Hong Kong
police faced criticism on Monday for an apparent failure to protect anti-government
protesters and passersby from attack by suspected gang members at a train station on the weekend.
The attack on Sunday came during a night of violence that opened new fronts in Hong Kong's widening political crisis over an extradition bill, that could see people sent to
China for trial.
Protesters had earlier on Sunday surrounded China's main representative office in the city and defaced walls and signs and clashed with police.