Thousands of young protesters stayed in Hong Kong's central business district past midnight, pushed away from the legislative complex by riot police.
Under pressure from the demonstrators, Hong Kong authorities postponed discussion of the bill on Wednesday and Thursday. But the the head of Hong Kong’s legislature has set a June 20 deadline for the final vote. The bill is expected to pass regardless of public opinion, because Beijing controls a majority of Hong Kong’s legislature, which is not elected directly.
The mood relaxed by 1 a.m., with police sitting down in small groups. Protesters dispersed, some telling one another to conserve energy for later confrontations.Hong Kong’s central government building was closed for two days, along with Admiralty station, the mass transit hub most protesters had gone through to demonstrate.
In Tiu King Ling metro station, several police surrounded and pushed one person to the ground and searched him, after a cry of “Hong Kongers save Hong Kongers!” was heard. A crowd of passengers flocked around the police angrily, filming them on their phones and yelling, “Shame on you!” Legislators entered the legislative complex, but the Legislative Council, the territory’s principal governing institution, had already announced that no extradition meeting would be held Thursday.
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