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Hong Kong university standoff nears end as few protesters remain

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Hong Kong protests: hundreds surrender to police after university standoff

Dozens of protesters remain holed up at a university in Hong Kong surrounded by police as a days-long standoff appears to be coming to an end.

Police said that by 11pm on Tuesday almost 800 people had left the Polytechnic University, the site of one of the most prolonged and tense confrontations since the demonstrations in the city began five months ago.

Riot police have surrounded the red-brick campus since Sunday, firing teargas, rubber bullets and a water cannon at groups who tried to escape. Police urged the activists to surrender peacefully.

About 10 protesters tried to escape at about 10pm and were chased by police. Earlier, another group left with medics.

Six hundred activists surrendered late on Monday after two representatives negotiated with police. Three hundred of them were children and were not arrested but could be subject to further investigation, officials said.

Social workers who left the campus on Tuesday night said between 30 and 50 people remained. Most were searching for ways to escape and fewer than a dozen were determined to stay. Several were hiding in buildings around the site…

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