Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong ends hunger strike

Joshua Wong, one of the leaders of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, ended his hunger strike on Saturday after nearly five days.

The 18-year-old stopped his "indefinite" hunger strike at the request of his doctor, after consuming only water, a teaspoon of sugar and 100 milliliters of an energy drink, he said. Wong made the announcement on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

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"I feel extremely unwell. I feel dizzy and my limbs are weak," Wong said Saturday in a statement, according to the New York Times . "Although I have ended the hunger strike, it doesn’t mean that the government can ignore our requests." Read more...

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