Avoid HK protest venues, Singapore tells citizens

Avoid HK protest venues, Singapore tells citizens

Singapore says the peaceful protests could turn violent.

Riot police use pepper spray to disperse pro-democracy activists inside a mall after a march at Sha Tin District of East New Territories, Hong Kong July 14. (Reuters pic)
SINGAPORE:
Singapore has issued a travel advisory to its citizens in Hong Kong, ahead of more protests planned in the city.

The advisory named the Hong Kong International Airport where protest is scheduled to take place at 1pm today, and Yuen Long in the New Territories tomorrow (Saturday).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Singaporeans to avoid the two locations during the protests.

“In recent weeks, several large-scale protests have taken place at multiple venues in Hong Kong. Although mostly peaceful and orderly, cases of localised clashes following these protests were reported.

“Protests which are meant to be peaceful may still have the potential to turn violent with little or no notice,” it said.

Hong Kong is witnessing mass protests against Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s move to introduce an amendment which will legalise extradition of suspects to mainland China, Macao and Taiwan.

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