[Global Network Report] According to Hong Kong media reports such as " Wenhui.com " and "East Net" in Hong Kong, yesterday (February 29) another rioter caused trouble in Mong Kok. The Hong Kong police side implemented the warning after several invalidation. Dispersal and arrested operations, a total of 115 people were arrested.
Screenshot of Hong Kong media reports
Report said that the thug blocked the road and set fire in Mong Kok last night. During this period, a passenger in the car accused the thug of blocking the road and blocking the itinerary. He was abused and slapped by the thugs. He was forced to bow and apologize to the thugs before he was able to leave. The police officer was attacked by thugs with hard objects such as bricks, stones, bamboo branches, etc., and once raised his gun to be on guard.
report quoted the Hong Kong police as saying that from about 6:00 yesterday evening, some thugs gathered outside the Mong Kok Police Station and then occupied the driving line, seriously blocking traffic. Some thugs also used laser pens to illuminate police officers. Throw petrol bombs, place debris on the road and set fire. The police repeatedly warned invalid and took dispersal and arrest operations.
reported that the police arrested 71 men and 44 women, aged between 15 and 54. They were suspected of illegally assembled, possessing offensive weapons, hiding tools for illegal purposes, arson, assaulting police, and obstructing police personnel from performing their operations. Position, etc. The case was handed over to the Mong Kok Police District Criminal Investigation Team and the Criminal Department of the General District of West Kowloon . All arrested persons are now being detained for investigation.
Hong Kong police arrested illegal thugs (Photo source: Hong Kong Headline Daily)
According to reports, the police also mentioned that during the operation, a police officer was labeled bricks and stones by many people at the junction of Nathan Road and Niluchen Street. Bamboo branches and other hard objects and hands and feet attacked, and when their lives are seriously threatened, they will draw their guns and be on alert. The policeman was injured in head, hands and feet and was sent to Caritas Hospital for treatment. Another police officer was also attacked with bricks at the junction of Soy Sauce Street and South West Sauce Street, and was injured in his hand and was also sent to Caritas Hospital for treatment.
A spokesperson for the Hong Kong SAR government said today that the SAR government condemned a rioter who caused trouble in the Mong Kok area last night, destroying social peace and seriously threatening the lives and safety of citizens. Thugs began to gather in the areas of Nathan Road and the west of Prince Road yesterday evening, blocking roads, setting fires, destroying public facilities, throwing petrol bombs, and attacking police officers with bricks and hard objects, injuring several police officers. The police used the minimum required force to carry out dispersal and arrest operations, and would seriously follow up on these lawless acts and bring the thugs to justice.
Editor: Zhang Liyuan
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