Wong, 18, also urged the Hong Kong government to resume dialogue with
students in the Chinese-controlled city a day after activists forced the
temporary closure of government headquarters after clashing with
police.
Protesters, who have occupied key streets for more than two months, have called on the city leader Leung Chun-ying to step down after Beijing in August ruled out a free choice of candidates for Hong Kong's next leader.
"This is not about withdrawing the National People's Congress decision made on August 31," Wong told reporters, referring to China's Parliament. "We're asking the Hong Kong government to restart consultations on political reform," he said.
Wong, who has been charged with obstructing court bailiffs during an operation to clear a protest camp in Mong Kok, across the harbour from Admiralty, is no stranger to protest movements.
Two years ago, with the help of secondary school activists calling themselves Scholarism, he forced the Hong Kong government to shelve plans to introduce a pro-China national education scheme in schools.
Protesters, who have occupied key streets for more than two months, have called on the city leader Leung Chun-ying to step down after Beijing in August ruled out a free choice of candidates for Hong Kong's next leader.
"This is not about withdrawing the National People's Congress decision made on August 31," Wong told reporters, referring to China's Parliament. "We're asking the Hong Kong government to restart consultations on political reform," he said.
Wong, who has been charged with obstructing court bailiffs during an operation to clear a protest camp in Mong Kok, across the harbour from Admiralty, is no stranger to protest movements.
Two years ago, with the help of secondary school activists calling themselves Scholarism, he forced the Hong Kong government to shelve plans to introduce a pro-China national education scheme in schools.
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