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| One of the global Occupy movement's longest-running encampments has come to an end in Hong Kong, as bailiffs cleared out anti-capitalist activists and their belongings from a site underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters. | One of the global Occupy movement's longest-running encampments has come to an end in Hong Kong, as bailiffs cleared out anti-capitalist activists and their belongings from a site underneath HSBC's Asian headquarters. |
| The last of the protesters was removed from the site by late afternoon on Monday. They had spent the day in scuffles with bailiffs, who were carrying out a court order to clear the campsite in a large public passageway in the heart of the city's financial district. | The last of the protesters was removed from the site by late afternoon on Monday. They had spent the day in scuffles with bailiffs, who were carrying out a court order to clear the campsite in a large public passageway in the heart of the city's financial district. |
| The bailiffs pushed and shoved activists, who had ignored the order requiring them to leave the site by 27 August. Some were carried away forcibly and taken outside a perimeter, where they were released. | The bailiffs pushed and shoved activists, who had ignored the order requiring them to leave the site by 27 August. Some were carried away forcibly and taken outside a perimeter, where they were released. |
| As nightfall neared, a handful of demonstrators clung to two sofas, all that was left of a camp that had included a dozen tents, tables, bookcases, gas cookers and lamps. They were surrounded by black-clad bailiffs who dragged them away one by one after earlier cataloguing and packing up their belongings. | As nightfall neared, a handful of demonstrators clung to two sofas, all that was left of a camp that had included a dozen tents, tables, bookcases, gas cookers and lamps. They were surrounded by black-clad bailiffs who dragged them away one by one after earlier cataloguing and packing up their belongings. |
| Hong Kong's Occupy movement started camping out under the HSBC building on 15 October, when protesters joined others around the world in a day of demonstrations against corporate excess and economic inequality. | Hong Kong's Occupy movement started camping out under the HSBC building on 15 October, when protesters joined others around the world in a day of demonstrations against corporate excess and economic inequality. |
| The group, which according to media reports numbered more than 100 at its peak but dwindled to less than a dozen, has outlasted other Occupy encampments around the world that have been shut down by authorities in New York, London and Frankfurt. | The group, which according to media reports numbered more than 100 at its peak but dwindled to less than a dozen, has outlasted other Occupy encampments around the world that have been shut down by authorities in New York, London and Frankfurt. |
| The land under the HSBC building where the Occupy activists were living is owned by the bank but legally designated a public passageway. A judge ruled that the activists' occupation of the space went beyond its designated use. | The land under the HSBC building where the Occupy activists were living is owned by the bank but legally designated a public passageway. A judge ruled that the activists' occupation of the space went beyond its designated use. |
| The global Occupy movement is generally thought to have begun on 17 September 2011, when tents sprang up at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. | The global Occupy movement is generally thought to have begun on 17 September 2011, when tents sprang up at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. |
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