Thousands of demonstrators turned out in downtown Hong Kong on September 29 to support a protest over Beijing�s decision to reject calls for open nominations for the election of Hong Kong�s chief executive in 2017. Demonstrators on Monday called for the resignation of Hong Kong�s top official CY Leung after he branded Occupy Central, one of the organizing groups, as �unlawful�.

Protest numbers have swelled since riot police responded to demonstrations with tear gas on two occasions following CY Leung�s remarks.

In this footage, a drone captured the scale of the crowd making its way through the skyscrapers of the former British colony�s central business district.

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