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    1. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Water cannon is fired again towards the protesters at the western end of Polytechnic University, as clashes intensify near midnight. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/qeHDq2Chko

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    2. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: iCable screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/loCDzNJZ5w

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    3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/GKnDykKj2T

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    4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/reOsIIXSoL

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    5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Wong Wai Ping / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/un0S0euCXW

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    6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Many first aid personnel remain at PolyU to treat the wounded. Photo: Stand News #hongkongpic.twitter.com/0W396UqJkg

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    7. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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

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    8. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      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”. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/U4c2kFVMzK

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    9. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/p1i3ZhMuhF

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    10. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/VxKmEAx0PZ

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      Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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      Photographs of a mass round-up of doctors, nurses and medics who retreated from PolyU circulate on social media. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/vrLVF82pAb

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        2. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Other medics and volunteers continue to treat those sprayed with water cannon and other injuries inside PolyU past midnight. Photo: Stand News. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/H5u9bkkM0J

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        3. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          US Congressman Jim McGovern has called for a de-escalation of the situation at the Polytechnic University. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/86mJZBSquZ

          6 replies 295 retweets 359 likes
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        4. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. #hongkong

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        5. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. Photo: Viola Kam / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/MPz267lWh7

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        6. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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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. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/WRU8V89cRP

          14 replies 301 retweets 323 likes
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        7. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Riot police search vehicles by the Tsim Sha Tsui East harbourfront, a short distance from PolyU. Photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/YbYCJK8g5b

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        8. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The Hong Kong Catholic Church's liberal-leaning bishop Joseph Ha is reportedly attempting to reach PolyU. File photo: RTHK screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/EKEwxmq9Cf

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        9. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          There is a far larger presence of black-clad protesters blocking roads than on usual nights on Nathan Road and in Tsim Sha Tsui after 1am, near where the police have surrounded PolyU. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/GCYaCWSVUW

          2 replies 159 retweets 181 likes
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        10. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The Hong Kong Journalists Association said police told them that anyone caught retreating from PolyU that did not possess a press card would face arrest. File photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/eYBxSKgvUl

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        11. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          At 1am, a large amount tear gas is fired between Nathan Road and Austin Road from the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, where protesters have gathered to divert officers' attention from PolyU. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/5zBheLvlSf

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        12. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Prolific protest organiser Civil Human Rights Front's vice-convener Figo Chan is heading to the outskirts of PolyU, with convener Jimmy Sham still injured from last month's attack on him. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/uaR9xXpsaT

          17 replies 268 retweets 318 likes
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        13. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          #HongKong's Catholic bishop Joseph Ha is at the outskirts of PolyU, meeting with a visiting US pastor. Photo: Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong via Facebook.pic.twitter.com/44zQh1cCgj

          31 replies 453 retweets 523 likes
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        14. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          The heads of five Hong Kong universities have released a statement calling for all belligerents at PolyU to remain calm, and for university personnel to leave the scene immediately. However, the campus has been surrounded by police since Sunday evening. File photo: Stand News.pic.twitter.com/Nt2OiikNGS

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        15. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          To divert police attention away from PolyU, a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui East has been vandalised, with a fire extinguisher on the ceiling spraying water around the floor. Photo: Passion Times screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/0UK41SGzZs

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        16. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Firefighters check the heavily-damaged police armoured vehicle after protesters threw Molotov cocktails onto it earlier on Sunday evening. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/iKAb3lZglH

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        17. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          PolyU Governing Council's student member Owan Li told reporters - holding back tears - that he feared a repeat of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre in his own university, and called on alumni to help the students inside. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/UfckazpLyt

          14 replies 464 retweets 487 likes
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        18. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          A clash after midnight at the Austin Road - Chatham Road South junction, which has been the epicentre of police-protester battles at PolyU for over 24 hours. Video: HKFP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/gbUlWaOfm0

          8 replies 256 retweets 281 likes
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        19. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Pro-democracy legislators and Catholic bishop Joseph Ha, on the northern outskirts, are discussing their next moves after police rebuffed their request for officers to show restraint and lift the PolyU siege. Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/sVGrQMfLRR

          8 replies 170 retweets 164 likes
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        20. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Protesters inside PolyU remove their clothes to wash off the chemical-laced coloured dye fired by police water cannon. Photo: Tam Ming Keung / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/c8K0Zn4h0I

          9 replies 211 retweets 208 likes
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        21. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Police fire rubber bullets towards PolyU from inside their armoured vehicles. Photo: NowTV screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/2vWdYaHiLS

          25 replies 328 retweets 276 likes
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        22. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Members of "Protect Our Children" - an older Christian group of volunteers that attempts to mediate between police and frontline protesters - decide to stay at PolyU to assist the wounded. Photo: Screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/892czF2y6W

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        23. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Legislator Ted Hui says he has managed to reach a balcony inside the PolyU campus, and feels the stinging smell of tear gas and pepper spray. He described the situation as a humanitarian disaster, with the campus cut off from supplies. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/ABQobr1tlI

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        24. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          A photo circulating from inside the besieged PolyU campus on Sunday night shows a protester holding up the US and UK flags with a banner reading "save us". Photo: Telegram. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/9xgnvbh711

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        25. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          InMedia reports that from Hung Hom, police broadcasted songs from deceased Cantopop stars Leslie Cheung and Roman Tam - from a bygone era - in an attempt to demoralise PolyU protesters. Photo: InMedia. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/wMxOAymJOG

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        26. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Ex-UK foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind and parliamentarians Baroness Bennett and Lord Alton have issued a statement calling on Chief Executive Carrie Lam to order the police to exercise restraint at PolyU. #hongkong

          9 replies 198 retweets 228 likes
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        27. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Pro-democracy legislator Alvin Yeung is filming riot police stopping and searching youths near Polytechnic University. Photo: Alvin Yeung screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/8wHkxa1nN4

          5 replies 196 retweets 179 likes
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        28. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Protesters on Jordan Road, trying to relieve the siege of the Polytechnic University, break open a fire hydrant to relieve themselves after police fire tear gas at them. Photo: Kero / USP. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/dcwgAj2BvB

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        29. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          For unknown reasons, riot police attempted to enter Let's Jam - a known pro-democracy restaurant in Jordan near PolyU with another branch in Sai Kung - but was successfully rebuffed by the owner. Photo: Stand News screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/xUQDJgo8PG

          5 replies 188 retweets 261 likes
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        30. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Earlier on Sunday evening, as protesters blocked roads in Tai Po, a riot police officer was heard taunting a heckling crowd that he "wanted Tiananmen to happen again". Photo: CUHK Campus Radio screenshot. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/N8OYlSyahT

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        31. Hong Kong Free Press‏Verified account @HongKongFP Nov 17
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          Protesters at PolyU have reportedly managed to hit a police armoured vehicle with a Molotov cocktail using a catapult. Meanwhile, riot police advanced quickly between Nathan Road and Austin Road, reportedly arresting two people. Photo: Demosisto. #hongkongpic.twitter.com/9YKk3bPd7I

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