Police fire tear gas at protesters on Hong Kong island

Riot police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters on Hong Kong’s main island, the second consecutive night of unrest in a territory battered by weeks of anti-government rallies.

An AFP reporter saw police fire tear gas at small groups of protesters in the well-heeled Sheung Wan district.

The clashes were short-lived as protesters quickly retreated and moved to join larger group demonstrators in a separate standoff with police close to the Liaison Office, the department that represents Beijing in the semi-autonomous southern Chinese city.

(AFP)