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Radical protestors in Mong Kok hurl glass bottles at police officers
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     Protestors have gathered in the vicinity of Mong Kok last night (December 15). Some committed acts that breached public peace, including obstructing roads with bricks and spraying windscreens of buses. At around 11pm, radical protestors hurled miscellaneous objects such as traffic cones at a plainclothes officer when he drove pass Portland Street in Mong Kok. Radical protestors also hurled miscellaneous objects such as glass bottles at police officers carrying out duties. After warnings went futile, Police used minimum necessary force, including tear gas near Nathan Road and Sai Yeung Choi Street, to disperse crowds and stop illegal acts. Yet, at around midnight today (December 16), radical protestors have remained in the vicinity of Mong Kok, setting miscellaneous objects on fire and blocking roads.

     Police appeal to protestors to stay rational and stop all illegal violent acts.
 
Ends/Monday, December 16, 2019
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