HK police move in on protest site
- 10 years ago
ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION
Bailiffs and police began clearing a small part of a pro-democracy protester-occupied street of Hong Kong's Mong Kok district on Tuesday (November 25) morning.
Although protesters cooperated peacefully as road barricades and tents were removed, many remained defiant, shouting pro-democracy slogans behind rows of police officers.
The street only makes up a small portion of the Mong Kok protest site, where some of the most violent scuffles have broken out since the movement demanding an election system without Beijing's pre-screening of candidates kicked off on September 28.
A larger protester-occupied area in Mong Kok is expected to be cleared on Wednesday (November 26), according to local media reports.
A court recently ruled that police can arrest protesters who defy authorities trying to clear occupied sites.
The protests, the most tenacious since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, have defied riot police
Bailiffs and police began clearing a small part of a pro-democracy protester-occupied street of Hong Kong's Mong Kok district on Tuesday (November 25) morning.
Although protesters cooperated peacefully as road barricades and tents were removed, many remained defiant, shouting pro-democracy slogans behind rows of police officers.
The street only makes up a small portion of the Mong Kok protest site, where some of the most violent scuffles have broken out since the movement demanding an election system without Beijing's pre-screening of candidates kicked off on September 28.
A larger protester-occupied area in Mong Kok is expected to be cleared on Wednesday (November 26), according to local media reports.
A court recently ruled that police can arrest protesters who defy authorities trying to clear occupied sites.
The protests, the most tenacious since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, have defied riot police