Hong Kong, sandbags stacked to protect a building from air raids

Tue, 09/23/2014 - 20:23

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1940s
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Anonymous (not verified)
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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:49

This building is the Supreme Court Building not the Law Courts.  Heavily but neatly sand bagged.  Later used by the Kempeitai for their brutal purposes. 

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Anonymous (not verified)
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Sat, 09/04/2010 - 11:50

This practice was repeated during the 67 leftie riots. Many police stations had a chest high sandbag wall similar to this picture outside its main entrance. A police sentry armed with M1 carbine was posted behind the sandbags as an added protection to the station.