Police and protestors clashed yet again in Hong Kong on November 12, this time at the Online Cigarettes Store USA Chinese University of Hong Kong, following one of the most violent days of protests since they began in April.
Eyepress News Agency recorded a video of the incident, showing protestors hurling flammable objects while hiding behind makeshift shields, as fires burn in the background. According to local reports, police fired tear gas at a bridge near the edge of the Sha Tin-based campus after accusing protestors of throwing objects into the traffic below.
The police had arrested several protestors earlier in the day, which prompted the Vice-Chancellor of the Newport Cigarettes Shop Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Rocky Tuan, to arrive around 5.00 pm and attempt a negotiation with police. Tuan told the students that police would retreat if the university agreed to hire security guards to prevent any similar occurrences from taking place, but the students demanded the release of all previous arrests from earlier in the day as well.
While Tuan and his staff were walking toward police lines to discuss a full police withdrawal, they were ordered Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes not to come any closer. Police eventually fired tear gas and Tuan was escorted away by his staff with a mask pressed to his face.