buses and line up to be searched. https://sc.mp/r6mdq #hongkongprotests
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