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20141125 Mongkok. Hong Kong

            Riot police moved into a tense Mongkok protest area on Tuesday evening, as pushing and shoving continued in the area with protesters blocking a portion of the Portland Street.
Police used liquid teargas spray after the demonstrators refused to leave the area. Hundreds of people ignored a warning from police to disperse of face arrest for illegal assembly.

The area is not covered by the court injunctions which gave bailiffs the authority to clear Argyle Street of barriers and tents earlier on Tuesday.

Police arrested 80 pro-democracy protesters who refused to obey a warning to leave Argyle Street. The warning followed the clearance of some barricades and tents by court-appointed bailiffs. 

Among those arrested include League of Social Democrats legislator Leung Kwok-hung, also known as Long Hair. The youngest confirmed arrested was a 14-year-old boy, a lawyer working on behalf of the protesters told AFP.

After the removal of barricades and tents, there were still many people - including journalists and protesters, stayed on at the Argyle Street. Protesters argued that people should not be cleared as they said it was not part of the injunction.But the bailiffs disagreed, saying people blocking traffic also needed to be evicted.

One of the court bailiffs, Sunny Kwan, said they had to ask for police intervention.The police then stepped in and started arresting protesters who refused to leave the area. 

Student protesters however, said they are also cooperating with the court order, but there's simply no room for them to get off the streets because the place is packed with people. 

The clearance started peacefully in the morning. Workers in white helmets and vests moved wooden blockades from the road after demonstrators had earlier dismantled tents and packed up their belongings. The injunction was granted to a bus company which said the blockade had hurt business.

Some protesters heckled and held up yellow banners demanding Beijing allow full democracy in Hong Kong. 

Traffic on the previously occupied section of Argyle Street - which had been blocked by the protesters for two months - was flowing in one of the four lanes by late afternoon.

RTHK

Taken on: November 25, 2014

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