Hong Kong new police chief calls for support as university stand-off enters third day

Hong Kong’s new police chief has called for the support of all citizens to end social unrest that has disrupted the city for more than five months.

Report has it that protesters remained trapped by his officers at a university for a third day on Tuesday.

About 200 protesters were still inside the sealed-off Hong Kong polytechnic university campus, raising fears of bloody clashes with no resolution in sight.

China’s top legislature, commenting on a ruling that said a proposed ban on face masks worn by protesters was unlawful,

It said Hong Kong courts had no power to rule on the constitutionality of the city’s legislation, according to state media outlet Xinhua.

The statement came a day after Hong Kong’s high court vetoed the ban, imposed using colonial-era emergency powers, on wearing face masks during public demonstrations.