Police have cleared the roadblocks outside Chung Chi College at CUHK which have been here since yesterday. Student protesters promptly retreated back inside the campus and jeered at police from the bottom of the hillpic.twitter.com/zTeNjD7TY4
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Earlier, a CUHK statement said that at around 10:30am some people had broken into the equipment shed of the sports grounds and taken some items, including bows, arrows and javelins I can confirm from first-hand observations that sports items have been taken to the frontline herepic.twitter.com/LJOXidLGOd
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Police stormed in from the No 2 bridge after firing tear gas at advancing protesters, who fought back with Molotov cocktails At least four arrests were made as police advanced up Sea Side Drivepic.twitter.com/qi8qcLHble
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With the police now back at the bridge for the time being, protesters are trying to fortify the barricades. It might take a while to get this bus moving though, even if they all work together...pic.twitter.com/ztpiPbuo9S
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They did eventually get one of the buses moving, but once it got too close to the burning barricade, protesters seemed to sense the danger and reversed it back. Firefighters then arrivedpic.twitter.com/BeyfjdhRAs
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CUHK vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan has arrived at the scene followed by pan-democratic lawmakers including Eddie Chu, Roy Kwong, Lam Cheuk-ting and Fernando Cheung Tuan has now gone down to the No 2 bridge where police are stationedpic.twitter.com/zquZL5it0d
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Following Tuan’s dialogue with police, he began talking with students. There is a lot of angry shouting, including a chant of 「放人!」”release!” as students demand the vice-chancellor stand up for their arrested classmates As Tuan speaks, a fire is still smouldering behind himpic.twitter.com/iLzS9qMrNh
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As night fell on CUHK, there was another exchange of tear gas and Molotov cocktails at the same spot as before Last one from me today from the campus battlegroundpic.twitter.com/B6cqicVbyQ
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Police have accused protesters of violating a consensus between the force and CUHK by continuing to throw Molotov cocktails and other projectiles The consensus was supposed to enable a police retreat, but protesters have little trust in the good faith of the negotiating partiespic.twitter.com/J3H6DBcMYm
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Universities have a special meaning & status to our society. And the
#HongKongPolice RAIDED 4 universities’ campus in 2 days! -
they need to go there, where the torrorists trying to hide.
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