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24 August 2019Tensions between demonstrators and police in Hong Kong during the march that marks the 12th consecutive weekend of protests between demonstrators and police of the former British colony. To provoke them, the decision of several hundred protesters to deviate from the long route authorized by the police to stop and protest under the Ngau Tau Kok police station. The demonstrators built barricades, massing traffic deterrents and bamboo poles, and left the station immediately agents in riot gear.

The employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong, Simon Cheng, was released. His family announced it with a message on Facebook: "Simon is back in Hong Kong". He was stopped by the Shenzhen police.