Two leading student activists are among scores of people arrested in Hong Kong in a crackdown on the two-month long pro-democracy street protests. Authorities began demolishing one of the largest camps, in the Mong Kok commercial district, on Tuesday. The operation began peacefully but scuffles broke out overnight and in the morning, during which Joshua Wong and Lester Shum were held for contempt.
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These pictures from Cassady Winston show police attempting to secure one side of the main carriageway through the Admiralty district Police in Hong Kong have clashed with pro-democracy protesters as they cleared an underpass near the government headquarters. Hundreds of police officers wearing riot gear used pepper spray to disperse the protesters, and arrested dozens of people. Police said Lung W
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