Fresh Occupy-style sit-in 'could take place after Hong Kong's February 1 march'
March organisers say they'll work with those interested starting in a new occupation, as police begin arresting key figures in the last one
Another pro-democracy sit-in could take place again as soon as February 1 - organisers of a pro-democracy march that day say they will "work closely" with any group that has such a plan in mind.
Civil Human Rights Front convenor Daisy Chan Sin-ying is expecting 50,000 people to march from Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, to Chater Road in Central, on February 1, less than two months after the 79-day protests ended.
The marchers will call for local and central authorities to allow "genuine universal suffrage" in Hong Kong, and to shelve Beijing's ruling last August. That's the decision in which the central government announced the people of Hong Kong could elect their leader in 2017, but only from candidates approved by a nominating committee likely to be full of Beijing's supporters.
Chan said the march would start at 2pm, and a rally on Chater Road would end by midnight.
"We have no plan to stay behind … and we have yet to hear from any organisation that has such an idea," Chan said. "But we are psychologically prepared … and we will also work closely with any political group that tells us about their plan."
Chan also called for participants to bring their umbrellas, which the Occupy movement has adopted as its symbol.