The first and second bodies pulled from the shallow grave in northern Myanmar didn’t belong to Aik Chin’s missing son. Nor, he prayed, did the third, whose face was unrecognisable from a severe beating.
Hong Kong policemen cordon off an area next to burnt debris following overnight clashes between protesters and police in the Mongkok area of Hong Kong on Feb 9, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DALE DE LA REY)
Riot gear including tear gas canisters and rifles will be loaded onto police vehicles during each deployment in the wake of the Mong Kok riot, the Posthas learned.
Some 80 people have been arrested as of 8 p.m. Tuesday as Hong Kong's police assisted bailiffs clearing the occupying area in Mong Kok, according to the police.
More than 100 Hong Kong police officers started removing barricades in Mong Kok, one of the main demonstration areas, Friday morning where Occupy movement participants had blockaded roads and streets from Sept. 28.
Police started removing barricades set up by the Occupy protesters on both sides of Hong Kong's harbor Monday morning.