Hong Kong airport has resumed operations after a night of chaos which saw protesters clash with riot police, rescheduling hundreds of flights that had been disrupted over the past two days as protesters clashed with riot police in a deepening crisis in the Chinese-controlled city.<\/p>\n
Reports say that aviation authorities have obtained a court order to remove protesters from the terminal, setting up a possible showdown with demonstrators later in the day.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Tuesday after protesters flooded the terminal buildings.<\/p>\n
Police condemned violent acts by protesters overnight and said on Wednesday a large group had “harassed and assaulted a visitor and a journalist”. Five people were detained, police said, bringing the number of people arrested since the protests began in June to more than 600.<\/p>\n
After days of disruptions, the Airport Authority said it had obtained a temporary injunction banning protesters from entering certain areas.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong’s 10-week political crisis, which has seen millions of people take to the streets calling for a halt to sliding freedoms, was already the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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