Thousands of civil servants in Hong Kong have taken part in protests, urging the local government to address the demands of demonstrators.
The past have two months have seen major pro-democracy demonstrations in the city.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters initially took to the streets to demonstrate against a controversial extradition bill, which would have allowed for extraditions of fugitives to mainland China.
While that bill has now been suspended, mass anti-government rallies have continued - with demonstrators calling for the bill to be completely scrapped, as well as other demands such as an investigation into police actions during the protests.
This evening, local police said more than 14,000 people attended a pair of protests organised by local civil servants - while organisers put the total turnout at around 50,000.
Hong Kong officials had reminded civil servants that they were bound to 'maintain neutrality' by the civil service code, and also urged the staff to remain loyal to the local government.
However, thousands still turned out for the demonstrations in the financial centre - with commentators saying the protests were unprecedented.
One local civil servant told the South China Morning Post: "If the rally were to support the government and the police, would the government criticise us for breaching political neutrality?"
"This means the top echelon themselves are not neutral at all.
"We signed an employment contract with the government. We didn't take any pledge."
Following a weekend of tense protests that saw tear gas fired at demonstrators, the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong broke its silence on the protests earlier this week.
A spokesperson for China's office condemned the "horrendous incidents" and called for social order to be restored as a "top priority".
However, demonstrations have continued this week.
On Wednesday, it was reported that at least ten people were injured when fireworks were fired from a car into a crowd of demonstrators.
