HK Occupy protest leaders arrested

HONG KONG: The original founders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy movement were arrested and released on Saturday as the city’s police chief defended the investigation into mass protests, saying it was not “a show”.
A number of protest leaders have been arrested and released without charge, with some calling the investigation harassment.
Occupy founder Benny Tai said that he, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming had been formally arrested on accusations of organising and participating in an illegal assembly, but were not charged. They were released after three hours.
“Three of us were showed some videos and articles... we were released unconditionally,” he said.
More than two months of street rallies calling for fully free leadership elections ended in December when protest camps were cleared, but police have vowed to investigate the “principal instigators”.