Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police on Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong's government headquarters in an attempt to revitalise their flagging movement for democratic reforms after camping out on the city's streets for more than two months .
Further scuffles broke out after arguments between protesters and police led some activists to storm into the Admiralty Centre shopping mall.
Several people were injured, one of whom was a plain-clothed police officer, according to local media.
Many in the crowd were wearing surgical masks, hard hats, goggles and construction style eye protectors, some shouting, "Corrupted cops!"
At a news conference Hong Kong's Secretary of Security Lai Tung-kwok defended police actions, saying that they had no choice.
"It is their duty to restore law and order," he said.
Last week, the authorities used an aggressive operation to clear out the protest camp on the busy streets of Hong Kong's crowded Mong Kok district, one of three protest zones around the city.
The protesters are demanding that Hong Kong's government scrap a plan by China's Communist leaders to use a panel of Beijing-friendly elites to screen candidates for the territory's top leader in inaugural 2017 elections.
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