#LIVE: Four members of the League of Social Democrats are arrested on their way to join the unauthorised march at Causeway Bay after the police find a banner reading, “five demands, not one less”, in their car. https://sc.mp/ainy1 #hongkongprotests
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#LIVE: Police fire at least one tear gas round in Wong Tai Sin, where police have been engaged in cat-and-mouse exchanges with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: About a dozen riot police are being rounded on by more than 100 protesters outside Tuen Mun town plaza, where officers are being hit and are having objects thrown at them. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters march with black balloons along Hennessy Road in Wan Chai, where they plan to release them into the sky. The props are one of the gestures of "mourning" to counter the National Day celebrations. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/FtWEK81PAa
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#LIVE: The 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. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/qaTvkO8F0A
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#LIVE: Protesters originally planning to stage a rally in Maple Street playground in Sham Shui Po split into two groups. One goes to Tsim Sha Tsui, the other group builds barricades at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Rd & Wong Chuk St. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/0RX8dL0rpq
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#LIVE: More than 100 protesters have spilled onto the Tsuen Wan section of Castle Peak Road, opposite the MTR station. They burn props for the dead and mock President Xi Jinping, asking the Chinese leader to "take the offerings". https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Tear gas is fired again on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. After the tear gas, police clean up bamboo sticks on Lung Cheung Road protesters used to block traffic. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: 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. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Two more rounds of tear gas have been fired in Wong Tai Sin, while in Sham Shui Po, riot police put on gas masks after warning they will fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Nxob8LpuV7
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#LIVE: Protesters destroy a banner celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China at Pacific Place in Admiralty. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Et0iKtR26U
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#LIVE: Police are now stationed under the flyover of Po Kong Village Road on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/XGGT5gHBYd
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#LIVE: Protesters set small fires on roadside plantation strip as they retreat eastward on Lung Cheung Road in Wong Tai Sin. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/SMyRw8DRMK
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#LIVE: A 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. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/E2flu9sxKt
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#LIVE: Riot police are regrouping inside Tuen Mun Town Hall after a violent clash with protesters. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Al3FCwvrqR
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#LIVE: The three major battlefields are now in Sha Tin, Sham Shui Po and Wong Tai Sin. Protesters are also gathering in at least four other locations: northern Hong Kong Island, Tsuen Wan, Mong Kok and Tuen Mun. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters tie ropes to a metal grille door at an exit of Causeway Bay MTR station, as protesters continue to join the march to Central from Victoria Park, almost two hours after it started. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/AdZK3B6kgj
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#LIVE: 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. https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: MTR Corp says Sai Ying Pun station is shut, the 16th station closed today https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: By now the head of the march on Hong Kong Island has reached the finishing point in Central, with one organiser estimating 100,000 people had attended. But more keep streaming in from Causeway Bay and Tin Hau https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: In Tuen Mun, police are charging at protesters after some threw petrol bombs. Responding, police fire tear gas againhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178932704106012673 …
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#LIVE: Police have issued a statement on social media: "Rioters have used corrosive fluid in the Tuen Mun area, injuring multiple officers and reporters" https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/emIk5nUNTA
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#LIVE: Tsim Sha Tsui station is now closed, taking the total to 18 https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: So far, police have fired tear gas in four areas: Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun. Protesters are also gathering in other areas: Sham Shui Po, northern Hong Kong Island and Mong Kok https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: A protester dressed like Captain America, giving his name only as Leung, says there is no deadline: "We will continue to walk and protest as long as the government is not admitting its mistakes" https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/UVlpttKQPe
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#LIVE: Two warning shots have been fired on Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan and Yau Ma Tei, outside Kwong Wah Hospital, according to a police source https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: 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 https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: In Wong Tai Sin, a row of motorbikes is set on fire, on Sha Tin Pass Road. Black smoke billows into the sky, and firefighters rush to the scene to put out the blaze https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/7JioBbDEKO
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#LIVE: In Tuen Mun, an outlet of restaurant chain Yoshinoya is being vandalised, as protesters regard its operator as being pro-Beijing. Glass panels at the outlet have been smashedhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178947451476013056 …
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#LIVE: More than three hours after a banned march from Causeway Bay started, the bulk of protesters have left the start point near Sogo https://sc.mp/ainy1#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/KR3Jv2bonG
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#LIVE: A video circulating online shows events leading to the firing of a live round at the junction of Waterloo Road and Nathan Roadhttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1178946170321661953 …
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