DHAKA: Court bailiffs in Hong Kong are clearing out a protest site near government offices after the high court granted an injunction.

The bailiffs, backed by police officers, are removing barricades outside Citic Tower in the Admiralty area, but leaving the rest of the camp.

Pro-democracy student protesters said they would not resist the clearance and have begun packing up their tents.

The high court has also authorised the clearance of the Mong Kok site.

A third protest camp remains at Causeway Bay.

The activists have been on the streets since early October to protest against a decision by China to screen candidates for Hong Kong’s 2017 leadership election. Numbers were originally in the tens of thousands but have fallen to a few hundred.

Hong Kong and the Beijing government say the protests are illegal, and there is growing public frustration with the disruption to traffic and business.

BDST: 1504 HRS, NOV 18, 2014