Hong Kong student leaders said on Thursday they are considering retreat from protest sites on city streets after more than two months in the latest sign that momentum is fading in their movement for greater democracy.
Members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students said Thursday that they’re mulling whether to stay or go, with spokeswoman Yvonne leung telling a local radio station that the group hopes to come to a decision within the next week.
The protesters have few options left after rallying supporters in a failed bid earlier this week to surround government headquarters that resulted in a night of violent clashes with police armed with batons and pepper spray.
Public support for the protesters has fallen as the government has stuck to its apparent strategy of waiting them out. Prominent student leader Joshua Wong said on his social media accounts that his group will discuss and coordinate with the federation on the decision.