Police Confront Protesters, Businesses, MTR Hit

Riot police clashed with protesters on Sunday after hundreds of people gathered across Hong Kong in response to online calls for rallies in major shopping malls.

Riot police chased protesters into the Popcorn mall in Tseung Kwan O on Sunday afternoon. It was one of several malls across the SAR targeted for protests.

Some shops operated by the Maxims group have been targeted and vandalised in malls across the city, and police have detained several people.

The MTR has also been attacked, and the national flag was set ablaze in Wong Tai Sin.

In Tai Po, police warned protesters who were throwing objects from a footbridge and aimed shotguns at them.

Police said rioters also threw objects on to the rail tracks at Shatin.

The MTR Corporation said separately that Kwun Tong MTR station has been closed for safety reasons and all light rail services have ground to a halt after tracks were damaged. .

Masked protesters also sat on the floor in a Tai Po mall and made paper cranes.

Similar scenes unfolded in Cityplaza in Taikoo, New Town Plaza in Shatin and Popcorn in Tseung Kwan O. A separate group folded cranes on the waterfront at Tsim Sha Tsui.

Protesters in Tsuen Wan have also taken over some streets and have set up barricades on roads.

Protesters took over some streets in Mong Kok, setting up barricades on the road, and partly burned a flag in Wong Tai Sin, but left when police arrived.

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