HONG KONG, China — Pro-democracy protesters challenging China's rule of Hong Kong on Thursday choked the city for a fourth straight working day, firing arrows at police, barricading roads and disrupting transport links, as schools and businesses closed. The first volleys of tear gas were fired early Thursday by police near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, as a call went out for protesters to mass at the campus. Protesters are also calling for accountability for Hong Kong's police force, which is accused of heavy-handed tactics and widespread abuses. The last three days of rolling clashes between police and protesters has sunk the city deeper into crisis. Burnt-out shops pockmarked parts of Hong Kong on Thursday as brick and bamboo barricades cut off roads including the Cross Harbour Tunnel, which links densely populated Kowloon district with Hong Kong island, home to the global finance houses.

Source: Philippine Star November 14, 2019 05:25 UTC