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Tear gas above ground, snakes below: Hong Kong protesters take to sewers to flee
HONG KONG - With all other escape routes blocked, some of the remaining protesters holed up in a Hong Kong university tried the unthinkable: they crawled through the sewers to get out.
How many took to the underground network of tunnels to flee and whether any actually got away is unclear.
But for those who tried, it was an experience they were unlikely to forget.
"I never thought that one day I would need to hide in a sewer or escape through sewers to survive," student Bowie told Reuters.
"I've never thought I would live like that ... The most unforgettable feeling is the fear when I was inside."
The 21-year-old said that she and others had tried various ways to flee the campus besieged by police, but none of them made it out.
"This time we truly think we need to fight, or we die, so we went into the sewer."
Bowie was one of a few dozen people still trapped in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University this week.
After two days of some of the most intense clashes since anti-government protests began in the city 5 months ago, police have barricaded the streets around the campus and are waiting for activists to surrender. [L3N2800OG]
Fearing arrest on rioting charges that could bring years in prison, small groups of protesters waited for low tide before pulling up the gratings and heading down into the unknown.
At times they were brushing off cockroaches, even as they heard police cursing them and calling them cockroaches from the streets above.
Authorities, wise to the attempts, moved to thwart them.
Fire service divers sealed off the entrance to the sewers within the university, while others searched for anyone trapped, injured or dead.
A local police commander said on Wednesday night that they had arrested two men climbing out of a sewer in a nearby street. They also arrested three other men and a woman who had removed a manhole cover to help them surface.
Those trying to flee via sewers took torches, rope, first aid kits and water and tried to use weak phone signals to track their progress. Some groups also carried spray cans - marking the tunnels for other groups.
"The distance looks short above ground but time becomes slow downstairs," said another tunneller, Sun, 22, a part time clerk.
Bowie described smelling the stench, seeing snakes in the tunnel and battling her fears about water levels rising with the tide.
She said that her group, worried about running into police when they emerged, spent an hour swimming before they found a spot to rest and take stock.
They decided to find the nearest exit, thinking they were already clear of the campus.
"When we reached the exit, we found we were still in Poly," she said. "We were very disappointed."
- Reuters
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HSBC to close corporate account being used to support Hong Kong protesters through crowdfunding
Banking giant told holder of ‘The Prime Management Service Ltd’ account last month to clear the money within 30 days, source says
Account is being used to raise funds for Spark Alliance HK, which helps cover legal and medical fees for protesters
“This client only stated that the account was for a commercial purpose. But in reality it is being used as a platform for raising funds. This doesn’t match the account’s stated purpose,” the source said.
“There has been a large amount of money going through this account every day, and the bank may have money-laundering concerns.”
"legal and medical fees for protesters" is just a front for financing the riots.
2019-11-21 09:04
color revolutions not cheap......in color revolutions sponsored by America, which country has done well? Ukraine is now in shambles.
HK is to China what Ukraine is to Russia.
HK got cure? police arrest, British judges release, now those same British judges says anti mask law unconstitutional
HK no cure..
2019-11-21 09:21
large amounts of drugs are found in HK , many of the rioters are high on drugs, its China's 21 century opium war................
drugs, democracy, freedom, sex, brain washed youths, combine that with British judges, foreign media as cheer leaders, CIA, NED, Soros, churches fear of China, schools teaching hate China doctrines......HK got cure?
2019-11-21 09:28
China can quell the unrest easily, when it wants to do so
worst come to the worst, crack down and curfew
the West will condemn, but they can't do other things
China is un-sanctionable now
it is too big
don't believe me ? ask Trump
2019-11-21 09:31
If the riots continues n business close down, sooner or later the HKD/USD peg will break. Those ppl there will eventually end up with RMB.
But if u ask the rioters, they will surely tell u it won't happen.
2019-11-21 09:39
China can quell the unrest easily, when it wants to do so...........its HK's sh*t. Don't expect China to clean up the sh*t.
what China can do is help HK to prosper such as the Greater Bay Area project, listing of Alibaba, financial sector reforms, curtailing the tycoons etc but will not risk the collapse of the Hang Seng....
2019-11-21 09:50
Maybe they should make a video n upload on Utube. The title : "Hong Kong, a stolen land"
I watch one on Utube : "-a stolen land" by BBC. I saw some comments from the whites that such video should not be made by BBC.
2019-11-21 09:51
The numbskulls in HK should have reached out to PRC abt the future of HK after 2047. The Basic Law does not spell out what will happen after that. Instead, they destroyed all the trust n goodwill. It is no brainer that Hk will just be another PRC city after 2047.
As for Macao, there is a chance for the 2 systems to continue with some modifications after the transition period of 50 years ends.
2019-11-21 10:00
HK got cure? police arrest, British judges release, now those same British judges says anti mask law unconstitutional
During colonial times, no HK judge said it is unconstitutional. Suddenly, the same law is now unconstitutional. I smell a rat.
2019-11-21 10:45
the former taiwan intelligence chief hinted CIA is behind the HK chaos and most of the rioters are vietnamese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w7DQwOfn18&list=TLPQMjMxMTIwMTlKUCqO1-7Skw&index=2
2019-11-23 08:37
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My friend told me basic pay is HKD 1,000 per day for these rioters
Those at the front get paid HKD 10,000 per day
2019-11-21 06:51