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HONG KONG - Thousands of protesters blocked roads and public transport links to Hong Kong airport on Sunday in a bid to draw global attention to their fight for greater democracy for the Chinese-ruled city which is facing its biggest political crisis in decades.
Protesters had urged the public to target access to one of the world’s busiest and most efficient airports, built on reclaimed land around a tiny outlying island and reached by a series of bridges which were packed with traffic. Police said protesters hurled iron poles, bricks and rocks on to the railway track near the airport station and trespassed on the track. By early evening protesters in the immediate vicinity of the airport had left, but protesters in Tung Chung remained.“We have no idea how to leave. We’re stuck,” a masked protester said, as others looked for buses and ferries to get back home.
Tourist numbers have plummeted in recent weeks and international trade fairs canceled as the territory faces its first recession in a decade. Anti-extradition bill protesters smash Mass Transit Railway facility as they accuse the railway operator for helping the government to catch protesters, at Tung Chung, in Hong Kong, China September 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone SiuParts of the metro system ground to a halt as skirmishes spread to the subway on Saturday, with television showing images of people being beaten as they cowered on the floor behind umbrellas.
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