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Loads of police cars setting up checkpoints at Cross Harbour Tunnel's exit to Kowloon according to @StandNewsHK .

In less than 2 hours, a rally to oppose #NSL, oppose Beijing-backed universal #covid19 test and oppose delay of LegCo election is set to kick off in Kowloon.
Riot police have guarded every crossings on Nathan Road along the planned route of this afternoon's rally (from Jordan Road to Argyle Street) according to @appledaily_hk.

Even side streets are under heavy surveillance and patrolling, the newspaper said.
iCable reported per source that about 2,000 officers are deployed today to hold down the rally in Kowloon.

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Police said on their FB they found three bags of rubbles on a back lane near the rally's starting point and would investigate who put them there.

Meanwhile stop and search is widely carried out in Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok along the marching route - via @StandNewsHK
Police checkpoint is also set up at the Kowloon exit of Western Harbour Crossing and traffic police boarded a double-deck bus to check on passengers via @SocRECorg
More stop and search of youngsters in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei via live of @StandNewsHK .

Today was originally planned for the general election of Hong Kong's Legislative Council. But the election has been postponed for at least one year by HK gov in the name of #covid19.
Even a man in flip flops is under stop&search outside a KFC branch in Yau Ma Tei via @StandNewsHK live. Police checked the reporter's badge as well when she was filming.
After one riot police demanded reporter of @StandNewsHK to film from aside, another riot police stood right in front of her camera, blocking sight of the boy in black under search behind.
Two young men, including a boy in black and this man in grey, were taken onto a police van after search via @StandNewsHK live.
A water cannon and an armoured truck are now near West Kowloon High Speed Rail Link Terminus according to HK police's own live. A female officer said in VO that the two cars left Sham Shui Po police station around 1.30pm and are patrolling towards Hung Hom Station.
A 62yo woman who is standing alone on Nathan Rd with a hand-written placard told @appledaily_hk "I have lost my last vote. What more is left for me to fear? Hong Kong people, including the police, have lost everything. What more should we fear?"
Sporadic chanting of slogans erupted outside Yue Haw Chinese Products Emporium in Jordan around 2.35pm. Police chased the crowd a bit and tried to set up cordon line near Ning Po St. But no one has been stopped or arrested. Jordan returned to quiet now.
Figo Chan @chrf_hk, Long Hair Leung Kwok-hung and Raphael Wong of League of Social Democrats are now outside Hotel Eaton in Jordan.
Riot police surrounded activists of League of Social Democrats and warned they had violated ban on social gathering as soon as the activists showed a banner and chanted slogans opposing delay of LegCo election.
As the LSD activists started to walk across the road outside Hotel Eaton chanting slogans, a police officer suddenly grabbed Figo Chan and Raphael Wong and accused them of leading an unapproved march with more than 30 people.
An elderly woman was startled and had to be helped by several passengers to walk to the roadside and take a seat after a group of riot police suddenly charged towards a side street she was on.
LSD activists who chanted slogans outside Hotel Eaton were just arrested and taken onto a police bus.
HK Police said two teenagers aged 15 were taken to a police station from Mong Kok MTR station as one didn't bring his ID along and the other was found having the following items in his backpack. Police said it was for the pair's "safety and welfare" and they would contact parents
A woman (seemingly) is lying on the pedestrian outside Langham Place in Mong Kok. A police just felt her pulse but no more are they doing now except for standing around her.
Bold solo - a man dressed himself as a walking billboard advocating "Voting is a right" "Give me back my right to vote"
A number of Student Politicism members - seemingly secondary school students - are surrounded by police as they were handing out masks to passengers in Mong Kok
More than 30 were arrested by 3.30pm including one woman accused of violating national security law for chanting slogan advocating for HK independence, police said.
Gwyneth Ho @KwaiLamHo is under stop-and-search along with a number of others in Mong Kok.
A man in hivis vest is lying on the ground in Mong Kok near Shan Tung St amid chaos as large group of police dashed down the street. Not sure what caused the fall but he seemed unconscious and first aiders nervously patted his face and shoulders but failed to wake him up.
Police raised purple flag on Shan Tung St in Mong Kok warning people who chanted "Liberate Hong Kong Revolution of Our Times" were violating national security law.
Around 5.10pm some plain clothed police subdued and arrested these young men with pepper spray outside GT College in Mong Kok - via PPPN International
A bus captain of New World First Bus was detained during protest this afternoon and police is set to issue a summon for “careless driving”, iCable reported per source.
Rounds of pepper balls were fired as large group of riot police advanced to disperse crowds on Shan Tung St after some plastic bottles were hurled at them.
A group of people including some in first aiders’ hivis vests were arrested earlier this afternoon outside King Wah Centre in Mong Kok via @StandNews
#LATEST At least 90 people were arrested in Kowloon by 5pm and 87 of them were suspected of unlawful assembly. Others were alleged of assaulting police, obstructing police and misconducts in public places. Moreover, 22 were fined for violating group gathering ban.
Riot police suddenly charged and swooped three men in Mong Kok .
A photo journalist of TMHK was arrested by police while covering protests in Kowloon this afternoon. TMHK said the journalist had both press badges from TMHK and Hong Kong Press Photographers Association. Police have not explained why he was taken.

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As of 9pm, at least 289 people were arrested today in protests in Kowloon, police said.
Liaison Office on protests on 6 Sep: We will absolutely not allow Hong Kong to be chaotic again. (我们决不允许香港再乱起来)

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