Trains to Hong Kong airport suspended amid protester disruption

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."