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Written by: Chen Jingqi
2019-11-30 16:04
Last updated: 2019-11-30 16:04On August 31, a serious police-civilian clash occurred at Prince Edward Station. The police launched an arrest operation inside the station and asked reporters on the site to leave, saying that the station had "killed people".
Among the 52 arrested persons in the Prince's Station that night, the FAX successfully interviewed 47 people. Based on their personal experience, they tried to reorganize the situation at the station that night and calculated whether the number inside the station was consistent with the police's announcement. Investigations so far found that in addition to taking the arrested person to Lai Chi Kok Station by special train that night, there were also arrested persons who had boarded the police car directly at the original station.
In addition, after a three-month investigation, the police responded to the facsimile agency that the number of arrested and injured people still differed every time.
On the night of 831, police officers rushed into the MTR train and used truncheons to the crowd. (Profile picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)
The FAX reported that on the evening of August 31, the police said 52 people were arrested at Prince Edward Station, including 44 men and 8 women, of which 5 men and 2 women were injured and sent to hospital. From the film, at about 10.45 pm on August 31st, a dispute arose on the Kwun Tong Line train. The L3 train at Prince Edward Station suddenly stopped and the broadcast demanded that all passengers leave the carriage, and the MTR called the police. The riot police and the Athlon team quickly rushed to the L3 floor, waved sticks to the passengers on the platform and the train, cast pepper spray, etc. The crowd avoided each other and the scene was very chaotic.
At least 35 people were arrested on the L3 escalator <br /> The police arrested the most people on the L3 platform. The Athlon team ran to the L3 floor to chase the public through the stairs next to the elevator and rushed into the train compartment of the Tsuen Wan Line. Passengers were injured, the train then departed to Yau Ma Tei Station, and three male passengers on board were injured and sent to hospital. Athlon arrested a total of 4 men outside the second, third and fifth truck gates on the platform of the Tsuen Wan Line, and arrested two men in turn on the 7th and 8th cards of the platform on the Kwun Tong Line, of which 4 were arranged Sit and wait in front of the 5th truck of the platform on the Tsuen Wan Line, the other two were taken to the space at the end of the platform.
On the evening of August 31, the location of the arrested persons on the L3 platform of Prince Edward Station was distributed between 10.55 and 11.05. (Drawing by fax agency)
At almost the same time, members of another team of Athlon team walked to the platform in front of the Tsuen Wan Line, an escalator going straight to the lobby, and arrested at least 35 men and women. The clips taken by the two media on the same day, TVB and SocRec Social Recording Channel, showed that members of the Athlon team sprayed pepper spray on the people on the elevator and beat the people in the lower half of the elevator with the people on the elevator together. A video of the SocRec social record channel showed that there were two women and a man leaning against the wall below the elevator, and left according to Athlon's instructions. Three men were uniformed on the ground by police officers near the elevator. One of them escaped and ran up the escalator, but was eventually arrested. The other two were taken to the metal door of the platform front of the Tsuen Wan Line to sit down. The people on the escalator were also tied up with straps to the end of the same platform, squatting in two to three rows facing the wall.
In addition, a live TV broadcast clip showed that a man and a woman were intercepted by the police on the L3 floor at 11.05 pm and it was unknown whether they were arrested.
On the evening of August 31, the location of the arrested persons on the L3 platform at Prince Edward Station was distributed between 11:05 and 11:15. (Drawing by fax agency)
At 11:10, the police drove the reporter out of the L3 platform. After retreating to the lobby, the reporter rushed to the L2 floor for observation at about 11.25, and was driven out of Prince Edward Station at 11.45. After the media lens left, the situation inside the station could only be reorganized as described by the 47 arrested persons interviewed. According to 30 arrested persons, the arrested persons within the front of the platform of the Tsuen Wan Line on the L3 floor were searched and checked for belongings in front of the 8th truck door of the Kwun Tong Line, then headed for the 7th to 8th truck doors facing the wall. Sit down one by one and arrange them in about 3 rows.
The other four injured persons, including men with head injuries and men with panic attacks, were arranged to sit between the two columns at the end of the front platform of the Tsuen Wan Line. Two other female arrested persons reported having an asthma attack and were taken to the door of truck 8-3 to sit down after being treated by firefighters. With the assistance of firefighters, each of the six wounded was taken over by two to three ambulancemen, five of whom were on stretchers and one was in a wheelchair.
