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Police Seize Dangerous Chemicals and Explosive Devices

On May 3, the Hong Kong Police Force claimed that they had seized explosive devices and dangerous chemicals which may have been stolen from Polytechnic University in November last year at an abandoned school in Ngau Tau Kok.

The compounds of the abandoned school has been used for multiple counter-terrorism exercises by the Force, with the most recent one taking place on March 12th and at the fourth quarter of 2019. Netizens have since speculated if the materials were intentionally planted by the force, or that they could be training materials for past or future exercises.

Netizens took the discussion online. Some of them posted questions like these:

"Officer, did you leave it there intentionally, or was it an accident?"

"People have claimed that they often see police vehicles parked in front of that abandoned school"

Many of these posts have been marked with a high level of suspicion that the force was behind the discovery of these explosive devices and dangerous chemicals at the abandoned school, using it to frame the protesters involved in the anti-extradition movement and protests.

By referring to the local movement as a threat to national security in recent weeks, Beijing was described to be applying a narrative relating to "terrorism".

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Source: RTHK ; LIHKG
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