But Magistrate Winnie Lau Yee-wan rejected this.
“I can understand why the police made the application,” she told journalists outside the court Monday, according to local media. “After reading the social worker’s report, I find that it is not necessary to grant the child protection order at this stage.”
Reports of the arrest and the care and protection order application attracted widespread criticism among protestors as such applications are usually made by the Social Welfare Department, not the police, and are usually made in cases where a child is at risk.
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Thirty protest leaders, including the three founders of Occupy Central with Love and Peace and several prominent student leaders, have been called by the police to report to the police headquarters in Wan Chai district, where they could possibly be arrested and prosecuted for their involvement with the two-month long protest.
Hong Kong Police have not responded to requests for comment.
