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Hong Kong protests: plain-clothes police arrest eight in mall as demonstrators heed online calls to gather in four shopping centres
- Crowd inside East Point City mall had chanted anti-government and anti-police slogans before arrests were made
- Dozens also gathered at Yoho Mall in Yuen Long and New Town Plaza in Sha Tin
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Plain-clothes police arrested eight people in a Hong Kong shopping centre on Saturday, as anti-government protesters gathered to chant slogans as part of a citywide action.
The protesters showed up at the East Point City mall in Tseung Kwan O after heeding online calls to gather at four arcades across town in a series of “shop with you” protests, aiming to force businesses to close temporarily.
Around 2.20pm, a group of plain-clothes officers subdued eight people inside East Point City. Before that, a crowd of protesters had chanted anti-government and anti-police slogans inside the mall.
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Those arrested were cuffed with plastic ties, as police warned others inside the mall they were taking part in an unauthorised assembly.
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An officer raised a blue flag at 2.35pm warning police might use force, as others readied batons and other weapons.
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