Hong Kong Police Dismantle Last Democracy Protest Camp

Source: VOA News

Hong Kong police are clearing the last protest site Monday, removing the final encampments that blocked roads across the city for more than 10 weeks.

Police told the protesters to leave "immediately" the short stretch of road in Causeway Bay.

A small group of protest leaders chanted "We will be back" and called on Hong Kong's chief executive Leung Chun-ying to step down.

Police dismantled the largest protest site in the Admiralty district on Thursday after arresting student protest leaders and pro-democracy lawmakers.

The protesters are demanding that Beijing allow fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017. China has said all candidates must pass through a screening process and has refused protester demands...


[font size="1"]Workers sweep after police cleared barricades and tents on a main road in the occupied areas at Causeway Bay district in Hong Kong, Dec 15, 2014.[/font]

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