[Scene of the Anti-Extradition Movement] Full record of 8 hours of being trapped in the Hong Kong Legislative Council. "The Report" takes you back to the scene Mak Haoli July 4, 2019 07:01:00
香港示威者1日晚間闖入立法會大樓。(攝影：麥浩禮) Hong Kong demonstrators broke into the Legislative Council building on the evening of the 1st. (Photography: Mak Hawley) 香港のデモ参加者が１日の晩、立法会議事堂に突入した。(撮影：麦 浩礼)
“Anti-extradition law” demonstrators stormed the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on the 1st. After a 9-hour stalemate, they broke into and occupied the chamber. The demonstrators graffitied the Hong Kong regional emblem, hung the British Hong Kong flag and read out the four major demands. The police cleared the area in the early morning. All evacuated before. This is the first time in Hong Kong's history that demonstrators have successfully captured the legislature.
The correspondent of "The Report" became one of the few reporters who was "trapped" in the Legislative Council for 8 hours that day, allowing readers to "return to the scene" from a different perspective in addition to the TV footage. The demonstrators went from attacking to attacking everything inside the Legislative Council. what happened.
The correspondent of "The Report" became one of the few reporters who was "trapped" in the Legislative Council for 8 hours that day, allowing readers to "return to the scene" from a different perspective in addition to the TV footage. The demonstrators went from attacking to attacking everything inside the Legislative Council. what happened.
1日，立法會示威者外氣氛肅殺。(攝影：麥浩禮) On the 1st, the atmosphere outside the Legislative Council demonstrators was solemn. (Photography: Mak Hawley) １日、立法会の外の示威者たちの雰囲気は死ぬほど張り詰めていた。(撮影：麦 浩礼)
July 1 marks the 22nd anniversary of the handover and "reunification" of Hong Kong's sovereignty. In the morning, the Hong Kong government and Chinese military and political officials held a celebratory reception and flag-raising ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, which is only 600 meters away from the government headquarters and the Legislative Council. Some demonstrators advanced towards the venue at 7 a.m. but were stopped by the police. The two sides immediately clashed, and some demonstrators were beaten until their heads were bleeding and injured and they were arrested.
After the ceremony, the demonstrators returned to the Legislative Council demonstration area. Although the MTR closed two MRT stations near the political headquarters at the request of the police, this did not stop more and more people from wearing eye masks and helmets coming to the Legislative Council to support them. A large number of protective equipment and medical supplies were placed at the material station set up by the demonstrators.
With the news that many demonstrators were injured in the morning clashes, the atmosphere in the demonstration area became tense. Many young people wore black masks and held eye protection and helmets. Some demonstrators even wrapped their arms with plastic wrap to prevent them from getting injured. Skin irritation from pepper spray.
When the reporter was observing the surrounding areas around 12 o'clock, he had already received news from the Airdrop function of the Apple mobile phone that the demonstrators were broadcasting or attacking the Legislative Council. There were also demonstrators making appeals to the people outside or attacking the Legislative Council. However, there was no response. Afterwards, reporters entered the Legislative Council through the public entrance, applied for press credentials for the day, and then arrived at the press room on the first floor to work.
衝擊立法會 警方後方上子彈 Attacking the Legislative Council, police loaded bullets in the rear
At 1:10 p.m., there was a sudden commotion among the reporters in the press room. News came that demonstrators were attacking the entrance of the Legislative Council members. The reporters went downstairs and tried to leave the Legislative Council through the public entrance. However, the security of the Legislative Council had locked the door and closed the door. Said, "The door will be closed at any time, and you can't get out now." The reporter saw a large number of police officers rushing towards the entrance of the parliamentarians.
Fortunately, security guards opened the staff passage, allowing reporters to reach the entrance of the parliamentarian passage. What I saw in front of me was that a large number of demonstrators used recycling cages and iron poles to attack the glass on the side of the building facing Tim Mei Road. The police officers present were extremely nervous. They picked up their shields and batons to follow the commander's instructions and formed a defensive formation. They raised their hands and wrote " Stop the attack or use force" is a red flag.
