Hong Kong: Hong Kong protest leaders announced plans for another mass rally on Sunday, escalating their campaign against a China extradition bill a day after police cleared them from the streets using volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets.
The move sets up a fresh confrontation with the city’s leaders who have refused to withdraw the proposed law and have the staunch backing of Beijing, which described the protests as “riots”.
The international finance hub was rocked by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to China on Wednesday as thousands of protesters who had surrounded the Parliament were dispersed in chaotic scenes.
Sporadic protests erupted again on Thursday, with scuffles with police, but crowds were much smaller. There was no repeat of the running battles of the day before. The govt has indefinitely postponed a Parliamentary debate on the bill which had been scheduled for Wednesday and was the trigger for the violence.
