Viral video clips show extradition bill protesters swearing and jostling elderly man trying to leave Hong Kong airport

Man is confronted as he wheels suitcase toward the bus stop, with witnesses saying he had earlier pushed a poster held by a young woman

Tens of thousands of protesters stage sit-in at arrival hall in a bid to win international support for campaign against extradition bill

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Protesters try to obstruct a man they accused of lashing out a protester from leaving the airport during a protest on Friday night. Photo: Facebook

Published: 1:24pm, 27 Jul 2019Updated: 3:36pm, 27 Jul 2019

A video of a group of young people jostling and swearing at an elderly man at Hong Kong’s airport on Saturday has gone viral online.

The clip showed several youths, believed to be protesters against the city’s now-shelved extradition bill confronting the man who witnesses said had earlier pushed aside a poster held by a young woman protester.

In other videos, the man was seen wheeling his suitcase toward the bus terminal with a yellow note on his back reading: “Black police plus triads equals to no law”

Flight attendant Zoey Au, who witnessed the early part of the row, said the incident began inside the arrivals hall where the protesters were staging a sit-in.

“He rushed towards a girl holding a poster and slapped it,” Au said. “After that, he tried to flee. I remember him almost tripping.”

She said the man was chased by a group of protesters and airport staff tried to break up the confrontation.

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