Independence banners hung at HK universities

Around a dozen Hong Kong universities draped large banners calling for the city’s independence on China’s National Day, defying authorities with demands for the Chinese controlled territory to split with mainland China. Large banners reading “Hong Kong independence” were strung up across the financial city on Saturday, local broadcaster RTHK reported. The statement said it was not clear who put up the large red and white banners but before lunchtime, the banners at Baptist University and City University in Kowloon Tong had been removed.