Hong Kong Protesters Swarm Police Building as Crisis Drags On

Rallies urge government to drop charges against demonstrators
Unrest continues despite shelving of extradition legislation

Protesters gather in front of the police headquarters in Hong Kong, June 21.
Photographer: Justin Chin/Bloomberg

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By Blake Schmidt and Karen Leigh

June 21, 2019 at 11:54 AM UTC

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Emboldened protesters turned their focus on the Hong Kong Police Force in a new round of rallies, surrounding the agency’s headquarters and demanding authorities to drop charges against demonstrators over clashes with law enforcement last week.

Hundreds of protesters -- many clad in black T-shirts and wearing surgical masks to conceal their identities -- converged on the police complex in the Wan Chai district Friday in the latest demonstration to disrupt services in the Asian financial hub. The group had walked over from the nearby central government complex, which Chief Executive Carrie Lam preemptively shut amid protest threats, and also occupied the city’s immigration building.