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Defiant protesters choke streets of HK

Tue, Sep 30, 2014 - 5:50 AM

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At a standstill: The protests are threatening commerce in HK as protesters demand that China give up plans to control the city's 2017 leadership election.
PHOTO: REUTERS

[HONG KONG] Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters poured back into the streets of Hong Kong, choking roads in three different points of the city to press demands for free and open elections and the resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.

As darkness fell, the main protest...

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