Sebelumnya, polisi menembakkan gas airmata ke arah ratusan demonstran yang berusaha menerobos barikade polisi di depan gedung parlemen untuk memprotes rancangan undang-undang pemerintah yang mereformasi pendidikan tinggi dan mengizinkan operasi perguruan tinggi swasta.
Earlier, riot police fired teargas at hundreds of demonstrators who attempted to break through a police barricade in front of parliament to protest against a government draft bill to reform higher education and allow the operation of private universities.