#LIVE: Hongkongers are relying on their legs to reach their destinations with two busy MTR stations, Prince Edward and Mong Kok, both closed http://sc.mp/qwb7z #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/FWmzJZD9G8
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#LIVE: In a statememt, the MTR Corporation condemns the “violent acts” of protesters and says throwing objects at a moving train or onto the rail tracks is highly dangerous and could cause a large number of deaths http://sc.mp/qwb7z#HongKongProtestsShow this thread
#LIVE: About 30 protesters on the footbridge between HKU and the train station get ready for riot police to arrive amid rumours they are on their way.
They gather bricks and stones. Umbrellas and chairs are ready to be used as shields http://sc.mp/qwb7z #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/S4WP8yy6aD
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#LIVE: The crowd in Central has thinned, and little more than 100 protesters, mostly wearing black, remain. They place bricks on Connaught Road and hurl more bricks down the opening of a bypss to disrupt traffic. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Chris Laupic.twitter.com/mMlXWAO2RtShow this thread -
#LIVE: A Chinese University representative tells about 100 protesters on Campus Circus East police will move backward slightly, but protesters want officers entirely off campus. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/tgpKplvfqq
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#LIVE: Police fire tear gas onto protesters at Chinese University, as protesters respond with petrol bombs. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Sum Lok-keipic.twitter.com/94X8RiH5eeShow this thread -
#LIVE: At Chinese University, protesters retreat after about 15 minutes of repeated volleys of tear gas from police. Some objects are set on fire. At least one protester was subdued by officers on the ground. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/MkWoV2Ge4Q
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#LIVE: A car that has already been trashed inside the Chinese University campus has been set on fire. Police officers are still firing tear gas at protesters on campus, who remain defiant and refuse to back disperse. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Polytechnic University announces that classes on Wednesday will be cancelled due to extensive damages on campus facilities, the third day in a row this week that lessons are being affected. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Police have condemned the arson and vandalism by protesters across the city. “Society is on the verge of a breakdown, and the mobs have seriously and extensively affected the lives of citizens.” https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University will suspend classes for a third straight day on Wednesday because of the “high risk of clashes, road blockage, and severely damaged facilities on the campus”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters are returning to Des Voeux Road Central and placing bricks on the road again. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: A protester at Chinese University says he was hit on the forehead by an unknown projectile during a clash. Another protester was seen on fire from a petrol bomb earlier. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/sWhNsG2j3x
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#LIVE: Tai Po looks as though it may become the latest flash point, as dozens of protesters have occupied Tai Wo Road, just outside the local police station. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Police have confirmed that after a protester as shot in Sai Wan Ho on Monday morning, a Police Tactical Unit officer tried to turn the young man’s body around as he was “unaware of the injury”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters have left the footbridge at HKU after someone suggested they support the students at Chinese University instead. They left after reinforcing the barricades on the bridge and ground they built in the morning https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/JlIuixRcLA
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#LIVE: Police fire multiple rounds of tear gas after a man hurls a brick at them as they head away via Pedder Street. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Chris Laupic.twitter.com/PWEylGPOzcShow this thread -
#LIVE: Police say 287 people, aged 12 to 82, were arrested on Monday. Among them, 190 were students. Officers fired 255 rounds of tear gas, 204 rubber bullets, 45 beanbag rounds and 96 sponge grenades on Monday, the force says. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: The Jockey Club says the Mark Six draw originally scheduled for tonight will be postponed until Thursday. All accepted bets remain valid. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Baptist University says it will cancel classes on Wednesday as “traffic disruptions are expected to continue and repair works to damaged facilities take time”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Multiple rounds of tear gas have been fired by police in a confrontation with protesters on Tai Po Tai Wo Road. Protesters scatter but soon return to set up a defence position. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Mong Kok MTR station, one of the worst-hit facilities of the rail giant in recent weeks, is reopened again following a closure earlier today. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Five to six protesters remaining at a footbridge from HKU to the MTR station throw shattered glass, stones and chairs onto Pok Fu Lam Rd, as well as several petrol bombs as roadblocks. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Karen Zhangpic.twitter.com/YGU6JtP0PbShow this thread -
#LIVE: At the police press conference, Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau says the traffic officer involved in the shooting of a protester on Monday was “justified” in drawing his firearm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: The Vocational Training Council says all classes and exams for its member institutions will be cancelled on Wednesday because of ongoing uncertainties over traffic conditions. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Sheung Shui MTR station has been targeted by protesters and is the latest to close. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: In Central, the crowd is beginning to build up at the junction of Des Voeux Road and Pedder Street, the spot where protesters and their supporters gathered earlier in the afternoon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/s3SR6O7GWT
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#LIVE: The MTR has said that Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Wong Tai Sin, Whampoa, Causeway Bay, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Tuen Mun, Long Ping, Ma On Shan, Heng On and Sha Tin Wai stations will close at 9pm today (Tuesday). https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: The University of Hong Kong says it will suspend all classes on Wednesday, citing “continued uncertainties in the transportation system and in light of the time needed to repair some of the damage to facilities across the campus”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Services between Fanling and Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau MTR stations have been suspended. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Scenes from earlier today https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Photos by SCMP/May Tse, K.Y. Cheng and Edmond So:pic.twitter.com/AGLb0Ovq4L
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#LIVE: The Open University says classes on Wednesday will be cancelled and it urges students and staff “to be mindful of their safety”. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: At Langham Place in Mong Kok, volunteers are dropping supplies donated to protesters at Chinese University. This action is in response to calls on internet platforms https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/oUiUNYxxJ7
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