On the evening of August 31, the location of the arrested persons on the platform L3 of Prince Edward Station was distributed between 11:15 and 11:45. (Drawing by fax agency)
As of 12:17 on September 1st, a female inspector successively exited from the 7th to 8th truck door of the Kwun Tong Line and the middle of the end of the front platform of the Tsuen Wan Line to the 7th to 8th truck door of the Kwun Tong Line. The arrested and injured persons announced that they had arrested everyone on the charge of illegal assembly.
After the arrest was announced, the arrested persons were successively taken to the L2 floor and boarded the rear part of the train on the Tsuen Wan Line to Lai Chi Kok. More than 30 men and women sat opposite each other and were guarded by police officers at the door. The four men who had originally sat waiting in front of the fifth truck gate of the Tsuen Wan Line on the L3 floor were also taken on the first floor to board the Lai Chi Kok train. The four were sitting opposite each other at each end of two rows of seats, and were also guarded by police officers.
From 11:45 pm on August 31 to 12:17 am on September 1, the location of the arrested persons on the L3 platform at Prince Edward Station was distributed. (Drawing by fax agency)
'Inconvenient for reporters'
The injured were accompanied by ambulancemen to wait in line for the lift. At least two wounded persons said that there was an ambulanceman holding a rubber sheet to inquire about their condition and make a record. Some injured said that some ambulancemen thought they were going to take the injured person directly from Prince Edward Station to the hospital. They once accidentally transported the injured person to the lobby floor. The MTR staff at the scene asked the ambulancemen if they needed to “open the gate” for them. Another injured person heard someone claiming that he could not leave from Prince Edward Station because of the inconvenience of having a reporter there and said that a special train would be arranged to pick it up.
The six injured and arrested persons boarded the same train to Lai Chi Kok accompanied by ambulancemen. One of them saw an additional male injured in a wheelchair boarding the train. The injured man was boarded in the same ambulance. The facsimile agency could not determine the arrested location of the male wounded, but closed-circuit TV screenshots of the Lai Chi Kok Station released by MTR showed that the arrested person had appeared at Lai Chi Kok Station like the other wounded. The fire case records also showed that he Sent to Princess Margaret Hospital.
According to the information provided by the MTR, the special train departed from Prince Edward Station at 1:23 a.m. on September 1, and arrived at Lai Chi Kok Station at 1:28 a.m. Seven wounded people left by elevator from Exit B2 and were picked up by six ambulances. Four were taken to Princess Margaret Hospital and three were sent to Caritas Medical Centre for treatment. Others arrived at Lai Chi Kok Station and left from Exit A. They were taken to three Kwai Chung Police Stations. In addition to the arrest operation on the L3 floor, when the police rushed into Prince Station, at least 7 men were arrested between 10.55 pm and 11.10 pm on the L1 floor lobby exit stairs, inside and outside the gate, inside the station stairs or elevators, etc. Seven people departed from Exit C2 of Prince Edward Station within half an hour after being arrested and were taken to a police car to the Kwai Chung Police Station.
Comprehensive footage and the arrested person confirmed that the police arrested 44 people on the L3 floor. Seven persons have been confirmed in the lobby. One person has been arrested to board a special train. The total number of 52 persons is the same as the number announced by the police. However, the police intercepted at least 5 other people inside and outside the lobby gate of Prince Edward Station. From the footage, we saw that a man and a woman were surrounded by riot police sitting in front of the store, and one person was pressed to the ground by multiple riot police. It is unknown whether they were eventually arrested. .
On the evening of August 31, at least seven men were arrested in the lobby of Prince Edward Station. (Drawing by fax agency)
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In order to find out the number of arrested persons who left directly from Prince Edward Station on that day, the fax service made enquiries with the police since October 12, but did not reply before the deadline. In the meantime, the reporter has sent e-mails 3 times and nearly 20 calls to follow up on the progress. Other questions within the same inquiry have been answered, but each response to this part of the question is "in progress" and "I will notify you if there is news." As of November 23, of the 52 persons arrested that night, two have been charged with possession of offensive weapons in public places. 28 men and 8 women have refused bail pending investigation and have been released temporarily. Another 14 men have been released. Bail pending investigation is required to report to the police in mid-December.
