Online messaging forums used by the largely leaderless movement have called for protesters to 'stress test' the airport on Saturday afternoon, September 7.
PROTESTS CONTINUE. Protesters gather outside Prince Edward MTR station in Hong Kong on September 6, 2019. Photo by Philip Fong/AFP
for the past 3 months in the biggest challenge to China's rule since the city's handover from Britain in 1997. At the peaceful rally on Friday night in the city's commercial district, many protesters said they planned to continue hitting the streets. "I think the most crucial thing now is the excessive use of police force and there are no legitimate measures to deal with it," he said.Protesters have said their movement will only end when other key demands are met such as an amnesty for those arrested, an inquiry into the police and universal suffrage, all of which Lam and Beijing have rejected.
Since then security has been ramped up around the sprawling hub – which lies on an artificial island west of the main city – and access to the terminals has been restricted to those with boarding passes.
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