Hong Kong protesters demand Leung Chun-ying resigns as city leader

By Philip Wen
Updated October 3 2014 - 5:08am, first published October 2 2014 - 2:27pm
 Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
 Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
 Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Student protesters chant pro-democracy slogans and shine their mobile phones during evening speeches at the protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
A student protester sleeps under umbrellas during a quiet moment at a protest site in Hong Kong. Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Hong Kong: Threatening to escalate protests dramatically, pro-democracy student demonstrators encircling the offices of Hong Kong's leader Leung Chun-ying have delivered an ultimatum for him to resign by midnight  Thursday.

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