Amid the stand-off in Hong Kong between protesters and police, the territory's High Court has ruled that the government's recent law banning protestors from wearing masks is unconstitutional.<br />Our Kim Bo-kyoung reports.<br />Hong Kong's High Court ruled on Monday that the law which banned protesters from wearing face masks was unconstitutional.<br />According to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post,... high court judges said the anti-mask law was "incompatible with the Basic Law",... which refers to the city's mini-constitution that came into effect after Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.<br />The law prohibiting protesters from covering their faces went into effect on October 5,... and gave police the power to remove the masks that protesters were wearing.<br />The ruling came out as 25 lawmakers had challenged the law, arguing this emergency law gives Hong Kong's executive unrestricted power to bypass parliament.<br />Meanwhile,... at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, currently occupied by protesters, police are trying to enter the campus and drag out the remaining students.<br />Overnight, the university looked more like a battlefield than a school,... as police fired tear gas and water cannons. They also used an anti-riot sound device known as Long Range Acoustic Device, which causes vomiting, great pain and dizziness when heard.<br />Against this, protesters set a police vehicle on fire and shot arrows from the barricaded university,... with one arrow lodging in one officer's leg.<br />"Although I needed to prepare for the exams, when I saw the unfairness of society, I felt I needed to stand up. Because I'm not just a Hong Kong student, I'm more of a Hong Kong citizen."<br />Meanwhile, Chinese soldiers stationed in Hong Kong have been spotted cleaning up Hong Kong's streets.<br />The presence of the mainland's People's Liberation Army has prompted concerns that Beijing may exert its force on Hong Kong sooner rather than later.<br />In fact, according to China's Ming Pao Newspaper, senior Chinese officials including Vice Premier Han Zheng took a visit to Guangdong Province an area close to Hong Kong and discussed the current crisis.<br />KIM Bo-kyoung, Arirang News.<br />
