Hong Kong slowly getting back to normal after night of running battles between protesters and police

Masked demonstrators threw metal barriers and bottles, and police responded with batons and pepper spray

Situation finally under control around 6am as Police Commissioner Stephen Lo condemns violence

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A protester is detained by police outside the old Wan Chai police station on Gloucester Road in Hong Kong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Published: 9:54am, 10 Jun 2019Updated: 5:47pm, 10 Jun 2019

Things gradually returned to normal outside Hong Kong’s legislature and administrative headquarters on Monday after hundreds of protesters fought pitched battles with police overnight, following a peaceful demonstration against the city’s controversial extradition bill.

Organisers claimed that more than 1 million people took part in Sunday’s main rally against legislation that would allow the transfer of fugitives to jurisdictions with which Hong Kong has no extradition agreement, including mainland China.

By 6am, officers had searched and recorded the personal information of some 300 protesters who had been held near the old Wan Chai police station on Gloucester Road, one of the city’s main thoroughfares, which they blocked outside Immigration Tower at 2am.

A large group of people outside the Legislative Council building in Admiralty had also been removed by the time the sun came up.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor refused to answer questions when she arrived at her office in Admiralty on Monday, but was expected to make a statement later.