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| Hong Kong protests: Police move in to clear main road | Hong Kong protests: Police move in to clear main road |
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| Police in Hong Kong have clashed with pro-democracy protesters as they tried to clear an underpass near the city government headquarters. | Police in Hong Kong have clashed with pro-democracy protesters as they tried to clear an underpass near the city government headquarters. |
| Hundreds of police officers wearing riot gear used pepper spray and batons to disperse the protesters, arresting dozens of people in the process. | |
| At a briefing before the clashes, police said they had to clear Lung Wo Road as it was a major thoroughfare. | At a briefing before the clashes, police said they had to clear Lung Wo Road as it was a major thoroughfare. |
| Demonstrators have occupied parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks. | Demonstrators have occupied parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks. |
| The protesters, a mix of students and a pro-democracy group called Occupy Central, are demanding fully free elections in the next vote for the territory's leader. | The protesters, a mix of students and a pro-democracy group called Occupy Central, are demanding fully free elections in the next vote for the territory's leader. |
| China, which has control over Hong Kong, says residents can vote - but it will vet which candidates are eligible to stand. | China, which has control over Hong Kong, says residents can vote - but it will vet which candidates are eligible to stand. |
| The BBC's Juliana Liu in Hong Kong says violent clashes have been a rare sight since the evening that tear gas was first used at the beginning of the pro-democracy protests. | |
| It is the third day of operations that police say are necessary to ease traffic disruption, but which they insist are not aimed at clearing the protesters. | It is the third day of operations that police say are necessary to ease traffic disruption, but which they insist are not aimed at clearing the protesters. |
| Their new advance came when protesters blockaded the underpass after being cleared out of other areas of the city on Tuesday. | |
| Local television networks broadcast live footage of scuffles, showing police arresting many protesters, whose hands were tied with plastic cuffs. | |
| 'Punches, kicks, elbows' | 'Punches, kicks, elbows' |
| Tsui Wai-Hung, a police spokesman, said 37 men and eight women had been arrested for "unlawful assembly". | |
| None of those arrested had been hurt, the spokesman insisted, but four police officers were said to have been injured. | None of those arrested had been hurt, the spokesman insisted, but four police officers were said to have been injured. |
| However, footage shown on local station TVB appeared to show one protester being taken aside by police officers and beaten. | However, footage shown on local station TVB appeared to show one protester being taken aside by police officers and beaten. |
| Daniel Cheng, a journalist reporting on the clashes, told the AFP news agency that he was also beaten up by police officers. | Daniel Cheng, a journalist reporting on the clashes, told the AFP news agency that he was also beaten up by police officers. |
| "[Police] grabbed me, more than 10 police, and they beat me: punches, kicks, elbows. I tried to tell them I'm a reporter but they didn't listen." | "[Police] grabbed me, more than 10 police, and they beat me: punches, kicks, elbows. I tried to tell them I'm a reporter but they didn't listen." |
| The police later issued a statement saying complaints of excessive use of force by officers in this incident would be investigated. | |
| The protesters are now in their third week of occupying key parts of the city in a bid to put pressure on China and Hong Kong's authorities to answer their calls for reform. | The protesters are now in their third week of occupying key parts of the city in a bid to put pressure on China and Hong Kong's authorities to answer their calls for reform. |
| Thousands of people took to the streets at the beginning of the demonstrations but the numbers have dwindled in recent days. | Thousands of people took to the streets at the beginning of the demonstrations but the numbers have dwindled in recent days. |
| Over the weekend, Hong Kong's embattled leader CY Leung said the protesters had zero chance of changing Beijing's mind on constitutional reform, saying the protests had spun out of control. | Over the weekend, Hong Kong's embattled leader CY Leung said the protesters had zero chance of changing Beijing's mind on constitutional reform, saying the protests had spun out of control. |
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