CHAOS CONTINUES DESPITE END OF EXTRADITION PLAN

Police fired tear gas and modified shotgun rounds in Hong Kong Friday as protests continued, despite a pledge by the authorities to drop a controversial planned extradition bill.

Protesters besieged a police station and a nearby underground station, demanding surveillance footage of a police raid last weekend amid rumours of a cover-up of the death of protester.

In a sign that events are now spinning out of Beijing’s control, the protesters have adopted a new slogan of “Five key demands, not one less.”

They want direct elections in the former British colony, an independent investigation into allegations of police brutality, the unconditional release of those detained, and authorities to stop describing the protests as riots.

London Daily Telegraph