Almost 300 people were arrested in Hong Kong as hundreds of protesters had taken to the streets to how their opposition to the decision to postpone key elections that should have been held on Sunday. Hong Kong police also fired rounds of pepper balls and swooped on protesters.

Hong Kong police arrest around 300 at Pro-Democracy camp protests over poll delay

Sunday was meant to be voting day for the city's partially elected legislature, one of the few instances where Hong Kongers get to cast ballots. But the city's pro-Beijing leader Carrie Lam suspended the polls for a year

Protests rage across Hong Kong after delay in local elections

Police fired rounds of pepper balls at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday and arrested 300 people after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the postponement of legislative elections and a new national security law imposed by China.

Hong Kong police fire pepper balls at protesters opposing postponement of local elections