Restoration of Tuen Mun Park

Background
Local citizens claimed that there were groups of singers, mostly female in middle-ages in revealing dresses, and viewers, mostly male in old-ages, has turned the Tuen Mun park into a red-light district. Allegations against the groups of singers and viewers included singing sound loudly and causing nuisance, dancing in a salacious manner that the viewers often provide generous tips to the singers.
On 6 July 2019, A large group of activists tried to eliminate groups of singers and viewers away from the park. The organiser claimed that there were 10,000 protesters whilst police estimate was 1,800. This protest adopted the style of 2019 anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong. The police deployed pepper spray.
Objective
# Protest against the poor management of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
# Combat with illegal prostitution and begging activities
# Regain the rights to use public space
# Tackle with the noises and nuisance caused
Allegations against police
The police was accused of selective enforcement. A viewer who assaulted an activist were protected by the police and sent to a taxi, without a proper investigation of the confrontation. A group of police held an activist on the ground, pulled off his surgical mask and took photos of his face and recorded the ID without a solid reason. Around 50 police officers surround a toilet for hours and in the process refused to let a woman suffered from long-term illness to use the toilet because one the singers was in the it.
Escalation of the event
The method police employed to handle this event has further fuelled public anger, which has been building up since the 12 June anti-extradition bill protest, some of the activists occupied a road outside Tuen Mun Police Station and there were confrontations between the police and the public.
See Also
* 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests

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