nov 18, 2019 - 11.18 Protesters in the Hong Kong Polytechnic university made repeated attempts to flee, including abseiling and using underground sewer

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Demonstrations continued across Hong Kong. Protesters gathered near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to try to break through the police cordon. Many protesters in the university made repeated attempts to flee, including abseiling and using underground sewer. In the evening, former Legislative Council President Jasper Tsang, Principal Lecturer of the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, Eric Cheung, Chief Council Chairman of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Lam Tai-fai, and a group of secondary school principals entered The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, persuadubg those who stayed in the university to leave peacefully. Tsang mentioned that students under the age of 18 can leave after being registered and photographed by the police, and the police reserve the possibility of pursuing the matter, and anyone aged above 18 will be arrested.

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HK01
https://www.hk01.com/社會新聞/399364/11-18港九全日總覽-張達明-曾鈺成陪理大學生離開-局勢稍緩
明報
https://news.mingpao.com/ins/港聞/article/20191118/s00001/1574040265680/【1118-理大】逾10名未滿18歲少年登記後離開理大

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