Anti-government activists have again clashed with police in Hong Kong as the ongoing protests continued on Christmas Day
Anti-government protesters have marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centres in Hong Kong as police fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathering on nearby streets.
There were no major clashes, but with impromptu crowds forming to shout expletives at the unpopular officers, who have been accused of using excessive force, police briefly fired tear gas in Mong Kok, a popular protest area.Riot police walk to detain protesters during a demonstration in Hong Kong.
There was a heavy police presence into the night with hundreds of officers standing guard on the roads as thousands of Christmas shoppers and tourists, some wearing Santa hats, looked on. A water canon and several armoured police Jeeps were parked nearby. A bank branch of global banking group HSBC was vandalised in Mong Kok, according to television footage. The bank on Friday became embroiled in a saga involving an official crackdown on a fund-raising platform supporting protesters in need.
The coffee shop chain has been a common target of protesters after the daughter of the founder of Maxim's Caterers, which owns the local franchise, condemned the protesters at a UN human rights council in Geneva.
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