Police officers cleared the last remaining site of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong on Monday. The last site in Causeway Bay was one of three main areas where protestors have been staging sit-ins over the last three months.
In a statement following the clearance on Monday, Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said,
“Following the clearance of the protest camp in Causeway Bay, the illegal Occupy movement was finally over after more than two months. Everyone should start to reflect and to consider about a very important issue for Hong Kong, which is what is the real democracy that Hong Kong wants.”
However, student protestors have said that they will continue to peacefully protest until the Chinese government responds to the issues they have raised.
Benny Tai, one of the leaders of the Occupy Central group said in a statement to BBC Chinese during the clearance of one of the main sites earlier in the month,
“Compared with their predecessors, the Umbrella Movement generation is more persistent, more progressive, more flexible and more creative; Hong Kong's democratisation process will not end with the end of the Occupy Central movement, but it will continue with new energy and vigour.”
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