Thais visiting Hong Kong advised to avoid protest sites for next 5 days

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Thais visiting Hong Kong advised to avoid protest sites for next 5 days

 

File photo (Reuters)

 

The Thai Consular Office in Hong Kong is strongly advising Thai people travelling to the territory to avoid protest sites this weekend and on Thursday October 31st for their safety, because the protests can turn violent without warning.

 

The Office also warned travellers not to take pictures of the protestors or police at or near the protest sites, and avoid any act which may be seen as provocative.  They were also informed that travel around the city, by car or MRT, may take longer than usual.

 

If any Thai citizen needs help from the Thai Consular Office, they can call the following numbers:

 

(+852) 6821-1545
(+852) 6821-1546
(+66) 2-572-8442 (Bangkok Call Centre)

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thais-visiting-hong-kong-advised-to-avoid-protest-sites-for-next-5-days/

 

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3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The Office also warned travellers not to take pictures of the protestors or police at or near the protest sites, and avoid any act which may be seen as provocative.  They were also informed that travel around the city, by car or MRT, may take longer than usual.

Yet, you are allowed to do things like that in today's Hong Kong.  The protesters are not afraid of a few tourists taking their photos, but they police are terrified of that and have no recourse under the law, as it should be.  The police no longer walk the streets in the city, and they are now considering retiring in China where they feel safe from the public.  All this would have been unthinkable just a few months ago.  They are now vilified.