Hong Kong in lockdown mode as National Day mass protests loom

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NSTnation: Across the city, scores of major shopping malls announced last night they were shuttering their premises while others warned they would do so if the situation became too chaotic.

Police are deploying about 6,000 officers, as they warned of “very, very dangerous” plans by protesters and described their actions over the weekend as being “one step closer to terrorism”, echoing a reference used by Beijing authorities earlier.

Tse warned of serious violence on National Day – which would mark 70 years of Communist Party rule – citing intelligence and messages posted on social media allegedly by protesters, as well as those who were “inciting others, including those with suicidal tendency to commit extreme acts such as murdering police, disguising as officers to kill others, and setting fires in petrol stations”.

“We are just providing one more option for people because some didn’t know where to gather,” Lee said, noting that Hongkongers had turned up at unapproved marches in the past two months. Protesters are expected to head to the Sha Tin Racecourse before noon where a National Day race meeting will be held, before dispersing to citywide rallies to be held in Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Wan Chai, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and Sha Tin.

 

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