AFP, HONG KONGThe Hong Kong Immigration Department yesterday said it has received reports that a man went missing on a cross-border mega bridge to the gambling hub of Macau that hosts a new Chinese mainland police checkpoint. The man was traveling by bus on Friday afternoon along the bridge-and-tunnel network linking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, his son said. The artificial island in the middle of the Pearl River Delta lies in Chinese mainland waters. The Hong Kong Security Bureau declined to comment on whether it was aware of the new checkpoint. Meanwhile, flashmob protests and vandalism broke out in multiple locations in Hong Kong, prompting riot police to use pepper spray and make arrests in at least two shopping centers as members of the public heckled the officers.

Source: Taipei Times December 15, 2019 15:56 UTC