The Hong Kong government has called off talks with pro-democracy demonstrators who have paralysed parts of the territory for more than a week.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets demanding free elections after China said it would have to approve candidates for the region's 2017 ballot.
The largely student movement also wants Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Leung Chun-ying, to resign.
It was hoped that talks on Friday would ease tensions.
But Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said: "Students' call for an expansion of an uncooperative movement has shaken the trust of the basis of our talks and it will be impossible to have a constructive dialogue."
Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Justice Department handed the investigation of a $6.4m (£4m) business payout to Mr Leung to prosecutors on Thursday.
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Opposition leaders argue that the head of the former British colony faces a "huge integrity problem" over his failure to declare the payments made to him by Australian engineering company UGL.
Australian media reported that Mr Leung received two payments from UGL during a deal struck in December 2011 - months before he took office in July 2012, but a week after he announced his candidacy.
At the time, UGL was buying insolvent property services firm DTZ - where Mr Leung was a director.
The reported deal was that Mr Leung would receive payment so that he did not compete with the firm over the following two years and would act as an adviser "from time to time".
"It boils down to a huge integrity problem," pro-democracy MP Claudia Mo said. "Can you imagine Obama being a consultant of some company while being a political leader?"
Another MP, Cyd Ho, urged Hong Kong's parliament to investigate the payments.
"He should have cut himself off all business affiliations. This time it's a very serious case. A statement cannot explain away all the queries from the public," she said.
While Mr Leung has not yet commented publicly, his office says he was under no legal obligation to declare the earnings.
It comes as protests continue, though numbers have fallen in recent days.
Small groups still control a number of barricades across the city in what has become the most organised challenge to Beijing's rule since Hong Kong's handover in 1997.
Occupy Central, one of the main protest networks, claims a "new wave of civil disobedience" is to be announced by all groups involved.
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