Hong Kong protests: police enter two malls, issue Covid-19 fines as dozens gather to mark one year since Prince Edward station chaos
- More than 100 officers stop and search those in the Moko and Langham Place malls, issuing fines to 29 people
- Calls had earlier circulated online for a march to Prince Edward MTR station to mark the anniversary of one of most controversial incidents of social unrest
Calls had earlier circulated online for people to march to Prince Edward MTR station from Langham Place to mark the anniversary of one of the most controversial episodes of last year’s social unrest.
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Police disperse crowds gathered at malls to mark anniversary of Prince Edward MTR protest incident
Last August 31, in chaotic scenes, radical protesters clashed with riot police, who charged into the underground station to make arrests.
While the proposed march failed to attract participants, dozens of people gathered at the two malls instead, shouting slogans and playing anti-government songs.
At around 4pm, police entered Moko and ordered people to disperse. They set up cordons and moved journalists along, as more chants broke out from different floors of the mall.
Officers searched a number of people and issued HK$2,000 (US$256) penalty tickets for breaking the two-person rule.