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Written by: Ling Yide
2019-12-26 23:55
Last updated: 2019-12-26 23:55Yesterday's Christmas (25th), Internet users launched multi-zone activities including "Christmas Parade" and "With You Shop". Among them, there have been many clashes in Mong Kok, riot police arrived and dispersed and arrested many people. Police allege that 48 persons were arrested in Mong Kok from 4 pm to early morning, suspected of "attacking police", "possessing offensive weapons", "possessing tools for illegal purposes", "illegal assembly" and "obstructing police affairs" Personnel performing duties "and so on.
Police allege that from about 4 pm yesterday, a large number of protesters gathered in Mong Kok without notifying the police as required by law. During the inspection by police officers near a shopping mall on Argyle Street, a 24-year-old local man, Suspected of assaulting a police officer with his hand, he was arrested for "attacking the police". In addition, the police arrested 4 men (aged 17 to 40) and seized items such as knives, helmets and masks on them, which were suspected of "being offensive "Weapons", "hidden tools for illegal use", "illegal assembly" and "obstructing police officers in performing their duties" were arrested. The arrested man is being detained for investigation and the case is being followed up by the District Crime Squad, Mong Kok.
Tonight (26th), the police alleged that there were multiple protesters gathered at the junction of Kuaifu Street and Saiyangcai South Street. The police conducted a dispersal operation and arrested 22 men and 21 women (aged 15 to 54) for "illegal assembly" They are being detained for investigation and the case is being referred to the Criminal Division of the West Kowloon Region for follow-up.
Anti-revision demonstrating Christmas Police Fugitive Ordinance