4 month agoRiot police stopped double deckers in Wan Chai and lined passengers up on street for search. (via @appledaily_hk )
4 month agoLawmaker Ted Hui says he saw three people put into a police van. He added that police gave no response when he asked why they were being taken #HongKongProtests
4 month agoSomeone is subdued in Causeway Bay and searched, with large crowds gathering around. No protests at Causeway Bay tonight
At least one man was taken into a police van after buses were searched on Fleming Road. #HongKongProtests
4 month agoAnother double decker is stopped and searched by police (via @StandNewsHK )
Riot police have stopped two buses in Wan Chai at the intersection of Fleming Road and Harbour Road near Central Plaza. They have asked passengers to leave the buses and line up to be searched. #hongkongprotests
4 month agoPolice deployment at Hysan Place
4 month ago2129, Safety: police are seen in Sai Ying Pun. #hongkongprotests
4 month agoProtesters threw bricks at the glass panels of government headquarters
4 month agoWater cannon unleashed.
4 month agoThe Tamar Park rally continues with tens of thousands seated on the grass, while riot police begin gearing up on Tim Wa Road. Photo: Isaac Yee / HKFP.
4 month agoExtended pepper spray showers over water barriers at Tim Wah Ave & Harcourt Rd have only succeeded in attracting several thousand more protesters to the vicinity. Meanwhile, an entirely peaceful rally of tens of thousands proceeds 200m away. Harcourt still occupied & filling up
Riot police has raised the red flag on Tim Wa Avenue. Police earlier raised the red flag - warning of the use of force - at the other side of the government complex. #hongkongprotests
4 month agoProtesters have piled barricades and pot plants outside two side entrances to the government headquarters. In a statement, the force warns protesters to stop charging police cordon lines. Photo: SCMP/Kimmy Chung #hongkongprotests
4 month agoHarcourt Road occupied
4 month agoThe helicopter is hovering over Tamar Park and got laser-ed #antiELAB
4 month agoHelicopter hovering in Admiralty
4 month agoBetween speakers at Tamar Park, there are chants. Here they are doing "Hong Kongers add oil" and "Five demands, no less". #Hong Kong 9/28 #antiELAB
4 month agoProtesters occupy Harcourt Road in Admiralty, just like the did exactly five years ago during #OccupyHK
4 month agoPolice raise the red warning flag - "stop charging or we use force" - and fire pepper spray over the barricades at protesters. #hongkongprotests
4 month agoProtesters bang on the water barricades guarding the Government Headquarters, though there are few signs of escalation as of 7pm. Speeches will begin at Tamar Park at 7:15pm. Photo: HKFP.
4 month agoPolice just fired pepper spray-based solution at protesters kicking the gate near govt hq
4 month agoPolice deployed pepper spray and raised the red flag, warning to stop charging, after confrontations at a footbridge leading to Government Headquarters. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot
The rally at Tamar hasn't even started yet and police have fired pepper spray at a group of protesters. #HongKong
4 month agoBlack ballon for the assembly in Tamar Park #antiELAB
4 month agoA group of riot police just entered Legislative Council.
4 month agoCrowd at Tamar Park an hour ahead of a rally to make five years since the start of the Umbrella Movement
4 month agoExits C1 and D closed at Admiralty MTR. #antiELAB #HongKongProtests
4 month ago9.28 Security guarding a banner commemorating the 70th China anniversary on a pedestrian walkway over Central Hong Kong
4 month agoThe police has already removed a yellow pro-democracy banner with the umbrella motif and the painted slogan "We are back" from an elevated footbridge. Otherwise they are allowing the strong-glue spraying to continue
4 month agoThe yellow banner has been unfurled over Harcourt Road. It is a reference to another one hung at the end of the 2014 Umbrella Movement reading "we'll be back." Photo: HKFP
4 month agoImpressive image of the current parade during the rehearsals in overview. Interesting item is the new supersonic reconnaissance drone (now with wings attached) and the Sharp Sword UCAV. (Image by78/SDF)
China foreign minister tells UN protectionism risks causing global recession
4 month agoMarkets fall after Trump administration officials say they're considering limits on U.S. Investor portfolio flows into China. The move would have repercussions for billions of dollars in investments pegged to major indexes
The Trump administration is considering ways to limit U.S. investors' portfolio flows into China
Trump Officials Considering Delisting Chinese Companies from U.S. Stock Exchanges.
Hong Kong protests: 10,000-strong volunteer group to be formed to protect Chinese flags on National Day
4 month agoTsing Yi Lennon Wall has been thoroughly trashed
4 month agoCentral's Edinburgh Place has been filled up at 7:30pm as Friday's rally against alleged police torture in San Uk Ling Detention Centre begins. Photo: HKFP
4 month agoMassive turnout at Edinburgh Place for a rally over the police's San Uk Ling holding centre following maltreatment allegations.
4 month agoHK police also said there's a rise in proportion of students among those arrested in connection with antiELAB. Before summer vacation ended,25% of 1046 arrested were high school or uni students. Proportion of students rose to 38% out of 550 arrested, for Sep 1-27
4 month agoCitizens are assembling tonight to stand up for victims of San Uk Ling, a remote detention centre near the Chinese border where arrested antiELAB protesters have allegedly suffered beatings, torture, and sexual assault, and have been denied medical care and legal assistance
Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - Southern Xinjiang, China
Civil Human Rights Front's march on October 1 / national day has been banned by the police. #antielab
4 month agoTelegram groups are saying starting from 3 pm this afternoon until Oct 1, all passengers entering HK will need to put their luggage through x-ray machines or open it for inspection. If any protest-related items were found, they will be confiscated
4 month agoSha Tin district councillor Rick Hui says he was told by the police today that he will be charged While the details are still unclear, reports at the time of his arrest said he was suspected of obstructing a police officer in New Town Plaza on July 14
Beijing rejects an @AFP report that Chinese hackers were suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks on European aerospace giant Airbus
