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    1. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: More tear gas outside Polytechnic University, where a confrontation between protesters and police has been going on since 10am. PLA personnel inside the Gun Club Hill Barracks have put on gas masks http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/5fD97tqkxG

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    2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: The battleground outside PolyU has switched to the area near the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, which protesters have blocked since Wednesday http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/CIfM9QHRIT

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    3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: Police have now cornered protesters at Polytechnic University from two sides: from a bridge connecting the campus with the Coliseum, a major performance venue; and the intersection of Austin Road and Chatham Road South http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/5pPecnDCNI

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    4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: Some photos from earlier at Chatham Road, next to Polytechnic University, where protesters clashed with police. All by Sam Tsang http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/rRNCVigLaq

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    5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: The police force has confirmed in that an acoustic device installed on its armoured vehicles was used on Sunday to deliver a warning to the protesters outside PolyU. It said the LRAD is only a broadcasting device, not a weapon as suggested by somehttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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    6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: Polytechnic University issues a statement condemning the behaviour of those occupying the campus and urging them to leave immediately. It appeals to students to return to calm and treasure their campus http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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    7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: At Polytechnic University, police are firing tear gas from different directions to the hundreds of protesters occupying the footbridges and roads leading to the campus http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/QzvbiBp1BR

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    8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: Police have set up a tight net in Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom, blocking access to Hung Hom station, including for media. Roads blocked include Chatham Road South and Granville Road http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/sUgT46pUdt

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    9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: The University of Hong Kong says it will set up ID checks at entrances and exits to all of its campuses, and at building entrances. Baptist University will similarly control entrances and exits at its campuses, allowing students and staff onlyhttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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    10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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      #LIVE: A huge fire rages on one of the footbridges near the entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom, which has been a major battleground at Polytechnic University. It had been occupied by radicals earlier, and petrol bombs were spotted on ithttps://twitter.com/SCMPHongKong/status/1196026933856727040 …

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      A footbridge connecting Polytechnic University and Hung Hom MTR station is on fire, as explosions are heard Video: SCMP/Lea Li pic.twitter.com/DzGmdPYQuo
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      #LIVE: The fire appears to be spreading uncontrollably. It is unclear if anyone is on the footbridge. Debris appears to be falling on the highway below, and there are loud bangs http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/E3iS5oz0nQ

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        2. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Police fire tear gas again at radicals gathering outside PolyU. But the occupiers show no sign of leaving http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        3. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Some protesters have set up barricades on Connaught Road Central as they march to Western district http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        4. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: As night falls, police appear to have boxed in hundreds of radical protesters at Polytechnic University by surrounding the campus and cordoning off linking roads, leaving no way out http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        5. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Police in a statement describe the protest at Polytechnic University as a riot: “Anyone who enters or stays on the campus and assists rioters in any way will risk committing the offence of ‘taking part in a riot'" http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        6. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: A police armoured vehicle has been set on fire on the flyover at the toll booths at the Cross-Harbour Tunnel http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/F0RJMSah8W

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        7. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: In an emergency message, PolyU’s senior management and council chairman call on everyone to immediately leave the campus which they say has been severely and extensively vandalised by activists http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

          6 replies 22 retweets 20 likes
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        8. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Admiralty MTR station has closed, with the rail giant citing emergency situations nearby. Earlier, protesters set up barricades on Connaught Road Central and headed towards Admiralty http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        9. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Police issue a warning on Facebook, saying they are planning their next action, calling on everyone to leave immediately through the exit of Lee Shau Kee Building (Block Y). “This is to ensure the safety of everyone in Polytechnic University”http://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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        10. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: A line of people, including first-aid volunteers and journalists, are waiting to leave the Polytechnic University campus. Police are letting people exit but not before conducting bag searches http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ldnOcC2x1x

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        11. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Police say that people can only leave at a designated exit at PolyU, after a search or an identity confirmation. “We discovered many people disguising themselves as reporters to leave and escape criminal liability in past operations"http://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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        12. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired at the junction of Waterloo Road and Nathan Road. Meanwhile, at Cheung Kong Centre on Queen’s Road Central, dozens of civilians are stopped and searched by police http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        13. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: More than 100 mostly black-clad protesters are now marching along Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei. They are believed to be responding to calls online to divert police manpower from the battlefield in PolyU http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        14. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Tear gas has been fired on Nathan Road near Jordan, where hundreds of protesters have gathered and placed obstacles on the road http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        15. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: A spokeswoman for Chinese University, the site of a fiery battle between protesters and police last week, has confirmed that a police report was made today http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        16. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: A police source confirms an officer fired a live round on Austin Road, outside the PLA barracks, at 10.20pm after someone drove a vehicle at officers’ defensive line. The shot was aimed at the vehicle http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        17. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: The Police Public Relations Branch warns that anyone who leaves the PolyU campus without press credentials will be arrested, according to the Hong Kong Journalists Association, whose representatives have just had a phone call with officershttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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        18. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: A police source confirms dozens of people have been arrested at Polytechnic University, where an estimated hundreds of others are still inside http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        19. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: It is understood that mass arrests have been going on at the PolyU campus since 10pm. Those arrested are all held on rioting-related charges http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtests

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        20. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: Back on the corner of Austin Road and Chatham Road South, outside PolyU, there are still intense clashes. Police are firing multiple rounds of tear gas http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/zQorpFlx3L

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        21. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: As police refuse to let radicals leave the PolyU campus, other protesters are flooding the streets near the university. They are blocking roads off Nathan Road, from Tsim Sha Tsui all the way to Prince Edward http://sc.mp/fi0sy  #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/gEqmmuwSDo

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        22. SCMP News‏Verified account @SCMPNews Nov 17
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          #LIVE: In a joint statement, five university chiefs – including Polytechnic University's president – urge people on both sides near PolyU to exercise restraint. They ask students, alumni and other people to leave the scene as soon as possiblehttp://sc.mp/fi0sy 

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