TIL Desk/World/Hong Kong/ Hong Kong came to a standstill on Monday after tens of thousands of protesters defied the new anti-mask ban and went on a wrecking spree across the city, vandalising mainland China-linked property, setting fires and targeting police with petrol bombs and fist fights.
The masked mobs on Sunday night smashed banks, stores and bookshops associated with mainland China, trashed government buildings and started fires at the exits of several Mass Transit Railway (MTR) stations as they continued their attack on the city”s railway operator for allegedly aiding police in their clearance operations.
After a total shutdown for one and a half days, the rail operator reopened half of its stations on Sunday, only to then close four stations and suspend the services of seven lines and closed the entire network at 9 p.m. The majority of MTR stations remained closed on Monday morning. The whole system would be shut again at 6 p.m. to “allow more time for repair”, the MTR Corporation said.
