Beijing supporters had earlier torn down some of the large mosaics of colourful Post-it notes calling for democracy.
Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse democracy protesters marching in sweltering heat on Saturday after pro-China groups pulled down some of the"Lennon Walls" of anti-government messages in the Chinese-ruled city.
Some trashed fittings at the Light Rail Transit station dug up bricks and picked up stones from the sides of the tracks. Others turned fire extinguishers on the police."Radical protesters damaged facilities in Light Rail Town Centre Station in Tuen Mun with metal rods, hurled objects into the Light Rail tracks and set barricades in the vicinity, causing obstruction to the traffic," police said in a statement.
"I am a Chinese man!" one the pro-Beijing protesters shouted in defence of his actions when confronted by pro-democracy supporters. A pro-Beijing city legislator, Junius Ho, who has been a vocal critic of the protests, had urged his supporters to clean up approximately 100 Lennon Walls around the city on Saturday.
“Through provocative acts like this, he helps unify the moderates and frontline in the movement," he told"It's like a wave. Sometimes we’re in a trough and sometimes on a crest, and we’re rising again.”
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