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| Hong Kong's Occupy Central founders surrender to police | |
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| Founders of Hong Kong's Occupy Central movement have turned themselves in to police over their role in pro-democracy demonstrations. | |
| Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming entered Central Police Station shortly after 15:00 (07:00 GMT), speaking to supporters on their way in. | |
| On Tuesday in an emotional news briefing they urged student demonstrators to leave the streets. | |
| The Hong Kong government says the two-month-old protest is illegal. | The Hong Kong government says the two-month-old protest is illegal. |
| The BBC's John Sudworth in Hong Kong says the three founders are not thought to be wanted for any specific offence, but they have never disputed the Hong Kong government's view that the protests and blockades constitute a public order offence. | |
| The organisers say they want to turn themselves in to demonstrate their "responsibility" for the pro-democracy civil disobedience movement. | |
| Occupy Central led the street protests when they began in September, but has since receded as student groups have become more prominent. | |
| The activists want China to scrap its plan to screen candidates for the territory's 2017 leadership election, and want the Hong Kong government to renegotiate the political arrangement with Beijing. | The activists want China to scrap its plan to screen candidates for the territory's 2017 leadership election, and want the Hong Kong government to renegotiate the political arrangement with Beijing. |
| 'Arrest them' | |
| The Occupy founders were met by a large gathering of supporters outside the police station, who shouted: "I want true democracy!" as they walked in. | |
| Hong Kong's Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, who has supported the protests, also turned himself in to the authorities at the same time. About 30 other supporters are planning to surrender. | |
| Anti-Occupy groups also showed up, greeting the men with jeers and shouts of: "Arrest them!" | |
| Occupy's announcement that it was reporting to police followed clashes between protesters and police at the weekend. | |
| They said this would demonstrate "commitment and responsibility", and that they wanted to transform Occupy into "a sustainable civil society movement". | |
| "In order to challenge this unjust system, we are willing to face all consequences," they said. | |
| Benny Tai told a radio show on Wednesday morning that he had no regrets, saying: "In hindsight, I would still do the same thing." | Benny Tai told a radio show on Wednesday morning that he had no regrets, saying: "In hindsight, I would still do the same thing." |
| He told the BBC he was facing more than 30 lawsuits from businesses or individuals alleging disruption by the protests. | |
| Hunger strike | Hunger strike |
| The men on Tuesday also repeated their call for student activists to scale back their protests, amid sporadic clashes with police. | |
| One protest camp in Mong Kok has been taken down by the authorities, but a few hundred protesters remain on the streets and have refused to vacate the remaining two camps at Admiralty and Causeway Bay. | |
| On Sunday night and early Monday, hundreds of young protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government offices in Admiralty. | On Sunday night and early Monday, hundreds of young protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government offices in Admiralty. |
| Alex Chow, head of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, told reporters that student leaders would not follow Occupy and turn themselves into police. | Alex Chow, head of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, told reporters that student leaders would not follow Occupy and turn themselves into police. |
| But he added that they would discuss with protesters whether they should end their action. | But he added that they would discuss with protesters whether they should end their action. |
| Two student leaders, Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, have previously been arrested in clashes with police and are currently out on bail. | |
| Mr Wong is on a hunger strike, along with two female members of his Scholarism group, to demand talks with the Hong Kong authorities over the movement's ideas for political reform. | |
| On Wednesday, Mr Wong and the two girls read out a letter addressed to Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. | |
| "Please don't ask us to avoid the pain of a hunger strike. Please first ease the agony of suppression and the lack of freedom (suffered) by Hong Kong people," they said. | |
| "The government can't afford to pay the costly price of losing a generation of youngsters." | |
| Hong Kong democracy timeline | Hong Kong democracy timeline |
| Q&A: Hong Kong's democracy controversy | Q&A: Hong Kong's democracy controversy |
| Are you in Hong Kong? What is your reaction to the protests? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Are you in Hong Kong? What is your reaction to the protests? You can share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
| Have your say | Have your say |