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Yuen Long recovers but anxiety looms over weekend protest against Sunday’s attacks, as residents, businesses lose faith in Hong Kong police
- Two days after the late-night brutality at MTR station, life in the northern town returns to normal, but residents remain wary
- Most point blame at police for what they see as failure to protect the public
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Shops and businesses have reopened in the Hong Kong district that was the scene of unprecedented violence on Sunday night, but residents say they have lost all faith in the city’s police.
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Shoppers and children returned to malls in Yuen Long on Tuesday, a day after a shutdown turned the New Territories neighbourhood into a ghost town following attacks by rod-wielding men who targeted random commuters and protesters against the now-suspended extradition bill.
An air of anxiety still lingered, however. Restaurant Hok Kee Congee & Noodles, which has been operating at the heart of the district for decades, was one of the businesses that resumed operations after a partial closure on Monday. Manager Ezra Lam, 26, said they lost about HK$17,000 in revenue.
Lam said he had lost trust in police’s ability to protect residents in case violence breaks out again.
“Those men in white T-shirts beat people everywhere and no one was stopping them at all.”
Those men in white T-shirts beat people everywhere and no one was stopping them at all
Officers were accused of turning a blind eye to the incident at 10.45pm on Sunday night and colluding with triads, believed to be behind the attacks at Yuen Long MTR station.
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