Hong Kong airport suspends check-in for all remaining flights on Monday due to a fourth day of pro-democracy protests inside the terminal.
The disruption came as international rights group Amnesty International said police in the former British colony had used excessive force to try and quell the weeks-long protests.
Other than departing flights that had finished the check-in process and those arriving that were already heading to Hong Kong, all other flights have been cancelled for the rest of today, the airport said. As demonstrators threw up barricades across the city on Saturday and Sunday, police shot volleys of tear gas into crowded underground train stations for the first time and fired bean-bag rounds at close range. Scores of protesters were arrested, sometimes after being beaten with batons and bloodied by police.
Chan Kin Kwok, Hong Kong Police Senior Superintendent and Deputy Commander of Police Tactical Unit reassured that the water cannons will only be used in case of a large-scale public unrest.But Amnesty International warned about the possible use of water canons. Authorities have called the demonstrations illegal and dangerous, while highlighting their impact on the already-faltering economy and residents' daily lives.
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