Rail management meet senior Hong Kong police figures for discussions of officers’ actions in two MTR stations on Sunday night
- Rail unions say MTR bosses discussed force’s controversial actions with police management and how staff and passenger safety might be ensured
- Police under fire for deploying tear gas inside Kwai Fong station and for charging at protesters on moving escalator at Tai Koo station
Top brass of Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation met senior police management on Monday afternoon to discuss whether officers’ enforcement actions at the city’s subway stations had posed a danger to its passengers and staff.
The urgent meeting came as police admitted firing tear gas inside Kwai Fong station on Sunday night in an unprecedented deployment and also using pepper balls at Tai Koo station, with riot police charging inside to grab protesters who had been moving from one station to another.
Video footage showed officers at the top of a long moving escalator beating protesters, while smoke filled the air.
Police stepped up the use of force at MTR stations as protesters continued their new hit-and-run tactics to unleash chaos across multiple districts.
On Monday, two rail unions met the MTR’s senior management to raise concerns over staff safety regarding the police crackdown on protesters at the two stations.