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Minors allowed to leave besieged campus

2019-11-19 HKT 01:24
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  • Education sector lawmaker and one of the head teachers head into the campus. Photo: RTHK
    Education sector lawmaker and one of the head teachers head into the campus. Photo: RTHK
Young students began leaving the Polytechnic University around 1am on Tuesady, after a group of secondary school heads secured a promise from police to allow minors still inside to go home safely. But their identities will be taken and they still face prosecution later.

The campus remains surrounded by riot police, who have put up temporary fencing and have fired tear-gas and rubber bullets at anyone who tries to leave

But officers allowed about 50 school heads to enter the the campus late on Monday night to try to help 150 or so younger students there. Some of the protesters asked the delegation to go, and reportedly also prevented other people trapped there from leaving.

According to the head teachers, the situation in the university is extremely tense. Some protesters say they are not afraid of being arrested, but are scared of police brutality during detention.

Former LegCo President Tsang Yok-sing and law professor Cheung Tat-ming are also on the campus to try to find a way for protesters to leave peacefully.