After the pro-democracy congressmen tried to stand in front of the demonstrators and asked them not to attack, but to no avail, police officers carrying tear gas launchers and shotguns loaded with rubber bullets began to arrive at the scene in response to wave after wave of attacks.
警員守著被示威者打破的玻璃缺口。（攝影：麥浩禮） Police officers guard the gap in the glass broken by demonstrators. (Photography: Mak Hawley)
At around 2 p.m., demonstrators successfully pushed a recycling truck into the gap. The police responded with pepper spray and pulled the recycling truck away into the Legislative Council. The demonstrators instead used an iron fence to break through the gap.
A protester threw an unknown white gas spray can into another breach. Several police officers in front who were not wearing gas masks immediately coughed and backed away. Under the constant impact, one of the glass panes was about to break. At the same time, police officers holding shotguns in the rear also began to load their guns, and police officers carrying AR-15 assault rifles capable of firing live ammunition came to the scene for reinforcements.
有警員配備AR-15突擊步槍。（攝影：麥浩禮） 轉移進攻正門 警員憂縱火
Some police officers are equipped with AR-15 assault rifles. (Photo: Mak Ho-lay) Moved the attack to the main entrance, police feared arson
At 4:06 pm, the demonstrators finally succeeded in breaking through the glass and creating a large hole. However, the demonstrators had a tacit understanding and shouted "one two, one two" and retreated. The photographers outside the Legislative Council suddenly stayed in the "front row" to take pictures, while the police officers guarding the front line breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, the police officers used long shields to seal the breach to prevent other debris from being thrown in.
But about an hour later, in the direction of the main entrance of the Legislative Council, in front of the demonstration area, which was commonly known as the "Bad Pot" by the Hong Kong media, a large number of demonstrators began to push down the dividing iron bars and attack the main entrance.
記者從入口側門可見，有示威者推翻鐵台，利用鐵枝等破壞正門玻璃。
The reporter could see from the side door of the entrance that demonstrators overturned the iron platform and used iron branches to damage the glass of the front entrance.
示威者進攻立法會正門。（攝影：麥浩禮） Demonstrators attacked the main entrance of the Legislative Council. (Photography: Mai Haoli)
Since the iron rolling door in front of the Legislative Council had already fallen down, the demonstrators broke through the glass and began to rush into the rolling shutter. The loud noise made the police officers inside anxious, and the commander shouted outside the building, "We have everything ready, as long as anything happens If a person rushes in, he will be arrested one by one."
Reporters at the scene heard the police officers whispering privately, "If you break in, come in quickly so we can come out and beat you." However, some senior police officers pointed out that they were worried that after the roller shutters were opened, demonstrators would throw things into the gap and set fire to it. They asked the police officers at the front to step back and told reporters to avoid standing directly in front.
Police officers guard the roller shutters to protect the Legislative Council building. (Photo: Mak Hawley) The police suddenly retreated without warning, and the demonstrators rushed in and wreaked havoc.
At 7:30, after demonstrators kept attacking the roller shutters, the Legislative Council alarm bell began to ring. At 8:43 pm, the demonstrators successfully pried open the iron gates and stacked iron bars, wooden boards and other debris on top of the roller shutters. After prying open the bottom of the roller shutter, the police officers who were resting behind became very nervous. All the police officers stood up and prepared to face the impact. However, the progress was not as good as the police imagined. During this period, some police officers asked the media present to come forward and take pictures of the damage to the roller shutters.
At 9 p.m., after more than three hours of work, the demonstrators finally managed to pry open most of the roller shutters and threw unknown white cigarette spray cans at the police officers inside. After the police officers retreated a few steps, the commander suddenly ordered all police officers to retreat a few minutes later without informing the reporters present, and to retreat to the upper floors of the Legislative Council building and the government headquarters.
示威者進入立法會大樓。（攝影：麥浩禮） Demonstrators entered the Legislative Council building. (Photography: Mai Haoli)
Five minutes after the police withdrew their guard, the demonstrators successfully broke into the Legislative Council and began to destroy other glass doors in the building to open more channels for demonstrators to enter. After a demonstrator crashed into the entrance of the Legislative Council Library with a railroad car, he escaped through the door again, saying that he wanted to protect the books inside. However, after the demonstrators entered the Legislative Council restaurant, when they took drinks, they put down their money and posted " We won’t take it without asking” slogan.
