The number of anti-extradition bill protesters surrounding Wanchai’s police headquarters swelled early Friday evening. Click for full coverage.
Police stood guard to the elevated entrances to their headquarters, while protesters wrote slogans and threw eggs onto the walls.
The standoff ended in the early hours of Saturday, with the departure of both protesters and officers inside the headquarters.
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