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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2019-12-25 19:48
Last updated: 2019-12-25 19:53The anti-revision storm lasted for more than half a year. Following the large-scale police and civilian clashes that broke out on Christmas Eve yesterday (24th), some netizens launched a "and you shop" demonstration at Christmas districts today (25th).
A number of shopping malls were named as demonstration targets. Among them, in Kowloon City, Harbour City and Langham Place, where clashes broke out a few days ago, the police arranged riot police officers to alert outside the mall as early as the afternoon and intercepted a number of citizens; Police officers at the Times Square and outside the Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui have been alert early in the morning. Police outside the Harbour City have entered the mall to intercept suspicious individuals and arrest several people.
12.25, riot police patrol the harbor city. (Photo by Luo Guohui)
Internet users today (25th) launched the "With You Shop" operation, which included Tsim Sha Tsui Harbour City, Mong Kok Langham Place and Causeway Bay Times Square that had clashes on Christmas Eve. The operation was originally scheduled to be held at 4 pm. There were dozens of riot police on the entrance and exit of Portland Street in Langham Place, and plainclothes police officers were also present in the fire escape channel under the mall. According to the mall security, they did not report to the police and had prevented plainclothes police officers from entering the mall area.
Pepper spray outside Langham Place
At around 4 pm, the demonstrators gathered in Langham Place posted Starbucks signs and covered CCTVs in the mall, then moved outside the mall to continue operations. The riot police on alert outside the mall broke out with the gathered citizens, and suddenly sprayed pepper spray and subdued a man. Some citizens were injured and needed to be treated by first aiders. Later, riot police also intercepted many people around Langham Place and pulled up the blockade.
Riot police intercepts more than a dozen people in Harbour City
As for the Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, no protesters gathered in the mall in the afternoon. By about 5 pm, a group of riot police suspected to enter the mall on duty and intercepted more than ten people, some of them wearing black Masks. Although demonstrators gathered at Times Square in Causeway Bay, they called out slogans and meditated in the mall, and the riot police were on guard outside the venue at 2 pm.
On Tuesday, Christmas Eve (24th), a netizen also launched a "You and Shop". In the afternoon of that day in Tsim Sha Tsui, the police had already deployed a large number of police forces. In the evening, the riot police entered and sprayed pepper spray and uniform Many people.
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