Protesters left on besieged Hong Kong campus weigh options | Malay Mail

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HONG KONG, Nov 23 ― At least eight protesters who had been holding out at a trashed Hong Kong university surrendered yesterday, while others searched for escape routes past the riot police surrounding the campus. The siege at the Polytechnic University on the Kowloon peninsula appeared to be...

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Protesters are seen on a rooftop of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University , in Hong Kong November 22, 2019. ― Reuters pic

Sitting in the largely deserted campus, one holdout described how his girlfriend had pleaded with him to surrender to the police. Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel that he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that crushing the protesters would have “a tremendous negative impact” on efforts to end the 16-month trade war.

“We are feeling a little tired. All of us feel tired but we will not give up trying to get out,” said a 23-year-old demonstrator who gave his name as Shiba as he ate noodles in the protesters' canteen.

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