Police arrest protesters as Hong Kong demonstration intensifies

Several protesters were arrested while trying to run from a Hong Kong university campus surrounded by police.

A group of around 100 people tried to leave polytechnic university, but were met with tear gas and rubber bullets.

It is the third time protesters have tried to leave, following a violent and fiery overnight stand-off with police.

In the past week, polytechnic university has turned into a battleground as the long-running Hong Kong protests become more violent.

Meanwhile as protests were raging a Hong Kong court ruled the government’s anti-mask law unconstitutional.

In October, the government invoked a colonial-era emergency law to make wearing masks illegal.