Hong Kong police took down metal barriers around parts of the citys main pro-democracy rally area. WSJs Ramy Inocencio met a group of supporters building a new barricade of bamboo.
HONG Kong pro-democracy demonstrators have clashed with dozens of masked men at the main protest site in the city centre as police struggled to contain the chaos.
Masked men rushed barricades at the Admiralty site as protesters tried to guard the barriers and push the men back.
Two of the men were tackled to the ground by police, who also formed a cordon around the masked group as protesters shouted: "Weapons! Weapons!" and "Arrest the triads".
Several hundred people gathered in front of protesters' barricades on the main road, chanting, "Open the road!"
They were held back by a line of police officers.
Clashes ... a police officer tries to stop a man who removed the metal barricades that protesters set up to block off main roads near the heart of the city's financial district. Picture: AP Source: AP
Some people tried to remove the metal barricades that protesters have set up to block off main roads near the heart of the city's financial district.
The protesters faced them from the other side of the barricades.
Fighting for rights ... pro-democracy protesters build a barricade on the main road in the occupied areas outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty. Picture: AP Source: AP
Earlier, police trimmed a protest zone that has paralysed traffic on key roads in the financial district for more than two weeks, removing some barricades used by pro-democracy protesters to allow some traffic through the area on Monday.
A police officer tries to stop a man who was trying to take metal barricades down. Picture: AP Source: AP
Police stressed that the dawn operation was not meant to clear the protesters, and said it was only to relieve traffic congestion as commuters returned to work. It was not immediately clear if police will take further action, but the move appeared to be a test of how the protesters would react.
Holding the fort ... pro-democracy protesters hold and guard the barricades after people tried to remove them. Picture: AP Source: AP
"Today we haven't come to clear the area," a police officer was seen telling protesters on local TV. "We just want to clear the barricades blocking the road and take back the government's tools and other property."
Pro-democracy protesters ... build a barricade on the main road in the occupied areas outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty. Picture: AP Source: AP
Tens of thousands of people have flooded the city's streets since September 28 in a civil disobedience movement protesting government restrictions on the territory's 2017 election for its top leader. Protesters want authorities to drop a plan to use a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates in the election.
Stand-off ... police officers stand guard in front of pro-democracy protesters on the main roads in the occupied areas outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty. Picture: AP Source: AP
The government has repeatedly urged protesters to retreat. Leung Chun-ying, the Chief Executive, said Sunday the movement was "out of control" and that there was "almost zero chance" that the protests would change Beijing's position on Hong Kong.
On Monday, officers bringing riot helmets and shields descended on the financial district at around 5.30am to take away some unmanned barricades.
Dozens of demonstrators, donning goggles and face masks, locked arms and faced off against officers in a brief standoff at the end of the protest zone in Admiralty district.
Some demonstrators sought to reinforce their positions with large bamboo structures typically used as scaffolding.
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