Hong Kong Police Show Up in Force to Clear Mong Kok; Tents, Barricades, Banners Torn Down (+Photos)

Hong Kong police turn up in force at Mong Kok on Friday morning and started to clear the protest site.
Hong Kong Police Show Up in Force to Clear Mong Kok; Tents, Barricades, Banners Torn Down (+Photos)
Police and pro-democracy protesters stand off on a small section of Nathan Road after the police came in early in the morning and removed all of the barriers in the surrounding areas in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, on Oct. 17, 2014. Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times
Larry Ong
Journalist
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Hong Kong police turn up in force at Mong Kok on Friday morning (October 17) and started to clear the protest site.

At about 5:30 a.m. Hong Kong Time (5:30 p.m. EDT), police suddenly showed up at the Mong Kok protest site, gave the protesters 15 minutes to pack up their stuff, and proceeded to clear out the area.

The police said that they were clearing Nathan Road and Argyle Street for traffic to pass.

Tents, barricades, and banners were reportedly torn down.


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Larry Ong
Larry Ong
Journalist
Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.