Police said these people have disregards to peace process in the city.

The police made the remarks during a press briefing on the damages caused during the weekend’s protests, as anti-government protesters again blocked roads with barricades, set fire to metro stations, smashed shops and public facilities, and attacked police with petrol bombs and bricks.

Kwok Ka-Chuen, chief superintendent of the police public relations, said protesters’ acts had caused several MTR stations to shut down, paralyzing traffic and jeopardizing social order, which were in complete disregard of most Hong Kong residents’ wish for peace.

Since protests erupted in June, the Hong Kong police have arrested 5,947 people for suspected unlawful assembly, riots, possession of offensive weapons, and arson, said the police.

Meanwhile China has banned US military ships and plane from stopping over in Hong Kong and announced sanctions on American non-profits for supporting a pro-democracy movement in the city rattled by anti-government protests since June.

At a daily press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said that the measures were taken in response to the laws related to Hong Kong passed by the US last week, reports Efe news.

US President Donald Trump signed into law the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which allows Washington to sanction Chinese officials.

Hua said it was a “serious violation of international law and the basic norms governing international relations and interferes in China’s internal affairs”.

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“The nature of this is extremely abominable, and harbours absolutely sinister intentions,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, without specifying what measures Beijing might take.

Trump signed the law on Wednesday, after it received almost unanimous US congressional support. But the move provoked fury from Beijing, which called it an “an act of undisguised hegemony”.

“It seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations,” the foreign ministry statement said, accusing the US of supporting the “endangerment of social order by violent criminals” and seeking to destroy the stability of Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act requires the US president to annually review the city’s favourable trade status and threatens to revoke it if the semi-autonomous territory’s freedoms are quashed.

Congress also passed legislation banning sales of tear gas, rubber bullets and other equipment used by Hong Kong security forces in putting down the protests, which are now in their sixth month.

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