Hong Kong - Hundreds of Hong Kong police Wednesday cleared a pro-democracy protest camp, arresting Joshua Wong and another student leader and reopening a main road blocked for almost two months.
Police with the help of workmen removed tents and other obstacles blocking the six-lane Nathan Road in Mongkok district. It is seen as the most significant move so far in efforts to clear away protest camps at three separate locations in the city, as public sympathy with the demonstrators wanes. Scuffles broke out earlier in the day as police wearing helmets and brandishing batons moved in to protect the workmen from the crowds that surged forward to try to stop them tearing down road barricades. The operation went ahead a day after nearly demonstrators were arrested as authorities cleared a smaller section of the Mongkok protest camp. Hundreds of police quickly pushed protesters back. The movement’s student leaders Wong and Lester Shum were arrested at the scene, according to protest group Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students. A well-known protester and member of the League of Social Democrats party, Raphael Wong, who was arrested along that they were being held at a police station. we have been charged with contempt of court and obstructing public officers" Wong wrote. "It is possible we won’t get bail tonight and will be at a magistrates’ court tomorrow." Police were unable to immediately give a reason why the three had been arrested when contacted by AFP. ’We won’t lose heart’ Tensions were running high Wednesday after scuffles the previous day when police used pepper spray on protesters at the site. Mongkok was the scene of some of the most violent clashes since the sit-ins began in the city on September 28. "If we lose here, we won’t lose heart. We can go somewhere else. It doesn’t need to be here. Wednesday’s clearance was the third since Hong Kong’s high court granted injunctions ordering the operations, responding to petitions from a building owner and public transport operators. "Please obey the injunction, leave immediately," a court bailiff told the crowd before the operation began. Civilians wearing "I love HK" T-shirts and red baseball caps began removing barricades blocking the road but protesters remained defiant.
Hong Kong - ร้อยตำรวจ Hong Kong พุธล้างค่ายประชาธิปไตยประท้วง จับกุมวงโยชูวาและผู้นำนักศึกษาอื่น และเปิดถนนบล็อกเกือบสองเดือนPolice with the help of workmen removed tents and other obstacles blocking the six-lane Nathan Road in Mongkok district. It is seen as the most significant move so far in efforts to clear away protest camps at three separate locations in the city, as public sympathy with the demonstrators wanes. Scuffles broke out earlier in the day as police wearing helmets and brandishing batons moved in to protect the workmen from the crowds that surged forward to try to stop them tearing down road barricades. The operation went ahead a day after nearly demonstrators were arrested as authorities cleared a smaller section of the Mongkok protest camp. Hundreds of police quickly pushed protesters back. The movement’s student leaders Wong and Lester Shum were arrested at the scene, according to protest group Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students. A well-known protester and member of the League of Social Democrats party, Raphael Wong, who was arrested along that they were being held at a police station. we have been charged with contempt of court and obstructing public officers" Wong wrote. "It is possible we won’t get bail tonight and will be at a magistrates’ court tomorrow." Police were unable to immediately give a reason why the three had been arrested when contacted by AFP. ’We won’t lose heart’ Tensions were running high Wednesday after scuffles the previous day when police used pepper spray on protesters at the site. Mongkok was the scene of some of the most violent clashes since the sit-ins began in the city on September 28. "If we lose here, we won’t lose heart. We can go somewhere else. It doesn’t need to be here. Wednesday’s clearance was the third since Hong Kong’s high court granted injunctions ordering the operations, responding to petitions from a building owner and public transport operators. "Please obey the injunction, leave immediately," a court bailiff told the crowd before the operation began. Civilians wearing "I love HK" T-shirts and red baseball caps began removing barricades blocking the road but protesters remained defiant.
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