{"id":5281,"date":"2015-06-22T22:21:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T02:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2015-06-22T22:21:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T02:21:27","slug":"last-occupy-central-die-hards-face-eviction-from-hong-kong-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/last-occupy-central-die-hards-face-eviction-from-hong-kong-street","title":{"rendered":"Last Occupy Central Die-Hards Face Eviction From Hong Kong Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dozens of tents remain on Tim Mei Avenue next to the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 21, 2015.
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Authorities in Hong Kong handed an eviction notice to a group of die-hard Umbrella Movement protesters on Monday, following the defeat of a Beijing-backed political reform plan at the hands of pan-democratic lawmakers, who dismissed it as “fake universal suffrage.”<\/p>\n

Some of the protesters have been camped outside the city’s Legislative Council (LegCo) on Tim Mei Avenue since the start of the 79-day Occupy Central mass civil disobedience movement last year.<\/p>\n

The deadline was announced formally in notices nailed up at the site by Hong Kong’s Lands Department, but some residents say they won’t leave until the city has a system of “genuine universal suffrage” agreed.<\/p>\n

A protester surnamed Mok said he is preparing to stay in the spirit of Sept. 28, when thousands of student-led protesters armed with goggles and umbrellas faced off with ranks of riot police firing tear gas and pepper spray at the crowd.<\/p>\n

“I have been here more than 200 days in total,” Mok told RFA on Monday. “Today is the 267th day, beginning on Sept. 28.”<\/p>\n

“[I am here] to overturn fake universal suffrage, but we still have a long way to go in the fight for a fair public nomination system and the right to stand as a candidate,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Injustices are still taking place, and the liars are still telling their lies on TV,” he said. “I think we still need some form of symbolic action here.”<\/p>\n

He said more than 20 people had remained outside LegCo since the broader Occupy movement shut up shop.<\/p>\n

“We won’t put up any resistance when they clear us out,” Mok said. “But some of us will come back again after they’re done with the clearance of this street.”<\/p>\n

Pan-democratic LegCo member Fernando Cheung said he felt the clearance of the tent village was a shame.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s a shame, because it is an expression of public opinion, and it doesn’t cause a lot of inconvenience to the general public here on Tim Mei Avenue,” Cheung said.<\/p>\n

“If they’re not causing an obstruction to anyone, they should be allowed to continue expressing their views here.”<\/p>\n

“I don’t think it’s reasonable for the police to clear them away,” he added.<\/p>\n

Cheung called on Hong Kong people to come out in support of genuine universal suffrage again during the traditional July 1 protest marking the 18th anniversary of the handover from British rule.<\/p>\n

“I hope to see even more citizens demonstrating on July 1 … and I think that civil society groups will continue to call on people to come out and express their views,” he said.<\/p>\n

 
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