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Hong Kong protests: police fire tear gas as demonstrators block roads near Tseung Kwan O car park

  • About 100 protesters gather at a car park to commemorate the death of a university student in November last year
  • Police arrive when the demonstrators block roads with bicycles and traffic cones

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Riot police fired several rounds of tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Tseung Kwan O on February 8. Photo: Handout
Kanis Leung
Riot police fired several rounds of tear gas in Tseung Kwan O on Saturday night after protesters blocked roads and chanted the five demands of the anti-government movement.

About 100 protesters gathered at a car park in Sheung Tak Estate to commemorate the death of a university student who reportedly fell from its third floor to the second in November last year and died following a severe brain injury. They shouted slogans such as “Five demands, not one less” and “Liberate Hong Kong; revolution of our times.”

At around 10pm, some protesters started to block the roads nearby with bicycles and traffic cones.

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Minutes later masked police officers arrived in private cars and chased them.

Riot police also arrived soon after.

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Chow Tsz-lok, a university student, fell at the Tseung Kwan O car park last year and died later. Photo: Handout
Chow Tsz-lok, a university student, fell at the Tseung Kwan O car park last year and died later. Photo: Handout
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