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“Sing with You” in Tuen Mun: Heavy Police Force Charged Into Malls and Dispersed Shoppers As Happened In the Past Few Weeks

Netizens initiated a "Sing with You” event at Tuen Mun Town Plaza in the evening. Some citizens displayed flags, chanted "Five Deamnds, Not One Leas" and other slogans, and sang anti-ELAB songs.

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In Tuen Mun Town Plaza, plainclothes officers randomly stopped and searched citizens. Heavy police force was deployed near Tuen Mun Town Square, likely due to the event, and there were high-profile patrols by police in riot gear.

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There were a large number of plainclothes police patrolling and setting up cordon lines in Tuen Mun Town Plaza.

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A large amount of riot officers entered the Plaza to disperse the crowd.

Source: Real Time News Broadcast, Apple Daily; Graphic: #FirstHand pictures

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Officers Cause Massive Inconvenience After One Got Injured

20:25 | #TuenMun

Plainclothes officers occupy an entire washroom after one of them got injured.

The cordon line setup completely blocked customers from entering or leaving the Outback Steakhouse, causing a massive inconvenience.

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“Sing with You” in Tuen Mun: Heavy Police Force Charged Into Malls and Dispersed Shoppers As Happened In the Past Few Weeks: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20207
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Is Police Storming Into A Mall Normal Now? - District Councillor Lo Chun-ya Requests An Explanation From Property Management Of The Mall

20:00 | #TuenMun

Netizens initiated a “Sing with You” event at Tuen Mun Town Plaza in the evening. Despite the fact that participants were aware of and maintained social distance, police stormed into the mall just like in the past few weeks.

District councillor Lo Chun-ya expressed that police officers are disturbing the civilians from having dinner and shopping in the mall. He also questioned why the mall allowed the police to enter private property, and hence he has requested an explanation from the property management.

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4 District Councillors Detained by the Police

21:10 | #TuenMun
Councilors Tsang Chun Hing, Lee Kawai, Poon Chi-kin, Cheung Ho Sum were detained for investigation on Tuen Mun Town Plaza 4th Floor Platform.

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The four intercepted district councilors have been released.They told reporters that they were puzzled by the police’s inappropriate usage of the mall’s broadcasting system.

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The councilors claimed to have seen officers opening the door to the control room with a key, strongly suggesting that the police's actions were approved and assisted by the management.

Source: Apple Daily; Graphic: #FirstHand

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Tuen Mun District Council Chairman, Will Be Taking Legal Action Against Sino Group

20:53 | #TuenMun #TuenMunCityPlaza

Reporters quoted the news that Tuen Mun District Council Chairman, Chen Xieying, will be taking legal action against Sino Group, and demanded the security supervisor to allow the police to enter the mall before 9 o'clock or otherwise an immediate press conference will be held at the mall's atrium.

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A district board member pointed out that the second and third floors of the shopping mall were not public places. Therefore, the management is required to explain their reason behind allowing the police access to those floors.

Source: Apple Daily

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4 District Councillors Detained By Police
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20215

“Sing with You” in Tuen Mun: Heavy Police Force Charged Into Malls and Dispersed Shoppers As Happened In the Past Few Weeks: https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20207
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Tuen Mun's "Sing with You" Ends With Only 2 Fines Issued

In the evening, a large number of armed riot police officers entered the Tuen Mun Town Plaza multiple times, cordoning most parts of the mall up. Shops that police officers went into had to close.

The police even used the shopping mall's PA system to warn the citizens inside the mall that they were violating the gathering ban and demanded that all citizens present leave immediately or risk being charged.

Some district councilors from the district went to the rooftop garden on the fourth floor of the mall and planned to go to the mall ’s security control room to ask for explanations as to why police officers were allowed to enter the mall and use the PA system.

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