Hong Kong leader apologizes as protesters pour into streets

Organizers say 2m demonstrate calling for Lam to step down

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Protesters gather near Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 16, demanding that the city's leader step down and withdraw a controversial extradition bill. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Protesters in Hong Kong demanded the withdrawal of the territory's extradition bill and called for the resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam during a massive demonstration Sunday that organizers said drew nearly 2 million people by some estimates.

A sea of demonstrators in black T-shirts marched through major commercial and business districts to the government's headquarters, one day after the controversial legislation was suspended by Lam, who strongly supported the bill.

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