Reuters: At embattled Hong Kong university, a dramatic escape
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of Hong Kong protesters staged a dramatic escape from a university campus sealed off by police on Monday by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fired projectiles.
Many more anti-government protesters remained trapped inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and two prominent figures were allowed by police onto the campus late on Monday to mediate, a sign that there is a growing risk of bloodshed.
“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.
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4 comments:
A hundred thousand kids in US detention.
Their parents SHOULD NOT HAVE SENT THEM THERE.
I have better idea. Instead of spending tax payer money feeding them, clothing them, etc, we just ship them to Canada.
Trudeau says he wants more immigrants. He can have these young-uns and mold them into proper socialists.
What? Ship them to Canada and spoil Trump's Hitler fantasy.
Spoil your fantasy
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