Trains to Hong Kong airport suspended amid protester disruption


  • World
  • Sunday, 01 Sep 2019

People and protesters run away from the riot police outside the terminals at Hong Kong International Airport, in Hong Kong, China on Sunday. - REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Trains to Hong Kong's international airport were suspended on Sunday as pro-democracy protesters threatened to disrupt transport links to the airport, The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) operator said.

A notice at MTR stations said trains had been suspended, "As requested by the Hong Kong Government and Airport Authority to facilitate access control arrangements at the airport."

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