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Hong Kong Police Public Relations Branch Chief Superintendent Steve Hui on Tuesday urged Occupy Central protesters to comply with court orders to stop their illegal occupation of roads.
Hui said at a press conference that the Court of First Instance granted a temporary injunction on Monday requiring protesters to clear roads illegally occupied in Admiralty and Mong Kok districts, and forbidding them from preventing the removal of obstacles.
The court said the occupation has deprived other people of their right to use the roads, Hui said, urging them to respect the court's decision and the rule of law.
The occupation (of some of Hong Kong's major intersections) has lasted for a long time with widespread effect, exceeding the boundary of what is reasonable, he said, warning it has increased the chance of serious public disorder.
The Occupy Central movement, started on Sept. 28, has been causing disruption of key thoroughfares and closure of banks and shops in some areas of Hong Kong.
The protesters took to the streets to express their discontent with the framework set by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, on electing the region 's next leader through universal suffrage.
Under Hong Kong's Basic Law and the top legislature's decisions, more than 5 million qualified Hong Kong voters could have a say to who will become the chief executive in 2017 through the "one man, one vote" election, which had never been realized under the British colonial rule.
