A protester cries as she walks towards the police to surrender, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University November 19, 2019. — Reuters pic
“The situation is getting more and more dangerous,” Jasper Tsang, a pro-Beijing politician who is the former head of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, told Reuters soon after he arrived at the campus. Some of the protesters who escaped yesterday lowered themselves several metres from a bridge they had occupied on the campus to a flyover below. They then sped off on the back of motorcycles that were already waiting or arrived quickly.Other protesters, hurling petrol bombs, tried repeatedly to break into the campus but police fired tear gas and water cannon to push them back.
Earlier yesterday, police prevented dozens of people breaking out of the university through police lines. Officers had been deployed “on the periphery” of the campus for a week, appealing to “rioters” to leave, police said. Early today, about 20 students accompanied by Tsang left the campus voluntarily, broadcaster RTHK reported on its livestream.Challenger for President Xi
The unrest poses the gravest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012.
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