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HONG KONG — Hong Kong police warned of serious consequences if pro-democracy protesters try to occupy, or surround, government buildings as demonstrators have threatened to do if the city's pro-Beijing leader doesn't resign by midnight Thursday.
The warning came as tensions grew with the approach of the deadline that student protest leaders had set for Leung Chun-ying to step down. The demand is part of broader calls for electoral reform.
At 5 p.m. local time, witnesses told Mashable they saw police take barrels of tear gas, pepper spray and shields in the direction of Leung's office. Read more...
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