Advertisement
Protesters and police in tense new stand-off at site of PLA dock on Hong Kong harbourfront
- Lawmakers and conservation group challenge officers guarding 150-metre strip of land alongside Victoria Harbour
- Clash comes hours after riot police clear hundreds of protesters from site
Reading Time:3 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
Several lawmakers and a group of conservationists were barred from entering a Central harbourfront site on Saturday morning, some 11 hours after riot police cleared a site that now belongs to the People’s Liberation Army.
Advertisement
Opposition lawmakers Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, Ted Hui Chi-fung, and Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, along with a handful of members from the Protect the Harbourfront Alliance concern group, were kept outside a fence as about 30 police officers stood guard at the 0.3-hectare strip.
“Return the harbourfront to the Hong Kong people! No PLA pier!” the group chanted.
The group was protesting against the government’s move to hand over the prime 150-metre stretch of land to the PLA Hong Kong Garrison.
Advertisement
Late Friday night, Chu had led a small group of protesters to occupy the strip, climbing over the fence to hang banners as part of the latest protest, which followed on the heels of a series of rallies against the extradition bill over the past few weeks.
Advertisement