Hong Kong's Occupy activists can be evicted, judge says

Published November 20, 2014

Hong Kong's Occupy movement needs to find a new home.

A judge on Monday granted a legal motion by HSBC to clear out anti-capitalist protesters from a public space below the bank's headquarters in the southern Chinese financial center.

The judge ruled that the activists must leave by 9 p.m. on August 27. A small group of Occupy activists have set up tents, tables and sofas and have been living in the large open space on the ground floor of the building since the movement began last autumn.

While HSBC owns the land, it's legally designated as a public passageway. The judge ruled that the activists' use of the space goes beyond the land's designated use.

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