Update | ‘Pack up and go’, Occupy protesters warned ahead of major clearance operation at 9am on Thursday
Protesters should pack up their things and leave the Occupy camp in Admiralty before a clearance begins on Thursday morning, lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun said.
Tse, solicitor for Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings subsidiary All China Express, said bailiffs and police would start the clearance at 9am following a court order obtained by the bus company.
“If anyone fails to follow the court injunction order, I am afraid we will officially request the involvement of bailiffs and police to assist and execute the order,” Tse said today.
Copies of the court order were posted in the injunction area this afternoon.
Although he failed to say how many police officers would be deployed in the removal action, Tse said police had promised their full support. A police source yesterday put the figure at 3,000 officers, adding that the force intended to clear the entire Occupy camp and reopen roads to traffic. The source also said that police would clear the Occupy site in Causeway Bay on Thursday too, if possible.
Tse believes it would take about two hours to clear the areas covered by the injunction order in Admiralty if there was no resistance from protesters.
