Jakarta police say some 519 "rioters from yesterday's demonstration" were detained following protests against controversial plans to revise criminal code and several other issues.
Hong Kong student protestors plan to demonstrate in the city's tourist districts where dozens of visitors come from mainland China. With this move they want to show their grievances and explain why their opposition to the extradition bill.
Students in their tens of thousands have brought parts of the capital, Dhaka, to a standstill since two teenagers were killed by a speeding bus.
Police in Dhaka fired rubber bullets at protestors which include school-going children who have been taking part in week-long demonstrations sparked by the death of two teenagers killed by a speeding bus.
The protests, which began Sunday after two college students were struck and killed by a pair of buses, eventually paralysed the capital of 7 million, with tens of thousands of demonstrators blocking roads.
Nine people were arrested in overnight clashes with police in Johannesburg as the violent protests for free tertiary education rages on.
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