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Update | Hong Kong protesters will be arrested if they have not left Admiralty Occupy site by 11am

Police set deadline of 11am for protesters to leave camp in Central, promising to move in on site afterwards and arrest any hold-outs

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In an all-out clearance of the Occupy Central base camp in Admiralty today, police will sweep in from both ends of the site and arrest anyone who refuses to leave after 11am.

Officers will also record the personal details of people who leave voluntarily after that time.

Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said the student leaders' invitation yesterday for protesters to return to Admiralty was "most undesirable".

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"Knowing there are some radical elements among the protesters, confrontation might become inevitable," Lam said.

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She added that she was "not so naive" as to think the clearance would put an end to the turmoil.

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