Burst
Written by: Ling Yide
2019-11-30 20:37
Last updated: 2019-11-30 21:13Three months have passed since the violence at Prince Edward Station 831. After the incident, demonstrations clashed outside Prince Edward Station and Mong Kok Police Station for several months. Exit B1 was closed for more than two months. By the beginning of this month, B1 exit was reopened, and flower beds and cultural propaganda outside the exit had been cleared. Tonight, another netizen called for a memorial service outside Exit B1 of Prince Edward Station. At 8 pm, many citizens gathered outside the station and lit candles and presented white flowers. Police officers from Mong Kok Police Station stepped out of the police station to put white flowers Clear away.
[2110] Riot police clear the roadblocks on West Road, Prince Edward Road.
[2105] Several police cars drove off Mong Kok Police Station on Nathan Road. The riot police got out of the car and raised the blue flag, calling on those present to leave immediately. A riot police officer held a pepper ball gun, and a police officer asked a reporter to return to the sidewalk, during which he held a pepper spray and pointed at the reporter.
[2103] Some people at the scene burned clothes on the sidewalk off Exit C1 of Prince Edward Station. Many firefighters came to understand.
[2100] Police officers are inspecting the environment on the second floor of the Mong Kok Police Station, during which someone is using laser light to the police.
[2055] Vehicles on Nathan Road heading for Mong Kok near Prince Edward Road West still cannot pass, while vehicles on Prince Edward Road West heading for Tai Kok Tsui can still turn into Nathan Road and leave, but some protesters continue to throw debris out of Nathan Road attempts to hinder the vehicle from advancing.
[2045] People gathered outside Nathan Road near Exit C1, continually accusing and calling slogans in the direction of the Mong Kok Police Station, and then someone threw debris out of Prince Edward Road West Road as a roadblock, and there were demonstrations at the junction of Nathan Road Blocked the vehicle from advancing.
[2035] Demonstrators gathered at Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road west, one after the other, and many people opened their umbrellas at Exit C1. The demonstrators later dispersed, and the iron gate at Exit C1 was seized by a rubber band. Staff inside the station instructed the people inside the station to return to the station, and then closed the gate at Exit C2.
Demonstrators placed a barricade on Prince Edward Road West Road. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)
Riot police officers arrived to raise the blue flag. (Photo by Huang Yiyang)
On August 31, there was a serious conflict at Prince Edward Station. Demonstrators suspected a dispute with the citizens in the car. Later, a large number of Athlon and riot police officers entered the platform on the station, pursued it on the platform, and only went to the car. The person wearing the mask waved a truncheon and sprayed Hu Shi. Many people were injured and their heads were bleeding. More than 60 people were arrested in the police incident.
After the incident, there have been rumors of wounded disappearance and "killing people" rumors that night. The government and the police have repeatedly clarified and denied that MTR released 26 screenshots of the CCTV that night. Television caused public dissatisfaction and asked MTR to surrender CCTV at Prince Edward Station that night. Since the 831 incident, citizens have paid tribute to the flowers at Exit B1 of Prince Edward Station for several days, and posted a message. MTR has not responded to the public's request. Exits B1 and C1 have been closed. By early November, the MTR reopened Prince Edward Station Exit B1, and the flower beds and cultural propaganda outside the exit had been cleared.
[8.31 Prince Edward Station] Li Jiachao: Killing the people belongs to "Shengan Baizao"
[Prince Station 831] Interview with Fax Agency 6 "Suspected Victim" All persons were sent to hospital or police station
[8.31 two months] After the conflict, the traffic lights failed.
[8.31 March] Exit B1, Prince Edward Station, which was closed for more than two months, reopened
8.31 Demonstration against the revision of the Prince Edward Station Conflict Fugitive Ordinance
