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Government Blocks Chinese University with Granite Stone At Midnight

0036 #CUHK
The government is blocking the Bridge No. 2 of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where the police-protester standoff took place, with granite stone.

Source: Now News; Apple New #Nov17
#FirstHand #Nov17
Water Cannon Vehicle Deployed at PolyU
1645 | Polytechnic University
Water cannons shot at protesters as protesters use umbrellas to protect themselves. Many elderly and volunteers wear gas masks and help students set roadblocks to prevent the police from advancing. Two tear gas bombs were fired as well.
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Police Tear Gas Shot into Journalist's Bag

Under the rain of teargas, a tear gas was shot into the backpack of a foreign journalist, which was fuming. Protesters helped the reporter to take out his personal items from his bag and stop the teargas canister from combusting.

However, police kept shooting the journalist. Protesters blocked the bullets with umbrella and self-made shield in order to let the reporter flee.

Photo: Benjamin Yuen @ USP
Source: United Social Press #Nov17 #PolyU
Standoff Continues near Polytechnic University

1759 Armored vehicle broke the road blocks while protesters fought back with molotov cocktails.

1801 A fleet of police vehicles reinforced along the Chatham Road South and turned into Granville Road

1808 Riot police deployed on Tsim Sha Tsui East footbridge, and shone accent light on members of the public. Police also dispersed crowds at Granville Road behind the Science Museum.

#Nov17
Pray for Hong Kong

At 16:00, "May your glory be to Hong Kong" Prayer Assembly was held in Central.

Participants formed a spectacular human chain, starting from Chater Garden, along Cheung Kong Center, Government House and Bank of China Tower to The Court of Final Appeal.

Source: AM730 #Nov17
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Police Arrest Civilians Who Came out of PolyU

Police and protesters continued an intense fight. At around 9pm, the police announced that they would have "further actions", and called upon people inside the campus to leave through the exit at Core Y, where riot police was stationed. People worried that they would be arrested and caught on film as the leave campus. It was known that the first batch of students and civilians had been arrested already.

Source: Stand News #Nov17
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"For the sake of our friends who died and are in jail.."

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At the entrance of Polytechnic University, a citizen encouraged others to carry on under heavy fire from the Police, and said “For the sake of our friends who died and are in jail, we must do whatever it takes. And we have to prove to the Police that you can only get into university using your intellect, not by force.”

He also said that citizens from Whampoa, Mongkok and other districts were coming to support the entrapped citizens in PolyU. He urged people to do their best to win.

Source: City Broadcasting Channel #Nov17
Test of leaving from Hong Kong Polytechnic University Y Core,
Police Asked Hong Kong In-media journalists to stop live broadcast


22:18 | Hong Kong In-media journalists tried to leave from the northern side of Lee Shau Kee Building (Block Y) in PolyU, yet they were asked to leave from Jordan Road. The policemen there requested the two of them to raise up their hands, go forward and accept body search one by one, the first aider in front of them could be seen arrested with a cable tie.

Both of them were asked to show their identity cards and press cards, the live video they made were stopped abruptly by the policemen.

Source: In-media
#Nov17
Lawmakers Demanding Police Retreat

2200 #PolyU
Pro-democracy Legislative councillor Jeremy Tam said on Facebook that his colleagues and he were rushing towards Polytechnic University. Meanwhile, other pro-democracy lawmakers were negotiating with high-ranking government officials, demanding a full retreat of the Police similar to that during the 11.12 encirclement of the Chinese University of Hong Kong to prevent further escalation of confrontations.

Source: Jeremy Tam Facebook #Nov17
The Battled at Hong Kong Polytechnic University is  Difficult One

All the roads to PolyU are nearly blockaded by the police.

When an Unimog burnt, police even fired tear gas canisters at firemen putting off the fire. The firemen could not dodge but breathed in the gas.

Police requested civilians to surrender, saying they would attack with full force after the 22:00. The police launched a psy war playing songs about life in jail and comparing the entrapped civilians to the “passengers of the RMS Titanic”. Meanwhile, police arrested all who left from Core Y’s entrance in PolyU.

All the journalists were ordered to leave PolyU. They could only take photos from far away, it is believed that if there were any casualties, no one would know.

From Various Source #Nov17