DHAKA: By 8.30am Wednesday, following a five and half-hour police operation, Chater Road in Hong Kong’s financial district was finally cleared, ending the city’s biggest exercise of civil disobedience in recent history.

A total of 511 people were arrested, said the police. They are accused of illegal assembly and obstructing police officers in their execution of duty.

By mid-morning, traffic flowed again through one of the main arteries in Central, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1316 HRS, JULY 02, 2014