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Lego: Evacuation of PolyU
A protestor is sliding down from a rope during the Siege Of PolyU during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.
The siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, also known as the Siege of PolyU was a stand-off between Hong Kong protestors and the Hong Kong police force, it was part of the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests and it took place on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). It was also part of the Hong Kong universities sieges, alltrough PolyU was the most famous or infamous.
It all started when protestors were setting up roadblocks at the entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel which was close to the university and decided to use the university as a base of operation to defend it against the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) as a result of the conflict at Chinese University of Hong Kong a couple of days earlier, many of the protestors from there also went to PolyU. Attempts of citizens to remove the roadblocks were met with hostilities of the protestors. The HKPF used water cannons containing blue-coloured water that is mixed with chemicals that irritates the skin and shot tear gas. The protestors responded with petrol bombs and throwing bricks. The Police in result blocked different campus exits and forbade protestors from leaving, attempts of breaking into the campus by the Police by driving an armored vehicle into the campus resulted into petrol bombs being thrown at the vehicle resulting that the vehicle, retreating. Police also arrested first-aiders, medical workers and reporters inside the campus.
Attempts of evacuation by the protestors were dubbed ‘’Operation Dunkirk’’ and ‘’Operation Dynamo’’ After the evacuation of Dunkirk, however various protestors factions were divided whenever they should leave PolyU or stay. After roughly 50 students were trying to from the exit via the Y-core on the promise that if they leave peacefully no harm was done by the police, but they were arrested including medical workers and reporters inside the campus. Several attempts were made by the people who wanted to get out. It happened in various phases, some tried to use the footbridge to escape by gliding down to the road by cable beneath the bridge where various motorcycles were waiting them up, some of them were arrested by the Police, others tried to break through by running in large groups, they were also arrested. Others tried to leave at the dead of night in small groups, some managed to escape, but given the lack of coverage it is unknown if this method was successful. Others tried to use the sewer system to escape. Some protestors tried to liberate the people from PolyU from the outside by trying to distract the police by starting protests on the other side of the city or trying to force their way into the campus as blocking the Police as well, parents of trapped students were also present, demanding answers of their fate of their children.
After almost 2 weeks the siege was over as after dwindling numbers of protestors at PolyU, the Police decided to enter the university arresting anyone who remained there. The police there discovered a bomb factory where more than 4000 petrol bombs and other makeshift bombs, roughly 1100 people were arrested over the course of the siege.
The siege of PolyU was mentioned in an animation of mine about the Hong Kong protests:
Lego: Evacuation of PolyU
A protestor is sliding down from a rope during the Siege Of PolyU during the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.
The siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, also known as the Siege of PolyU was a stand-off between Hong Kong protestors and the Hong Kong police force, it was part of the 2019-20 Hong Kong protests and it took place on the campus of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). It was also part of the Hong Kong universities sieges, alltrough PolyU was the most famous or infamous.
It all started when protestors were setting up roadblocks at the entrance of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel which was close to the university and decided to use the university as a base of operation to defend it against the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) as a result of the conflict at Chinese University of Hong Kong a couple of days earlier, many of the protestors from there also went to PolyU. Attempts of citizens to remove the roadblocks were met with hostilities of the protestors. The HKPF used water cannons containing blue-coloured water that is mixed with chemicals that irritates the skin and shot tear gas. The protestors responded with petrol bombs and throwing bricks. The Police in result blocked different campus exits and forbade protestors from leaving, attempts of breaking into the campus by the Police by driving an armored vehicle into the campus resulted into petrol bombs being thrown at the vehicle resulting that the vehicle, retreating. Police also arrested first-aiders, medical workers and reporters inside the campus.
Attempts of evacuation by the protestors were dubbed ‘’Operation Dunkirk’’ and ‘’Operation Dynamo’’ After the evacuation of Dunkirk, however various protestors factions were divided whenever they should leave PolyU or stay. After roughly 50 students were trying to from the exit via the Y-core on the promise that if they leave peacefully no harm was done by the police, but they were arrested including medical workers and reporters inside the campus. Several attempts were made by the people who wanted to get out. It happened in various phases, some tried to use the footbridge to escape by gliding down to the road by cable beneath the bridge where various motorcycles were waiting them up, some of them were arrested by the Police, others tried to break through by running in large groups, they were also arrested. Others tried to leave at the dead of night in small groups, some managed to escape, but given the lack of coverage it is unknown if this method was successful. Others tried to use the sewer system to escape. Some protestors tried to liberate the people from PolyU from the outside by trying to distract the police by starting protests on the other side of the city or trying to force their way into the campus as blocking the Police as well, parents of trapped students were also present, demanding answers of their fate of their children.
After almost 2 weeks the siege was over as after dwindling numbers of protestors at PolyU, the Police decided to enter the university arresting anyone who remained there. The police there discovered a bomb factory where more than 4000 petrol bombs and other makeshift bombs, roughly 1100 people were arrested over the course of the siege.
The siege of PolyU was mentioned in an animation of mine about the Hong Kong protests: