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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2019-12-26 22:31
Last updated: 2019-12-26 22:31The anti-revision storm lasted for half a year. During the Christmas period, netizens launched an "and you shop" operation, which turned into a police conflict.
Today (26th), relevant operations continued in more than nine shopping malls in Hong Kong and Kowloon. However, compared with the previous two days, there were no major conflicts. The demonstrators involved in the operation did not damage the stores, and only had black clothes at Langham Place. People have toppled Starbucks items and destroyed cash registers and other items. The rest of the mall ’s operations have been “relatively quiet.” The police have not, as before, needed to use tear gas to disperse the protesters.
About 40 people gathered at New Century Plaza in Mong Kok, shouting slogans such as "Restore Hong Kong's Revolution". (Photo by Wang Jieen)
At about 2 pm, netizens gathered in more than nine large shopping malls in Hong Kong and Kowloon, including New Century Plaza in Mong Kok, Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay. People in black walked around the mall and screamed slogans. Among them, at MOKO New Century Plaza and Harbour City, when they passed the restaurants of Maxim's Group, they only waved flags outside and sat inside, and posted promotional signs calling for "stop" No damage was found.
Police have entered Harbour City and MOKO mall to intercept multiple people
At about 5 pm, riot police and members of the Athlon team entered the New Century Plaza and Harbour City. Someone in the former set up paintballs and potted plants at the height of the atrium. The police then went inside to search and intercepted multiple people. Citizen. Police have taken some people away from both shopping malls, but as in the past two days, pepper sprays and clashes have occurred in the shopping malls. However, there are a large number of police officers outside many shopping malls to intercept and check the citizens who leave the shopping mall from time to time.
However, as early as 8 pm, demonstrators turned to Langham Place to continue their operations. They chanted slogans in the mall first, and then people in black pushed down the items in the Starbucks store and destroyed some cash registers. Police officers in plain clothes dispatched one person to take away, and a number of riot police reinforcements.
At about 3 pm, riot police entered Harbour City. (Photo by Liang Huanmin)
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Police did not enter Hong Kong Island shopping mall. As for Hong Kong Island, demonstrators successively went to Sogo Department Store and Times Square in Causeway Bay. They also walked around and chanted slogans. Some escalators were stopped during this period. They had met and gathered outside some Chinese-funded stores, but in the end they did not take any further action and eventually dispersed peacefully. During the period, a number of police cars were on alert, and riot police officers patrolled the streets but did not enter the mall.
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