Hong Kong Protesters Consider Options After China Visit Blocked
By Zijing Wu
Nov 16, 2014 3:00 AM ET
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Photographer: Alex Ogle/AFP via Getty Images Hong Kong student leader Alex Chow, center, is surrounded by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport before an attempt to board a flight to Beijing today. The students had planned to seek talks with Chinese officials on their own after requests to former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Rita Fan, a Hong Kong deputy to China’s National People’s Congress, to arrange a meeting went unheeded.
Hong Kong student pro-democracy protesters are considering their options after they were blocked from flying to Beijing to meet with Chinese leaders to press for open elections for the chief executive in 2017.
Three members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students were told by airline personnel that they couldn’t board because mainland authorities canceled their so-called home return permits, federation Secretary General Alex Chow told reporters at Hong Kong International Airport yesterday, in comments broadcast live on Cable TV Hong Kong.
The students had planned to seek talks with Chinese officials on their own after requests to former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and Rita Fan, a Hong Kong deputy to China’s National People’s Congress, to arrange a meeting went unheeded. The federation wants China to reverse a decision to vet candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive election in 2017, the group said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
“Tycoons were allowed to go to Beijing before,” Chow said at a press briefing last night broadcast live on Hong Kong TV stations. “Why would they be scared of just three student?”
Joshua Wong, the leader of the Scholarism protest group, said yesterday’s event “further damages confidence in one country, two systems.” The government has closed the door for dialogue, he said.
Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg Rows of tents stand outside the Central Government Offices in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Nov. 13. The protest movement that has occupied Hong Kong’s streets in main commercial districts since September is losing momentum amid dissent among its leaders and dwindling crowds.
Hong Police Commissioner Andrew Tsang said yesterday his force will help clear protest sites that have blocked main roads and disrupted the city for more than seven weeks after a judge dismissed demonstrators’ appeals against orders to remove them.
Obstruction Removal
The street occupations are illegal and protesters should not interfere when the removal of blockades begins, he said in a press briefing broadcast live on Cable TV Hong Kong. He didn’t say when that will be.
High Court Chief Judge Andrew Cheung Kui-nung’s ruling means bailiffs can remove obstructions at two protest sites in Mong Kok on the north side of Victoria Harbour. An injunction was also granted against protesters in Admiralty, where the city’s government headquarters are located. Under the injunctions, police are authorized to assist in the clearing and arrest anyone who interferes.
The ruling risks reigniting violent clashes between police and protesters as government talks with student leaders are stalled and China refuses to give in to demands for free elections in the city in 2017. Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed support for Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying while hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Beijing.
Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg Protesters gather next to metal barricades near the Central Government Offices in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, China, yesterday. High Court Chief Judge Andrew Cheung Kui-nung’s ruling means bailiffs can remove obstructions in the two main protest sites -- Mong Kok on the north side of Victoria Harbour, and Admiralty, where the city’s government headquarters are located.
Losing Momentum
The protests were sparked by China’s decision to control the nomination process for the city’s first leadership election in 2017, posing the biggest challenge that Hong Kong people have posed for China since its resumption of sovereignty over the city in 1997.
The protest movement that has occupied Hong Kong’s streets in main commercial districts since September is losing momentum amid dissent among its leaders and dwindling crowds. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam has ruled out more talks with the students.
The Mong Kok injunctions were brought by taxi and bus drivers who said that their business has been impaired by the blockage of key roads by the students.
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To contact the reporter on this story: Zijing Wu in Hong Kong at zwu17@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Stanley James at sjames8@bloomberg.net Greg Ahlstrand
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