Originally Posted by
standbykid
It has been implied that the 'police' may actually be military from the mainland.
there's photos circulating in social media showing "typical" police behaviour pre protests and police behaviour since around the time things got more violent and ugly.
One image shows the "horse" defensive stance typically adapted by Chinese military juxtaposed with the different typical stance of HKP pre protest. Photos from the last week show same behaviour and stances between CM and HKP. Draw your own conclusions.
I frequently nightstopped in HK until late 2017. Sometimes 4 or 5 times a month. Scary to think thst people just like me could be hauled off to the mainland at the whim of the Chinese government.
Crews still flying there should be extremely careful. I'd honestly buy a burner phone and leave the laptop/iPad at home if going to HK.