Hong Kong riot police clear protest site, arrest student leaders


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Nov 2014

A passerby frightened by police action is helped on a pavement at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong November 26, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police on Wednesday cleared one of the largest protest sites that have choked the city for months, arresting scores of pro-democracy activists in a blow to those hoping to wrest greater political freedom from authorities in Beijing.

But thousands of mostly young demonstrators streamed back in the evening and clashed sporadically with police as they attempted to regain lost ground in the gritty Mong Kok district.

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