HK protesters: "We want real democracy"

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Riot police clashed with protesters late on Wednesday (November 26) evening trying to regain lost ground hours after clearing one of the largest protest sites that has choked the city for months.

Hundreds of protesters and onlookers demanded police open the roads after some tried to storm the main thoroughfare and also chanted for real democracy.

Earlier in the day Hong Kong police dismantled barricades and tents, arresting scores of pro-democracy activists in what could be a turning point in the fight to wrest greater political freedom from Beijing's control.

Student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum were among those arrested as hundreds of officers swept through the bustling area of Mong Kok, clearing barricades and tents that had blocked key roads in the Chinese-controlled city for more than two months.

Some among the pockets of demonstrators still out on the streets denied the setback marked the beginning of the end