Journalism of Courage
People’s Liberation Army soldiers, with brooms, arrive to clean up the protest area at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Troops from the Chinese army joined an effort to clean up debris outside the university, which was the site of clashes this week. (Television Broadcasts Limited Hong Kong via AP)
By late afternoon, the PLA soldiers had left the streets outside Baptist University beside their barracks in Kowloon Tong. It was not clear how many were involved. The PLA garrison in Hong Kong said that when some residents began cleaning, some troops "helped clear the road in front of the garrison gate". A city spokesman said the Hong Kong government did not request assistance from the PLA but the military initiated the operation as a "voluntary community activity". (Television Broadcasts Limited Hong Kong via AP)
Protestors try to take back debris for road barricades that was cleared away by local residents near the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Rebellious students and anti-government protesters abandoned their occupation of nearly all of Hong Kong's universities Saturday after a near weeklong siege by police, but at least one major campus remained under control of demonstrators. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
A protestor sweeps broken glass at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Protesters barricade a bridge near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
People walk through barricades built by protestors near the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
