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As protests wane, regular police work in Hong Kong resumes, led by crackdown on illegal parking with 1.9 million tickets issued in nine months
- Errant motorists targeted as officers deployed to protests last year return to normal duties
- Barriers outside police stations being removed; foot patrols, anti-crime operations resume
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As the social unrest in Hong Kong wanes this year amid the Covid-19 pandemic and with the national security law in force, police have resumed regular work, including an ongoing crackdown on illegal parking.
The force issued 1.9 million fixed-penalty tickets in the first nine months of the year, latest figures show, up 58.4 per cent from nearly 1.2 million over the same period last year.
With a fine of HK$320 per ticket, the increased enforcement generated about HK$608 million (US$78.4 million) in revenue for the authorities. The Post learned there would not be any easing of the crackdown over the next two months.
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Anti-government demonstrations through the second half of last year saw police officers being deployed to protest front lines, as radicals became increasingly violent and the force responded with tear gas and other crowd-control measures.
After Covid-19 struck Hong Kong in January, strict social-distancing measures put a damper on the protests. Then, in June, Beijing introduced a sweeping national security law that has also had the effect of keeping protests in check.
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