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Polytechnic University management has called on people inside not to use violence and to leave the campus immediately. However, reports suggest the campus is completely surrounded, with no way of departing.
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Legislator Ted Hui attempted to negotiate with police to allow people stuck inside the Polytechnic University to leave, but was rebuffted, and sprayed with pepper spray.
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Police announced on Facebook shortly before 9:30pm that all people inside the Polytechnic University campus should leave via the northern exit at Lee Shau Kee Building, but they should "follow police orders" when doing so.
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From Hung Hom, police are broadcasting songs with a loudspeaker urging protesters to surrender.
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An InMedia reporter is live-streaming whether it is possible — as police claim — to leave the Polytechnic University via the northern end at Lee Shau Kee Building.
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A few journalists have decided to leave via the northern Y Core exit as police instructed them. On the way, police fired several projectiles at them.
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InMedia’s live streaming as to the northern exit route from Polytechnic University’s Y Core has ended after the group of journalists encountered riot police.
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The last scenes from InMedia’s live streaming of the northern exit route proposed by police saw two medics arrested.
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The police continue to broadcast messages asking protesters inside PolyU to surrender, choosing to describe them as “civilians”, and playing songs. Messages circulating on social media suggest that some are refusing to do so, and have written their wills. Photo: InMedia.pic.twitter.com/ZtRtvpOZrt
Outside PolyU on Gascoigne Road, a group of protesters are trying to break through police lines to carve out an escape route for those inside, but are rebuffed with tear gas.
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Protests to try and divert police attention from PolyU — heeding the call on social media referring to the proverb to “encircle Wei to save Zhao” — break out across #HongKong. Riot police made some arrests in Tin Shui Wai, while Kowloon Bay is a flash point.
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HKFP_Live: Riot police have again tried to push into the Polytechnic University via the Chatham Road—Austin Road junction on the west side of the campus: https://www.facebook.com/hongkongfp/videos/2393508750916195/ …pic.twitter.com/Wz8SiqlXoq
Following the authorised rally in Edinburgh Place, some shouted “PolyU students are not condoms” — referring to the disposability of the item — and set roadblocks in Central to attract police. Some people were later stopped and searched when police arrived. Photo: Apple Daily.pic.twitter.com/5d0pt3h8uj
Almost a dozen pro-democracy legislators are at the outskirts of PolyU, urging police to end their siege.
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Water cannon is fired again towards the protesters at the western end of Polytechnic University, as clashes intensify near midnight.
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Riot police arrived near Whampoa Gardens — near PolyU — to chase away local residents who set up roadblocks and gathered to divert their attention.
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The InMedia reporter who live-streamed her exit via the northern Y Core route from the Polytechnic University was let through after a police search. A reporter from a less-known online media outlet was arrested, however.
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A lone motorcyclist tried to rush through the police cordon from the Cross-Harbour Tunnel to reach the Polytechnic University, but was spotted and searched by police.
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In Aberdeen on the south of Hong Kong Island, protesters also tried to block roads to attract riot police, but ended up engaging in physical clashes with pro-Beijing residents.
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Many first aid personnel remain at PolyU to treat the wounded.
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The Civil HumanRights Front — organiser of many peaceful protests for over a decade — has appealed to the international community to pressure police to stop the siege of the #hongkong Polytechnic University.pic.twitter.com/WsAHKQ368j
A 16-year-old Form 4 protester told Stand News he is willing to surrender himself to the police and face criminal charges if the government responds to the protesters’ “five demands”.
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The police warned in a Facebook video at midnight that they could use lethal live rounds if protesters at PolyU did not stop attacking them with bows and arrows and petrol bombs.
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According to PolyU governing council student member Owan Li, the university’s management had attempted to negotiate with police to allow those with no gear except surgical masks to leave on Sunday night, but the police reneged.
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Photographs of a mass round-up of doctors, nurses and medics who retreated from PolyU circulate on social media.
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Other medics and volunteers continue to treat those sprayed with water cannon and other injuries inside PolyU past midnight.
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US Congressman Jim McGovern has called for a de-escalation of the situation at the Polytechnic University.
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Police say that at around 10pm, a white private vehicle attempted to ram officers at Austin Road, and one live round was fired during the incident.
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The situation has quietened down again after police attempted to push through the western gates of PolyU with armoured vehicles after midnight.
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PolyU students and alumni have began an urgent petition urging the police to stop storming the university campus and allow people trapped inside to leave peacefully.
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Riot police search vehicles by the Tsim Sha Tsui East harbourfront, a short distance from PolyU.
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The Hong Kong Catholic Church's liberal-leaning bishop Joseph Ha is reportedly attempting to reach PolyU.
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