有示威者在外牆噴上「殺人政權」等字句、破壞立法會的監控鏡頭，並鑿開需以職員卡開啟的大門。
Some demonstrators spray-painted phrases such as "murderous regime" on the outer wall, destroyed surveillance cameras of the Legislative Council, and cut open doors that require staff cards to be opened.
As more and more demonstrators entered the Legislative Council, some demonstrators seen by reporters clearly had a goal to reach. Including the chamber, parliamentary offices and other places. The demonstrators also showed a tendency of "selective destruction", destroying and trampling on the portraits of Chairman Leung Kwan-yin, former Chairman Joseph Tsang, and former Chairman Fan Tsui Lai-tai. However, the portraits of Legislative Council Chairman Shi Wai-yin and Anthony Wong during the British-era Hong Kong era were spared.
Some demonstrators broke into the parliamentarians' lounge and posted the words "indestructible" in front of the cultural relics and souvenirs given by parliamentarians from other countries. However, some demonstrators also smashed televisions, photocopiers, and drinking water facilities in the building, and poured water on electronic equipment. Some offices were also ransacked.
However, when the reporter returned to the press room where the power was partially cut off, the demonstrators did not interfere with the press room in any way. They only blocked the entrance and exit to the press room with iron bars. Some reporters began to evacuate with their equipment, fearing that if demonstrators appeared to stay behind, Journalists will no longer be able to easily leave the Legislative Council.
示威者1日晚間在立法會選擇性破壞，並踐踏現任立法會主席梁君彥畫像，而記者室則被局部斷電（攝影：麥浩禮） Demonstrators selectively vandalized and trampled on the portrait of current Legislative Council Chairman Leung Kwan-yin at the Legislative Council on the evening of the 1st, while the press room was partially cut off (Photo: Mak Hawley)
After the demonstrators broke the lock on the door of the chamber, more than 200 demonstrators poured in. They hung the Hong Kong regional emblem in front of the chamber and defaced the words "People's Republic of China". There were demonstrators outside the "Hong Kong" area. In front of the chairman's seat, the "Hong Kong British Flag" representing Hong Kong in the Hong Kong British era was placed, and then portraits of senior officials handling the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, were placed.
After the demonstrators broke the lock on the door of the chamber, more than 200 demonstrators poured in. They hung the Hong Kong regional emblem in front of the chamber and defaced the words "People's Republic of China". There were demonstrators outside the "Hong Kong" area. In front of the chairman's seat, the "Hong Kong British Flag" representing Hong Kong in the Hong Kong British era was placed, and then portraits of senior officials handling the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance, including Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, were placed.
示威者在議事廳香港區徽上塗鴉，並展示港英旗幟。（攝影：麥浩禮）
「要走一起走」示威者拖走「死士」全數撤離 Demonstrators painted graffiti on the Hong Kong emblem in the parliamentary chamber and displayed the British Hong Kong flag. (Photography: Mak Hawley)
However, the strange behavior of the police withdrawing their presence after 10 pm made the demonstrators who remained in the Legislative Council begin to feel uneasy, believing that the police had deliberately withdrawn their presence in preparation for round-ups. Some demonstrators began to leave the Legislative Council building and called on reporters to be careful. The Hong Kong police also announced at 11:20 that the area would be cleared within a short period of time. However, four demonstrators made it clear that they would be "soldiers" and would not leave.
At 12 o'clock in the morning, when most of the demonstrators left and only a few reporters remained, many demonstrators returned to the building and dragged out four demonstrators who refused to leave, saying, "We want to come together, we want to leave together." , and forcibly took them away. At the same time, a large number of police officers approached the Legislative Council building, raised black flags, and threw tear gas at the crowd. Demonstrators outside began to disperse. When the police entered the devastated Legislative Council building, all demonstrators had evacuated.
1日晚間11時多示威者開始離開立法會大樓。（攝影：麥浩禮） Demonstrators began to leave the Legislative Council building at around 11pm on the 1st. (Photography: Mak Hawley)
