The activists were filmed sneaking out of Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Monday night and shimmying down plastic hosing. About 200 protesters were still inside the sealed-off university campus last night, raising fears of bloody clashes with no resolution in sight. The former British colony appointed a new head of police, Chris Tang, on Tuesday to oversee the city's force of more than 30,000 officers. He also claimed "fake news" was undermining the reputation of Hong Kong police. China says it is committed to the "one country, two systems" formula granting Hong Kong autonomy.

Source: Daily Mirror November 19, 2019 07:07 UTC