Hong Kong protesters brace for clashes with triads in Yuen Long rally

Activists vow to defy a police ban and protest in Yuen Long, where protesters and commuters were attacked last Sunday

Hong Kong residents braced for more clashes on Saturday as protesters vowed to defy police orders and hold a rally that could pit them against triad gangs.

Demonstrators were preparing to march on Saturday afternoon in Yuen Long, in Hong Kong’s rural New Territories in the north of the city, where suspected triads attacked commuters and protesters with poles and rods last week, leaving 45 hospitalised.

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