What Happen on 31st Aug 2019?
From Hong Kong Police condoning Pro-China people or Mafia members to violently attacks democratic people...
To Hong Kong Police launching terrorist attacks on the democratic people...
Hong Kong Police Elite Team STC terrorist attack at Prince Edward MTR station
831 Synopsis
Prince Edward MTR Station Terrorist attack, or 831 incident / 831 slasher incident, refers to an incident in which Hong Kong Police indiscriminately attacked passengers in Prince Edward MTR station.
The incident began with anti-protest passengers provoking and attacking protestors and citizens, which led to the anti-protestors' dissatisfaction. They quarrelled and fought with each other. Then, the Anti-riot Squad and Special Tactical Contingent rushed into the carriage and platform of Prince Edward station; indiscriminately attacking passengers with weapons such as sharp items, batons, guns and pepper spray, etc.
Later on, Police denied entering the station, they denied beating people and reaffirmed using appropriate force to subdue protestors. In this incident, Police were criticized for indiscriminately attacking passengers by the public opinion.
Prince Edward MTR Station Terrorist attack, or 831 incident / 831 slasher incident, refers to an incident in which Hong Kong Police indiscriminately attacked passengers in Prince Edward MTR station.
The incident began with anti-protest passengers provoking and attacking protestors and citizens, which led to the anti-protestors' dissatisfaction. They quarrelled and fought with each other. Then, the Anti-riot Squad and Special Tactical Contingent rushed into the carriage and platform of Prince Edward station; indiscriminately attacking passengers with weapons such as sharp items, batons, guns and pepper spray, etc.
Later on, Police denied entering the station, they denied beating people and reaffirmed using appropriate force to subdue protestors. In this incident, Police were criticized for indiscriminately attacking passengers by the public opinion.
Public opinion believed Police beat several people to death at the MTR station, not even at the scene but the entire social movement in 2019. The FactWire News Agency interviewed six people who claimed to be related to this accident, published on 30 November 2019. However, law enforcement agencies and MTR Corporation Limited didn't respond to public demand to release more information about this incident. Therefore there is no conclusion on whether anyone died in the station. After the incident, the platform and carriage were such a mess. Many people were severely battered. Injured people included children and the disabled. Within the carriage, a fallen beaten couple on the ground continued to be pepper sprayed by the Police at a close distance.
Course of incident
Quarrel and fight between passengers and protestors.
At 10:45 pm, the incident begins on the train heading from Kwun-Tong line to Tiu-Keng-Leng MTR station on platform No. 3, some Pro-China passengers who disliked protestors quarrelled with a protestor inside a carriage. The "Anti-protest" passengers attacked reporters and protestors, so the "Anti-protest" passengers tried to kick the protestors out of the train. Protestors and those "Anti-protest" passengers quarrelled and threw water bottles and umbrellas between the platform and the carriage. One middle-aged "Anti-protest" passenger takes out and waves a sledgehammer at the democratic protesters. They have no choice but to fight back by taking a fire extinguisher from the train's carriage, making the train carriage filled with white smoke, and asking everyone to leave. During the fight, a woman uses a mobile to record the appearance of protestors.
The police rushed to the platform and carriage, beating passengers.
Someone called the 999 Police emergency hotline. Around 11 pm, about a hundred Anti-Riot Squad and Special Tactical Contingent rush to platform No. 4, Tsuen-Wan Line to Central MTR station, and the carriage indiscriminately attacked passengers or suspected protestors. The Police kept on using pepper spray and arrested people.
Some passengers described it as a dreadful incident and claimed they did not have any aggressive behaviour or attacked, but the Police still battered them with batons. The platform was in chaos. They frequently heard some screaming and pleading to the Police to not attack passengers. Some passengers hug and cry after being shot by the Police with pepper spray.
Anti-riot Squad evict passengers in Yau-Ma-Tei MTR Station and refused to rescue the injured.
The train went to Yau-Ma-Tei MTR station. Many injured get off at this station. The carriage is in chaos, with plenty of bloody tissues, gauze, and drapes. Anti-riot Squad went down to the platform to evict passengers. Afterwards, the Yau-Ma-Tei MTR station was closed, and the Hong Kong Police evicted the reporters and first-aiders. Some first-aiders showed the flag that wrote, "Hindrance to rescue is against International Humanitarian Law." at the station's gate, sobbed and begged to enter the MTR station to rescue the injured, but the Police refused. At 11:43 pm, the Anti-Riot Squad ordered three first-aiders to face the wall in the MTR station.
They were not allowed to enter the MTR station to rescue the injured. Some first-aiders were arrested even when they identified themselves. After the attack, the Police at Prince Edward MTR Station requested reporters and first-aiders to leave immediately and reaffirmed they have to lock down the crime scene.
Ambulance and Fire Service Department, mobile command unit, arrived at Prince Edward MTR station, starting triage system usually set up because of plenty injured case. Still, they can't enter the station to rescue for a long while. The ambulance man requested to enter the MTR station to rescue, but the Police claimed no one was injured at least two times and refused to let them in. The Police evaluated and sent the injured with a special train to another MTR station, and transfer them to an ambulance afterwards, which took 2.5 hours to send the injured to the hospital.
That night till 3 am till the next day, a massive crowd of people surrounded Mong-Kok Police Station because they were dissatisfied with the station's Police indiscriminately attacking passengers. Many cars whistled to show their anger.
Arrested and injured.
The Police arrested 69 people in this incident, aged between 13 to 36 years old, suspected of riots, unlawful assembly, criminal damage, common assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, robbery, resistance or deliberate obstruction to the Police in executing their lawful duties. Police arrested a 13 years old boy because of the possession of a petrol bomb. Sixty of them were pending further investigation after refusing to be bailed. Only released one on bail. Unfortunately, Police didn't arrest the pro-china people who were using violence at the scene yet. Not Even mention the investigation of the Police abusing the force.
As of 2nd September Morning, the Hospital Authority stated that they admitted 46 people to the hospital on that night. 19 people remain in hospital, 5 of them were in serious condition, and 14 were stable. According to the RTHK's “Hong Kong connection” TV program, at least ten injured were sent to the hospital at the scene. Three of them claimed were injured in a fight.
