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[Fugitives Ordinance] Half a hundred riot police demolished Suntech "altar" at night, dozens of demonstrators excitedly blocked the road

2020-01-21T00:07:06.579Z


Anti-revision storms caused conflicts. In November and September last year, the 22-year-old HKUST student Zhou Zile fell to his death and a 15-year-old female student Chen Yanlin's floating body caused many speculations. Since then, citizens have repeatedly started mourning activities. By the beginning of this month, outside of the fallen Tseung Kwan O Sunde parking lot, Zhou Zile set up an "altar" to mourn the two. 3 am today (21st)


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Written by: Ling Yide

2020-01-21 04:22

Last updated: 2020-01-21 08:02

Anti-revision storms caused conflicts. In November and September last year, the 22-year-old HKUST student Zhou Zile fell to his death and a 15-year-old female student Chen Yanlin's floating body caused many speculations. Since then, citizens have repeatedly started mourning activities. By the beginning of this month, outside of the fallen Tseung Kwan O Sunde parking lot, Zhou Zile set up an "altar" to mourn the two.

At 3 am today (21st), it is reported that nearly half of the riot police went to the Sunde parking lot to clear the "Altar". During this period, a truck was on the scene to assist in the removal, and the riot police were on the road alert. At about 4 am, the "Altars" were all torn down and the police officers took off and left. As seen at the scene, the original "altar" full of bricks, candles, and souvenirs was ruined, and the "post photos" of the two people had also disappeared, leaving only post-it notes on the wall that could not be removed.

Sources said that Zhou Zile ’s father ’s handwritten letter was also taken away. Some citizens were dissatisfied after learning about the “night” operation of the police. Dozens of protesters arrived at the scene afterwards. Some people shouted slogans and some people blocked the area with a plastic fence At the intersection of Tangming Street and Tangjun Street, some people also throw bricks and glass bottles and other debris out of the road, passing vehicles were blocked, some vehicles turned around, and some buses were stranded, failing to transfer to the bus terminal.

At about 4.30 am, the demonstrators "flashed" and left after blocking the road. However, the police have not been removed and cleaned up. At around 5:30 in the morning, several middle-aged men and women spontaneously cleared the roadblocks, including a KMB driver, some of whom used plastic fences to shovel bricks and other debris around the circuit. Hey! "

During this period, a man held a brick and attempted to attack, and was stopped by others; another man called the police on the grounds of questioning the identity of the reporter. After the man called the police, within a minute, a large number of riot police with guns arrived quickly, and then a truck and an arrow engineering vehicle arrived to help clear the walking barriers. The roadside shared bicycles and supermarket trolleys also They were cleared away together. Police officers boarded the parking lot and searched. Some people passing by were intercepted and released. The police did not leave until 7 am.

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During the mourning event earlier this month, an "altar" was built outside the Suntech parking lot. (Profile picture)

At midnight on Tuesday (21st), the police cleared the "Altar" in the Shangde parking lot. (Online picture)

Suntech's "Altar" was demolished. (Photo by Chen Yongwu)

After the police received a report from the public who cleared the roadblocks, a large number of riot police rushed to the scene. (Photo by Chen Yongwu)

Anti-revision demonstration of fugitive regulations

Source: hk1

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