Protesters Arrested In Mong Kok Clearance

Chaos and scuffles broke out in Mong Kok as police dispersed protesters that had occupied Nathan Road on Sunday evening after an anti-extradition bill demonstration in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Five people were arrested, and video footage from the scene showed many more were injured.

Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear, appeared at about 10.30 pm and formed a cordon across Nathan Road after protesters blocked all six lanes of the popular shopping street.

Officers took action shortly after they warned protesters that they had broken the law and that force would be used to disperse them.

They hit some protesters with their batons and pinned them to the ground.

A lot of protesters ran to nearby Shantung Street, Nelson Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street to escape from officers. Some of them were injured and their faces were covered in blood.

At one point, a woman was surrounded by a group of protesters and manhandled by one of them. They accused her of being an undercover police officer and secretly taking photos of the protesters.

The crowds had participated in a demonstration which ended at West Kowloon high-speed rail station before 7 pm. They then marched along Canton Road and Nathan Road before they were intercepted by police in Mong Kok.