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Written by: Zhu Yashuang, Lin Zhenhua, Chen Haoran
2020-10-01 21:54
Last update date: 2020-10-01 21:54
In the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, someone set up a chain of light and shadow people on Lion Rock and Victoria Peak. Tonight (1st) Mid-Autumn Festival, netizens launched the "Light with You" event on Lion Rock. In view of this, the police visited several Lion Rock peaks and Lion Rock. The entrance to the trail was guarded. At night, there were more than 100 people on the top of the mountain. Police officers asked the climbers to register their personal information. Afterwards, the mountain was closed and the climbers were forbidden to go up the mountain. The police at the scene said that there was suspected of illegal assembly on the mountain.
By 9 pm, many riot police officers climbed the mountain.
On the evening of October 1, some citizens went to Lion Rock Park to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
The police today stepped up at the Lion Rock’s cloth department, including stationing at the top of the mountain and at the entrance of the hiking trail, but climbers are free to enter and exit.
At night, there were more than a hundred people on the top of the mountain and sporadic lights lit up. The police required the climbers to register their personal information. However, at 8:30 p.m., the police pulled off a cordon off the trail entrance and exits at Lion Rock Park, indicating that the mountain would be closed. , No entry was allowed. The police officer pointed out that there were many people on the mountain and a group of people suspected that they were gathering illegally.
For the next 20 minutes, more than 10 people were unable to climb the mountain.
At about 9 pm, riot police officers went to Lion Rock.
(Photo by Chen Haoran)
Last year’s amendment to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance was enthusiastic. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival (September 13, 2019), there were public gatherings in parks in many districts, and many people climbed to the top of Victoria Peak and Lion Rock in response to the formation of the Peak Light Shadow Human Chain Action. Hong Kong and Kowloon echoed each other.
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