HK police clear protest camp, arrest student leaders
Thu, Nov 27, 2014
AFP, HONG KONG
Hundreds of Hong Kong police yesterday cleared a pro-democracy protest camp, arresting Joshua Wong (黃之鋒) and another student leader, and reopening a main road blocked for almost two months.
Pushing back protesters, police with the help of workmen removed tents and other obstacles blocking the six-lane Nathan Road in Mong Kok district.
It is seen as the most significant move so far in efforts to clear away protest camps at three separate locations in the territory, 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 150 demonstrators were arrested as authorities cleared a smaller section of the Mong Kok protest camp.
Hundreds of police quickly pushed protesters back, and removed wooden and metal barricades, tents and other obstructions along a 500m stretch of Nathan Road.
About two hours after the operation started, only a handful of protesters remained at the edge of the site.
The movement’s student leaders Wong and Lester Shum (岑敖暉) were arrested at the scene, according to protest group Scholarism and the Hong Kong Federation of Students
Structure of the Lead：
WHO-Hong Kong police
WHEN-yesterday
WHAT-cleared a pro-democracy protest camp
WHY- not given
WHERE-not given
HOW-not given
Keywords：
1. pro-democracy：支持民主的
2. obstacle：障礙物
3. territory：領土
4. wane：減弱
5. scuffle：混戰
6. brandish：揮舞
7. baton：警棍
8. barricade：路障
9. obstruction：障礙物
The goverment should use correct way to solve this problem and listens what the protestor said .
回覆刪除The government should listen to protestors' demands and never use military force.
回覆刪除I think it's a good thing to show our own ideas.
回覆刪除however, we should use a correct way to explain.
maybe the government will listen.