Occupy Central urges Hong Kong protesters to retreat

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BzJcWeACQAEkPggTHE co-founders of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong have reiterated calls for protesters to retreat.

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Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming also said they would turn themselves in to police on Wednesday.

Occupy Central initially led pro-democracy protests, but has receded as students continued with demonstrations.

Student leader Joshua Wong has begun a hunger strike to demand talks to press China to scrap plans to screen candidates for the 2017 election.

The Chinese government has said it will allow direct elections for the Hong Kong chief executive, but it has stood by its plans to screen the candidates.

Occupy Central had earlier called on student leaders to exercise restraint. Last month Hong Kong media said they planned to surrender to the police to face the legal consequences of participating in protests deemed illegal by the authorities.

On Sunday night and early Monday, hundreds of protesters clashed with police as they tried to surround government offices in Admiralty.

The move was an escalation of protests in retaliation to authorities clearing the Mong Kok camp while acting on court orders. The protest sites at Admiralty and Causeway Bay still remain.

Babatunde Akinsola
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Babatunde Akinsola is aNaija247news' Southwest editor. He's based in Lagos and writes on the Yoruba Nation political issues, news and investigative reports

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