Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a news conference in Hong Kong, China November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's embattled leader, Carrie Lam, hopes a standoff between police and anti-government protesters at a major university can be resolved peacefully, she said on Tuesday, adding that she had told police to handle it in a humane way.
Lam was speaking after a new chief of police called for citizens' support to end more than five months of social unrest, with protesters trapped by police for a third day at a university in the Asian financial hub.
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