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11th March | Causeway Bay arrested 74 people including 4 district councilors for illegal assembly

2020-10-01T14:41:47.273Z


Today (1st) is the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. Netizens launched a parade. A large number of police officers were stationed in Causeway Bay in the afternoon. Since 1 p.m., the police have raised blue flags many times to warn those present on the scene


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Author: Zhu Yashuang Golden Chess

2020-10-01 18:26

Last update date: 2020-10-01 22:30

Today (1st) is the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. Netizens launched a parade.

A large number of police officers were stationed in Causeway Bay in the afternoon. Since 1 p.m., the police have repeatedly raised blue flags to warn those present that they are participating in an illegal assembly, occasionally some people call slogans, and the police have repeatedly raised the "Hong Kong National Security Law". 》The purple flag warns.

The police intercepted and searched the people at the scene several times, and at nearly 5 pm, the police launched an arrest operation. By the end of the evening, 74 people were arrested in the Causeway Bay area, including 4 district councillors, suspected of illegal assembly.

In addition, the police arrested a 23-year-old man in Wan Chai for possession of offensive weapons.

As of 10 pm, at least 86 people have been arrested in multiple districts.

The police arrested at least 60 people in Causeway Bay.

(Photo by Luo Guohui)

The police intercepted and searched people at the scene several times in Causeway Bay. At approximately 5 pm, at least 60 people on Paterson Street were arrested for participating in an unauthorized assembly. The arrested persons were taken away by the police with their hands locked with cords.

It is understood that the arrested persons were 46 men and 16 women, including the Eastern District Councillor Li Yuxin and the Central and Western District Councillor Liang Huangwei.

By 8:30 p.m., the police arrested at least six men and women outside East Point Road, including Sha Tin District Councillor Chen Yuntong and Eastern District Councillor Lai Zixin.

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Ms. Zhang, who was outside the barrier of Paterson Street, said that her 38-year-old daughter and her friends were arrested.

She expressed excitement that she went to Causeway Bay with her daughter to eat food and buy books, but she was stopped by police officers for no reason when she walked to Paterson Street. She described it as "like catching a fish, and stopping a large group of people if there is nothing."

All three of Ms. Zhang were intercepted for investigation, but in the end only she was released, and her girlfriend and her friends were arrested. Ms. Zhang said frankly that she was very worried, "I’m worried, I’m a girl, and I don’t know that I will go to the side station! "

Ms. Zhang also criticized the police for "arising indiscriminately", questioning that the three were arrested for nothing but just going shopping in Causeway Bay. She bluntly said, "Originally celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with a happy heart, so it's not an indiscriminate arrest!" She was there again. The police officer asked her whereabouts, but the police officer only told her to return home to wait for news.

Police said that since 3 pm, a large number of demonstrators have gathered in Causeway Bay’s Great George Street and Paterson Street. Some people have chanted the slogan "Recover Hong Kong Revolution" and walked out of the road, seriously undermining public safety and social peace. .

The police repeatedly warned that they were invalid, stopped and arrested at least 60 people, including two district councillors, suspected of violating related crimes such as participating in unauthorized assembly under the Public Security Ordinance.

In addition, the police said that at 4 pm, a 23-year-old man was intercepted on Stewart Road, Wan Chai, and a knife that could be folded into the size of a card was found on him and arrested for suspected possession of offensive weapons .

The police said that as of 10pm, at least 86 people had been arrested in multiple districts.

74 of them, including 4 district councilors, were suspected of participating in an unauthorized assembly in Causeway Bay; the remaining arrested persons were suspected of having offensive weapons, failing to produce valid identification documents, possessing forged ID cards, and acting in public places. Offenses such as unchecked and driving unlicensed vehicles.

In addition, the police today voted against 20 people for participating in prohibited group gatherings in violation of the Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition of Group Gathering) Regulations.

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