Some exits at Mong Kok MTR are closed, while #police stand guard at remaining ones, both in the station and on the ground.
#Police now make frequent use of orange tape to keep the press away. But what’s rather perplexing is their use of tape to block every crossing and forcing people to jaywalk.
#Police now advancing along Sai Yeung Choi Street,
As it turns out, all that drama and formation, swinging around their batons and pointing their lights at surrounding press, is just to get on their vehicle and leave...
A brief, spontaneous display of defiance in #MongKok as protesters gather to shout slogans, separated from riot police by traffic. Blue flag now raised.
Both the armoured vehicle and water cannon have arrived in #MongKok. Riot police are also on the ground and just charged into the intersection of Shantung Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street.
Near a hundred police officers lined up along the ledge on Nathan Road. The armoured vehicle and water cannon behind them, while people are in the inner streets.
The water cannon took a u-turn and came to this side of the road again, but eventually drove away as it was blocked by traffic.
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