Following the clearing of a pro-democracy encampment in the neighborhood of Mong Kok on Wednesday morning Hong Kong time, the area again became the site of conflict with the police in the evening.
For two months a stretch of Nathan Road in the gritty working-class neighborhood had been held by Umbrella Movement protesters, but they were pushed out by noon Wednesday, as police declared the major thoroughfare open to traffic.
But from around 7:00 to 7:30 p.m., police suddenly returned in force to lockdown the areas around Sai Yeung Choi Street, which is adjacent to the recently cleared Nathan Road and Argyle Street.
Pro-democracy protesters and pedestrians are stopped from entering a street by police in Mong Kok on November 26, 2014 in Hong Kong. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
