Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Hong Kong advise Saudis to avoid protest areas

Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Hong Kong advise Saudis to avoid protest areas
Saudi Arabia’s Consulate in Hong Kong advise Saudis to avoid protest areas

Saudi Arabia's consulate in Hong Kong called on Saudi nationals there to be vigilant against protests.

Saudi Arabia's consulate advised Saudis, through its official account on the social networking site, Twitter, not to go to the areas; Causeway Bay, Wanshai, Admir Central after the protesters announced the organization of demonstrations in those areas on Sunday.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters set marches in more than twelve districts in Hong Kong on Sunday, despite heavy rains and subway stations being shut down.

The marches on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula were peaceful, with anti-riot forces watching the marches as standing on the sidewalks of pedestrians.

Hours after the city's chiefexecutive, Kari Lam, activated emergency powers that have not been used formore than 50 years, masked protesters demonstrated in the streets on Friday,setting fire to metro stations, damaging branches of Chinese banks, andclashing with police.

The railway operator company confirmedthat it was unable to open some metro stations on Sunday after theunprecedented closure due to acts of violence last Friday, adding that it needstime to repair damaged facilities and will reduce the operating hours of trainstoday more than three hours to stop working at nine o'clock in the evening.

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