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Hery Hong Standard 6/9/72 Hunger strike as 300 held

TEN ..nts and young activists began a "hunger

striké last night in the Central Police Station protesting against the arrest 川 Edinburgh Square of

300 demonstrators froin a Kowloon licensed area village.

The 10 were among the 40 non-villagers arrested last night.

A student source told the Hongkong Standard that the young activists are now. all prepared for a "war".

"They plan to take some drastic actions in Central in the next few days. The actions will have to depend on the police's action on the students and the villagers."

The Hongkong Federation

of Students pledged "full" the demonstrators.

-support to the Yan Yi villagers chains in a special declaration last night, demanded that the arrested people be released immediately:

Some students have decided, to print 30,000 handouts to be distributed on both sides of the harbour today calling the public's attention to the

situation.

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Police arrested the 300 demonstrating villagers, mostly women and children, as they bogan plans to stage a sleep-out in the square.

The incident started off as a battle of wits played by about 100 policemen led by the sub-divisional superintendent, Mr A.J. Sirott, of the Waterfront Police Station and

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***The ponte, first used "the "patching the crowd lenders” hoping the would submit and disperse.

But the activists used a counter-measure, of ““divided force"

the re-supplying demonstrating crowd with new leaders.

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This forced police to move A second time, about 40 minutes after the first arrest of 20 leaders, and tako the remaining crowd away in seven the Central, Police

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In the morning, while five of their representatives met the official behind closed door, the squatters had staged a sit-in outside the main entrance of the

of headquarters

the Resettlement Department in Middle Road, Kolwoon.

A resettlement department spokesman told them that resettlement would be given some time next year when the first stage of the Saumauping Extate is completed.

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squatters word not satisfied with the "reply" and they left for the Government House as planned.

Police said last night that all

the arrested adults, a total of 117, would be charged with

obstruction and unlawful

assembly today. All those held had been offered bail

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