HONG KONG (Reuters) - Police cleared a few remaining Occupy Hong Kong protesters from an open-air plaza beneath HSBC's Asian headquarters on Tuesday, nearly a year after the anti-capitalists pitched their tents in the heart of Hong Kong's financial district.
HSBC obtained permission from a court last month to take back the space after the activists remained beyond an eviction deadline on August 27. At around midday, officers entered the plaza and linked arms to form a human wall around the dozen or so protesters to move them out.
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