Hong Kong gradually returns to normal after another night of violent extradition bill protests
- Roads reopen in Central and Sheung Wan and public transport resumes
- Clean up continues as people arrive to start work in city’s business district
Hong Kong’s business district has slowly returned to normal after police and protesters clashed overnight.
Roads were cleared for vehicles on Monday morning, the MTR ran as usual, and rubbish was swept aside in the hours before people arrived for work in Sheung Wan and Central.
The pan-democratic district councillors in Yuen Long plan to stage a protest outside the area’s police station at 11.30am on Monday after some people accused officers of deliberately letting the assailants leave.
The separate outbreak of late-night violence took place while protesters in Wan Chai, Central and Sheung Wan were facing off with riot police. At around 10.30pm the attackers ran onto trains, and used rods to attack passengers and chased after anyone wearing black, witnesses said.
An online petition started by 34 people, including 25 doctors and seven educators, has demanded that police arrest those responsible for the Yuen Long attack.
