Police will back bailiffs to enforce injunctions to end Occupy sit-ins
Decision Monday on injunctions that call for Mong Kok and Admiralty sites to be cleared
A High Court judge will rule on Monday on applications for injunctions to clear barricades at Occupy protest sites in Mong Kok and Admiralty.
Legal experts suggest that police could step in if public peace was broken or disturbed, while a police source confirmed that officers would help bailiffs execute the orders if the court gives such a direction.
Chiu Luen Public Light Bus Company, the Taxi Association and the Taxi Drivers and Operators Association are asking for parts of Nathan Road, Mong Kok, to be cleared, while Goldon Investment, owner of Citic Tower in Admiralty, is seeking the removal of barricades blocking the building's entrances and exits.
Dennis Kwok, a barrister and the legal sector lawmaker, said: "Bailiffs could report to the judge if they have difficulties in executing the orders and seek court directions."
He said police could make arrests if there was a breach of the peace when bailiffs carried out their duties.
Eric Cheung Tat-ming, principal law lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, said it was an offence for anyone to obstruct police officers in the execution of their duty.