There are still blind spots on each floor at different times. <br /> Comprehensive footage and photos taken from all walks of life, and the dictation of dozens of interviewees. Although you can roughly understand the location and movement of most people in the station, different times and locations in the station There are many areas that have not been filmed, or are out of sight of reporters and arrested persons. Therefore, the situation inside the station has not been grasped. Around 11:45 that night, reporters were present at the lobby of the Prince Edward Station and on the L3 floor most of the time. However, police officers drove the reporters to the lobby near Exit E. The media once rushed to the elevator directly to the L3 floor, but Intercepted by riot police.
At approximately 11:25, the reporter returned to the lobby floor along the elevator and changed to the elevator on the L2 side. The firefighter saw the camera and checked the trash can. A closed train was parked on the platform of the Kwun Tong Line on the L2 floor. No one was seen. The L2 floor has also been emptied. It was not possible to determine whether anyone on this floor was arrested earlier. The police drove all reporters away from Prince Edward Station at about 11.45 am. In the following hours, the situation in the lobby could not be grasped. After being interviewed by the arrested person on the L2 floor at 12.17am on September 1st, the trainees continued to speak at the time when the train left at 1:23, except for the police officers and one or two MTR staff members. No one was seen outside, and no observations were made at other times.
Location and situation of 52 arrested persons at Prince Edward Station. (Drawing by fax agency)
As for the L3 floor, the arrested persons were subdued from the middle of the platform to the front of the Tsuen Wan Line. The rear position and the conditions behind the multiple steel doors on the platform were not fully grasped. According to interviewees, during the time period on the L3 floor, no police officers were seen moving around or noisy noises were heard there. However, because the police officers asked most people to face the wall, the observable range was limited. After the arrested and wounded were taken on a special train, the situation on the L3 floor was unknown.
Police announced multiple changes in the number of wounded and arrested. <br /> Apart from the large number of people arrested in Prince Edward Station, the police arrested at least one man on the street near Prince Edward Station at about 11.30 on the evening of August 31. This person was not included in the 63 persons arrested by the police earlier in the announcement of Prince 831, Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei. The police did not reply to the arrest of a person in the street near Prince Edward Station that night until the fax agency asked the police, that is, the total number of arrested persons should be For 64 people.
A man was also arrested at Mong Kok Station at about 10.40 pm near Exit B. The man requested to go to the hospital. According to the information provided by the Fire Services Department to the Fax Agency, the Fire Services Department reported a wounded at Mong Kok Station at 12.30am on September 1 and dispatched an ambulance to the scene at 1.06am. The last 3 ambulancemen were at 2.53am Take the injured to hospital.
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The arrested person at Mong Kok Station was also injured. However, when responding to the inquiry of the fax agency on September 23, the police stated that "A total of 7 people were arrested at Prince Edward Station and Mong Kok Station. All were soberly rushed to Princess Margaret Hospital or Caritas Medical Centre. Treatment ", but the arrested person at Prince Edward Station has occupied 7 wounded. It is believed that the police did not calculate that the arrested person at Mong Kok Station was also injured and that the person was not sent to Princess Margaret Hospital or Caritas Hospital but Go to Guanghua Hospital for treatment. Regarding the police arrests at Prince Edward, Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei Stations on August 31, the number of people arrested and the number of wounded, the police have revised the information provided during multiple press conferences and responded to inquiries from fax agencies in the past two months, or It does not match the actual situation, please refer to the table below for details.
(Drawing by fax agency)
In addition, according to FSD information and CCTV screenshots released by the MTR, a woman at the Prince's Station reported discomfort that night. At 11:20 pm, the ambulanceman entered the Prince's Station via Exit E. The woman came into contact with the woman 4 minutes later and At 11:31, the woman was taken out of Prince Edward Station via Exit E. Because the woman signed a non-hospital consent form, she was not included in the number of injured. The FAX has made three enquiries with the MTR Corporation since September 8. Between 00:00 am and 6:00 am on September 1, except for the special trains bound for Lai Chi Kok Station, have there been any other trains? From Prince Edward Station, but did not reply before the deadline.
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