Newly elected council members in Hong Kong assembled near Polytechnic University to support protesters still stuck on the campus, and stepped up calls for a political solution to the unrest
HONG KONG—A day after Hong Kong residents voted in record numbers to back the city’s pro-democracy movement, newly elected local leaders took to an embattled university campus to support protesters still trapped inside, and stepped up calls for a political solution to the unrest.
In an immediate show of their newfound clout, dozens of elected district councilors—who don’t assume office until January—assembled near Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Monday to summon help for the fewer than 100 demonstrators stuck on the campus...
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