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Thousands of demonstrators who surrounded Hong Kong police headquarters dispersed peacefully after they had blocked all entrances to the building for 15 hours as part
of ongoing protests over a proposed China-backed extradition bill.
Protesters began converging on the police complex in the Wan Chai district after moving over from the nearby central government building, which Chief Executive Carrie Lam preemptively shut amid threats of demonstrations. The protesters are demanding the repeal of the extradition law and that all charges be dropped against demonstrators who clashed with police.
An estimated 50,000 people turned up at the rally’s peak, though the crowd shrank to a few hundred after midnight before it was dispersed, said Roy Kwong, a legislator. The demonstration was peaceful and this large-scale sit-in protest could become the mode of social movement in Hong Kong in the future.
Protestors used barriers to block entries and exits to the police building, pelted it with eggs and drew graffiti on the walls, police said.