Well it did turn nasty on Saturday night as predicted when a large group of mostly Korean farmers tried to enter the WTO Conference area.When they came up against resistance from the police they started to hurl metal barriers and anything they could lay their hands on at them.This resulted in the whole of Wanchai being shut down for 24 hours as the riot police moved in.They announced the imminent use of tear gas and urged all to stay indoors as hundreds of riot police in gas masks filed down the streets.A sight I'm sure not to see again in a hurry.Later they managed to round up around 1,000 protestors after an all night stand off and take them away for unlawful assembly to various police stations around the territory,where most still are today under investigation.
The pictures above were taken around 200 meters from our front door.
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