Hong Kong’s airport authority has obtained an interim injunction to stop protests at the airport and banned people who are not travelling to enter after a rally at the aviation hub on Tuesday night erupted into fierce clashes with police.
During the chaos, protesters grabbed at least two men they claimed were either undercover police or agents. Mainland China’s state-run newspaper, the Global Times, has said one of those men, who was beaten and whose hands were tied together with cable ties, was one of its reporters.
Images of the incident immediately began to circulate on Chinese media and social media, where the Global Times employee, Fu Guohao, was labelled a “hero” by some users.