TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Hong Kong bailiffs are clearing out a protest site near government offices after the high court granted an injunction authorising the move.

The bailiffs, accompanied by police officers, are removing barricades at Citic Tower in the Admiralty area, as reported by BBC News.

Pro-democracy student protesters have begun packing up their tents to move elsewhere. The court order covers only part of the site.

The high court has also authorised the clearance of the Mong Kok site.

A third protest camp remains at Causeway Bay.

The BBC's Karishma Vaswani in Hong Kong said the scene at Admiralty appeared calm, with many students saying they would not get in the way.

Prominent student leader Joshua Wong told the BBC that they would not resist as long as the authorities only cleared the area mentioned in the injunction. Mr Wong said if the authorities headed to other sites, activists would be "very disappointed".

Protesters at Admiralty have said they will simply move elsewhere. Garment worker Jason Fung told the South China Morning Post: "We'll just go protest somewhere that the injunction doesn't cover."

BBC NEWS