Review | OCCUPY CENTRAL - DAY 17: Full coverage of the day's events
Dozens of police with batons, helmets and shields arrive after protesters rushed to Lung Wo Road. Police wanted to arrest one protester and more officers came for back-up, reporters at the scene said.
Good evening and welcome to our ongoing live coverage of Hong Kong's Occupy movement.
Hundreds of police with power tools tore down protesters’ barricades on Queensway in Admiralty this morning, following a swiftly executed dawn operation to remove a number of blockades in Causeway Bay.
In Tseung Kwan O, anti-Occupy protesters defied a court order and once again blocked the entrances to the Apple Daily newspaper headquarters, delaying the paper's delivery for a second day.
12am: And with that, we're wrapping up today's live blog. It's been an action-packed last few hours, with the re-occupation of Lung Wo Road in Admiralty and speculation that police are planning to tear down barricades in Mong Kok early on Wednesday. We will resume the live blog at 5am, so stay tuned for all the latest on the pro-democracy protests.
11.50pm: The top mainland representative in Hong Kong said Beijing had “prepared for the worst” fearing the Occupy Central protests would drag on “for some time”.
Zhang Xiaoming, director of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, made the remark to members of the city’s main pro-government party in Shenzhen on Sunday, but did not elaborate.
Watch: Protesters re-occupy Lung Wo Rd. in Admiralty after clash with police