Students protesting against Hong Kong’s extradition Bill showed little sign of backing down on Wednesday despite Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s double apology and suspension of the legislation.
They have threatened civil disobedience and a siege of government offices if she does not respond to their demands by 5pm on Thursday.
A message circulating on social media demanded Mrs Lam completely scrap the Bill, withdraw characterisation of the protests against it as a “riot”, release those arrested following violence on the streets on June 12 and to drop all charges against them.
The Hong Kong Federation of Students said that if the the demands were not met, protesters should surround government offices in Admiralty on Friday and initiate other acts of protests like delaying metro services.