Water cannon is fired again towards the protesters at the western end of Polytechnic University, as clashes intensify near midnight.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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#HongKong's Catholic bishop Joseph Ha is at the outskirts of PolyU, meeting with a visiting US pastor.
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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
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.
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Firefighters check the heavily-damaged police armoured vehicle after protesters threw Molotov cocktails onto it earlier on Sunday evening.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Protesters inside PolyU remove their clothes to wash off the chemical-laced coloured dye fired by police water cannon.
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Police fire rubber bullets towards PolyU from inside their armoured vehicles.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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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.
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Pro-democracy legislator Alvin Yeung is filming riot police stopping and searching youths near Polytechnic University.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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.
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