Pro-democracy protesters take to HK streets again

Hong Kong

THOUSANDS of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time since mass demonstrations shut down parts of the city for more than two months.

A sea of yellow umbrellas - the symbol of the campaign - moved slowly through central Hong Kong with crowds shouting for "true universal suffrage".

But numbers were well below expectations with 13,000 attending, according to organisers - just over a quarter of the 50,000 they had hoped for.

"Today's protest wasn't a small one. It was smaller than we expected, but it's wrong to say Hong Kongers have given in to fake democracy," said…