#LIVE: Scenes from earlier today https://sc.mp/qwb7z #hongkongprotests Photos by SCMP/May Tse, K.Y. Cheng and Edmond So:pic.twitter.com/AGLb0Ovq4L
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#LIVE: A message from “CUHKers” emerges online, threatening to escalate actions if police do not retreat from the Chinese University campus and release all arrested students by 9pm. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread
#LIVE: Paramedics carry away an injured protester at the Chinese University campus. https://sc.mp/qwb7z #hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/Ij1N1rE0Tw
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#LIVE: A police van has been set ablaze in Sha Tin. According to Facebook users, the vehicle has been reduced to a wreck after the fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Photo: Facebookpic.twitter.com/hI4lb7hRer
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#LIVE: Protesters in Mong Kok re-emerge on Nathan Road near Dundas Street and Shantung Street as soon as a police water cannon passes. They place bamboo poles, bricks and rubbish on the road to form roadblocks. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/ITd7DvU1Fi
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#LIVE: Chinese University students have used stadium seating and a dining table to strengthen their “shield” as intense clashes with police continue. Students feed the flames of an intense blaze by throwing more petrol bombs. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Meanwhile, over in Mong Kok, tear gas has been fired again on Portland Street. Protesters on Nathan Road have also started a fire. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan did not escape the sting of tear gas on campus. He was about 50 to 60 metres from where police earlier fired rounds, according to associate professor Eric Poon. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters are building barricades on Waterloo Road near Cornwall Street in Kowloon Tong and setting fire to them. There are no police in sight. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Firefighters have arrived at the Chinese University campus and in Kowloon Tong, at the intersection of Cornwall Street and Waterloo Road, to put out fires set by protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University deputy vice-chancellor Dennis Ng Kee-pui arrives at the campus and tells riot police through a loudspeaker to stop firing tear gas, claiming he has reached a deal with the police commander. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Alvin Lumpic.twitter.com/kAkFKk4p0rShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters have blocked part of Kwun Tong Road (Kowloon Bay section) with barricades. Riot police arrive and one officer points a crowd-control gun at people shouting from a footbridge. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/MoxhSLw8EF
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#LIVE: Chinese University’s Dennis Ng makes a third call to the police commander in five minutes, urging them to honour their words to cease fire. “It is just out of control.” https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/eRjChO9ypK
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#LIVE: Two opposition lawmakers, Au Nok-hin and Lam Cheuk-ting, both Chinese University graduates, have accompanied Dennis Ng to the campus. Both say that despite police promises, frontline officers continue to fire tear gas. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Chinese University continues to be engulfed in tear gas, as protesters clash with defiant protesters. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotests Video: SCMP/Lea Lipic.twitter.com/BlmNBcmZ8oShow this thread -
#LIVE: Protesters have again gathered at the junction of Argyle Street and Nathan Road as police push on to Yau Ma Tei. A fire has been started on Nathan Road near Mong Kok Road. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestspic.twitter.com/S050q3ihuV
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#LIVE: A police water cannon has been deployed on the Chinese University campus. Protesters have retreated. It is spraying blue dye. https://sc.mp/qwb7z#hongkongprotestsShow this thread
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