Police have arrested a 36-year-old man after bamboo poles with 25 Chinese and Hong Kong flags attached to them to celebrate National Day were torn down from railings and hurled onto a road before being run over by passing vehicles.
The suspect – a Hong Kong identity card holder of Moroccan origin – was detained on suspicion of desecrating the national flag and criminal damage after he was picked up in Shau Kei Wan on Tuesday.
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