Students threaten to target government buildings after night of clashes in Mong Kok

The Federation of Students has threatened to target government buildings in response to the police clearance of the Occupy camp in Mong Kok following violent clashes overnight.

"I think we have made it very clear that if [the police] continue the violent way of clearing up the place, we will have further actions," Federation of Students core member Yvonne Leung Lai-kwok said on an RTHK radio programme this morning.

"The further actions include a possibility of some escalations pointed at government-related buildings or some government-related departments," she said.

Leung, president of the University of Hong Kong students' union, said details would be released later but not before tomorrow.

The students’ idea is in direct opposition to the plans of pan-democrats and Occupy founders, who at a joint meeting yesterday advocated ending the occupation. The Occupy trio, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Dr Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming plan to turn themselves in to police early next month, even if others do not follow.

The government, meanwhile, said there is no prospect of further dialogue if the students insist that the August decision of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee for Hong Kong’s political reform be revoked.