Go home, tung tells students in Hong Kong

Ex-chief executive gives backing to Leung over handling of protest

Protesting students in Hong Kong should go home, Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on Friday.

Tung, speaking for the first time since the "Occupy Central" movement began, expressed his support for Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who he said has handled the protests well.