'It is not our intention to cause delays to your travels.” Group of Hong Kong protesters say in emailed statement as flights resume at the city’s airport
A protester shows a placard to stranded travellers during a demonstration at the airport in Hong Kong on August 13, 2019.
Protesters spread pamphlets and posters across the floor in a section of the terminal but were not impeding travellers. It said an area of the airport had been set aside for demonstrations, but no protests would be allowed outside the designated area.The airport had closed check-in for remaining flights late Tuesday afternoon as protesters swarmed the terminal and blocked access to immigration for departing passengers. Those cancellations were in addition to 200 flights cancelled on Monday.
Mak gave no further details, but said additional suspects were expected to be arrested, including those who assaulted an officer after stripping him of his baton and pepper spray, prompting him to draw his gun to fend them off. "The police pledge to all citizens of Hong Kong that we will take steps to bring all culprits to justice."Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific said in a statement it had cancelled 272 flights over the past two days, affecting more than 55,000 passengers, while 622 departures and arrivals went ahead.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Chinese Cabinet's liaison office in Hong Kong said the protesters had "entirely ruptured legal and moral bottom lines" and would face swift and severe repercussions under Hong Kong's legal system. Airport security appeared unable to control the crowd, and paramedics later took both men away. Police have acknowledged using "decoy" officers, and some protesters over the weekend were seen being arrested by men dressed like demonstrators — in black and wearing face masks., identified one of the men as a journalist at the nationalistic Chinese tabloid.
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