Tensions run high in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district for second consecutive night
- 5 years ago
Tensions ran high in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district for a second consecutive night on August 6, 2019, when hundreds of people gathered outside the local police station after 9pm to demand the release of a student leader. Police had arrested Keith Fong, president of Hong Kong Baptist University’s student union, on suspicion of possessing an “offensive weapon”. Fong was reportedly carrying 10 laser pointers when he was arrested. After protesters started to vandalise the police building,…