Hong Kong protesters target trains, urge general strike
HONG KONG: Hong Kong protesters threw morning rush hour train travel into chaos on Monday , kicking off another day of potential turmoil after a weekend featuring some of the worst violence in three months of anti-government protests.
The global financial hub is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis as a largely leaderless movement has drawn millions on to the streets to protest against what they see as an erosion of freedoms and increasing interference in their affairs by Beijing.In the latest action, protesters dressed in their signature black stood at doorways of trains, stopping them from closing, at a series of stations on the underground system on Monday morning, causing major delays on the network.A man is arrested at the Lok Fu MTR station during a train disruption protest in Hong Kong on Sep 2, 2019. The protesters have also called for a general strike on Monday, while university students are due to rally in the afternoon. Hong Kong is a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city that operates under a"one country, two systems" framework, which gives citizens rights unseen on the mainland. The protests started in opposition to government plans to allow the extradition to the mainland of people wanted by Beijing, but have widened to include broader demands. These include demands for the extradition Bill to be formally scrapped and for an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality during the protests. Police check for protesters as they patrol on the platform of the Lai King MTR station in Hong Kong on Sep 2, 2019. The protesters also want the city's leader and all its lawmakers to be directly elected, scrapping the current system that heavily favours the Chinese government.The new round of protest actions on Monday came after yet another weekend of violence on the streets as well as efforts by protesters to disrupt the city's airport, one of the busiest in the world. On Sunday at least a dozen flights were cancelled after protesters blocked routes to the airport, although police fended off demonstrators' efforts to converge on the terminal itself.
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