- Title: Hong Kong police clash with protesters in Mongkok
- Date: 2nd September 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 2, 2019) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** WOMAN BEING PINNED TO GROUND BY POLICE SAYING (Cantonese): "HELP" / POLICE OFFICER STAMPING ON WOMAN'S HAND AND SAYING: (Cantonese) "STOP RESISTING" POLICE BEATING ONLOOKERS HOLDING UMBRELLAS WITH BATONS WOMAN BEING PINNED TO GROUND BY POLICE SAYING (Cantonese): "9488, DAD", THEN SCREAMING AS POLICE DRAG HER AWAY POLICE CONFRONTING MEDIC WHO IS HOLDING HIS HANDS IN SURRENDER POSITION WOMAN ON GROUND SCREAMING POLICE WALKING WITH ARRESTED MAN MAN IN BLUE, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE FROM MAINLAND CHINA, SAYING (Cantonese): "HERE IS CHINA HONG KONG" MAN TAKING VIDEO AND SAYING (Cantonese): "I WAS BEATEN" MAN WALKING WHILST BEING ASKED TO SHOW HIS IDENTITY, MAN SCUFFLING WITH PERSON BELIEVED TO BE JOURNALIST MAN SCUFFLING WITH PEOPLE THOUGHT TO BE PROTESTERS VARIOUS OF MAN BEING HIT BY PEOPLE THOUGHT TO BE PROTESTERS MAN SITTING ON THE GROUND, POLICE COMING IN TO ARREST PEOPLE PERSON BELIEVED TO BE PROTESTER BEING HELD ON GROUND POLICE TAKING AWAY PERSON MAN BELIEVED TO BE A PROTESTER SITTING SURROUNDED BY POLICE VARIOUS OF MAN BELIEVED TO BE A PROTESTER BEING ARRESTED BY POLICE VARIOUS OF MAN BELIEVED TO BE FROM MAINLAND, BEING ARRESTED BY POLICE MAN BELIEVED TO BE FROM MAINLAND, BEING TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE POLICE CLOSING GATE OF POLICE STATION
- Embargoed: 16th September 2019 19:15
- Keywords: Hong Kong protests skirmishes rally China
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUYRJ9J
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Riot police clashed with protesters in the early hours of Monday (September 2) in the densely populated Mongkok region of the Kowloon peninsula.
Protesters in Hong Kong had earlier rallied peacefully in multiple locations before skirmishes broke out when a small group surrounded a police station in Mongkok.
The unrest, which escalated more than three months ago, originally began over a now-suspended extradition bill that would have allowed people in the city to be sent to China for trial in courts controlled by the party.
The turmoil has evolved into calls for greater democracy and government accountability. China is eager to quell the unrest before the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1.
(Production: Jiang Xihao, Aleksander Solum, Joyce Zhou, Hyun Young Yi) - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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