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Seze Li, 26, a protester who is in PolyU, said protesters have been hiding in buildings throughout the campus, in offices and small spaces where they can barricade themselves in.

“It’s a disaster,” she says. “Everyone is running around, looking for exits. We heard the protesters [trying to break the police siege] are coming. We are just waiting for them.”

Some have escaped by climbing out of the building. “But not everyone can do that,” she says. “[The mood] is not just angry. It’s anxious and frightened. We are isolated here and people are afraid. We don’t know when the police will strike inside.”

Li said protesters have been watching the live streams and communicating with people outside trying to reach them, including their families. Now they have started to rally the protesters who have been hiding so they can prepare to join the protesters trying to reach the campus.

“Inside we are gathering protesters .… we are separated, hidden in offices and small rooms, just blocking ourselves in to hide from police. We are trying to find them all and say we will fight, and we will just walk outside.”

