Responding to an online call, protesters assembled in some streets in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and harassed, even attacked, shoppers they thought were mainland tourists. Comments:

For several weekends, some people have been disrupting social order claiming they are battling smuggling. With their faces masked, they have attacked seniors, surrounded women and frightened children; they are worse than gangsters. They will receive deserved punishment.

Jing Wong, Hong Kong-based film director, via Sina micro blog, March 9