Hong Kong protests descend into chaos in direct challenge to China
17:01, 01/07/2019, MondayU: Update: 17:05, 01/07/2019, Monday

Hong Kong protests descend into chaos in direct challenge to China

Hong Kong protesters stormed the legislature on the anniversary of the city's 1997 return to Chinese rule on Monday in a direct challenge to Beijing, amid widespread anger over laws that would allow extraditions to China. A small group of mostly students wearing hard hats and masks used a metal trolley, poles and pieces of scaffolding to charge again and again at the compound's reinforced glass doors, which finally gave. Some protesters broke into the building, threatening to paralyse the workings of government, but it was unclear how many were still inside. The council, the mini-parliament in the former British colony, issued a red alert, ordering the protesters to leave immediately.

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