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Samuel Chan

"Protesters" blocked a road on the grounds of the Police College in Aberdeen yesterday in what force insiders described as a "major exercise" to prepare for possible trouble during the Occupy Central mass sit-in.
All parking at the college was suspended for the day to facilitate the seven-hour exercise, which began at about 10am.
During a simulated march, there were chants of "make way" and "stop the northeastern New Territories new-towns plan" from the 30 or so protesters, all of whom were officers. One group barged into police and another blocked the road.
Officers then formed a cordon around the sit-in, while other police arrived with barricades. Protesters lying on the ground were carried to a bus nearby.
Watch: Hong Kong police stage ‘major exercise’ in preparation for Occupy Central

Police have clashed twice recently outside the Legislative Council complex with protesters fighting plans for new towns.
A police spokesman said yesterday's exercise was part of the force's regular drills to prepare officers to "handle public processions more professionally".


Some 4,000 officers will be deployed to maintain order during the annual July 1 march, part of their preparations for the Occupy Central protest, which will go ahead if the government fails to come up with an acceptable plan for the 2017 chief executive election.
The Police College will be turned into a temporary detention centre during the July 1 operation, police sources said.



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Hong Kong police stage mock protest in 'major' training exercise for Occupy Central

Officers try to control a mock protest at the Police College during an exercise to prepare for Occupy Central. Photo: Felix Wong

The Police College will be turned into a temporary detention centre for the first time during the July 1 operation, according to police sources.

Police vehicles inside the Police College in Aberdeen on Wednesday where a training exercise is taking place. Photo: Felix Wong

Police vehicles entering the college on Wednesday morning. Photo: Felix Wong

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The Police College will be turned into a temporary detention centre for the first time during the July 1 operation, according to police sources. Photo: Felix Wong

Officials arrest protesters during the training exercise. Photo: Felix Wong

Hong Kong police to stage ‘major exercise’ in preparation for Occupy Central

Police cadets undergo training at the college. Photo: Felix Wong

Police are preparing for possible chaos caused by Occupy Central. Photo: AP

People queue up at a polling centre to vote in an unofficial referendum on democratic reform. Photo: AP

Occupy Central will give the government time to respond to the results of an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong police can handle Occupy Central, says Justice Secretary

Cardinal Joseph Zen yesterday called for Hongkongers to vote in Occupy Central's "referendum" later this month. Photo: Dickson Lee

Rimsky Yuen (left) and Zhou Nan. Photos: Jonathan Wong, Robert Ng

Hong Kong police alone can handle any incident that could potentially damage the city's law and order, said Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung. Photo: AP

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Officers surround ‘sit-in’ and remove ‘protesters’ in drill ahead of civil disobedience movement


Police acting as protesters blocked a road on the grounds of the Police College in Aberdeen yesterday in what force insiders described as a 'major exercise' to prepare for Occupy Central.
