Joseph Ha, appealed to the protesters to avoid violence.Legal and business groups in Hong Kong oppose the legislation, saying critics of Chinas ruling Communist Party would be at risk of torture and unfair trials on the mainland and that it further erode the "one country, two systems" framework under which Hong Kong has been governed since the handover from British rule in 1997. But protesters are demanding that she formally withdraw the proposed changes to the extradition laws, which would expand the scope of criminal suspect transfers to include mainland China, Taiwan and Macau. Police did issue a statement at 4:50 a. Some also want Lam to resign. Protesters also "splashed oil" and targeted police officers eyes with laser pointers, according to the police.Protesters in Hong Kong ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully on Saturday, disappointed that their demands for the territorys leader to formally withdraw a contentious extradition bill and police to apologize for heavy-handed tactics have gone unmet.The peaceful ending to Fridays protests drew a sigh of relief in the city of 7."We.

By daybreak, police had cleared the streets of barriers set up by protesters to snarl traffic in the Asian financial center, and only a few groups in the mostly youthful crowd remained.

Many slept outside the legislature.Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam indefinitely suspended debate on the bills a week ago, making it likely they would die.Police were previously criticized for their use of force but this time waited out the protesters.Traffic was again smooth on a major thoroughfare through the governments central complex as the protest movement regrouped to consider next moves."Youve already done a lot.urge police to apologize to the people" over the use of such tactics and their labelling of the gathering as a riot, Wong said. condemning them for blocking key streets and seriously disrupting work at police headquarters.

He warned that public opinion could turn against them.Hong Kong has been rocked by major protests for the past two weeks over legislative proposals that many views as eroding the territorys judicial independence and, more broadly, as a sign of Chinese government efforts cast iron wheels wholesale to chip away at the citys freedoms.4 million people after police unleashed tear gas and rubber bullets last week in violent clashes that left dozens injured on both sides."Police have shown the greatest tolerance to the protesters who assembled outside PHQ, but their means of expressing views have become illegal, irrational and unreasonable," the statement said in part.Around police headquarters, masked and helmeted protesters covered surveillance cameras with masking tape and lashed barriers together with nylon cable ties.Activist Joshua Wong called on police to answer demands over heavy-handed tactics used during a mass protest on June 12, including the firing of 150 rounds of tear gas, rubber bullets and beanbag rounds, and the beating of unarmed protesters by police with truncheons. Police said nine female and four male staffers were hospitalized "with considerable delay" during the blockade."You have already been on the roads for a long time," he said on Cable TV Hong Kong..They threw eggs at the building and drew graffiti on the walls.The auxiliary bishop of Hong Kongs Catholic Diocese, the Rev. The police statement did not say whether they were injured in clashes or had otherwise become unwell