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Published November 25, 2014

A man is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)(The Associated Press)

A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

A pro-democracy protester is taken away by police officers as workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

Workers start clearing away a tent set up by pro-democracy protesters at an occupied area in Mong Kok district of Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began clearing away some barricades from part of the pro-democracy protest site, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs. ((AP Photo/Vincent Yu)(The Associated Press)

HONG KONG Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday arrested pro-democracy demonstrators who refused to comply with a court order to clear a protest site in the city's Mong Kok district, scene of previous violent confrontations with police and angry mobs.

Police took away about a dozen protesters after warning people not to interfere with workers and bailiffs enforcing the court order to remove obstructions from the site, one of three that activists have occupied for nearly two months.

Protesters initially put up no resistance as workers in white hard hats and gloves tore down barricades, moving wooden pallets and other junk into the middle of an intersection to be taken away in a truck that had pulled up.

But as the authorities pushed down the 50-meter (164-foot) occupied stretch of Argyle Street to remove tents and other debris, they faced defiance from protesters, who used delaying tactics such as asking for more time to pack up their belongings.

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Hong Kong police make arrests as some barricades cleared at pro-democracy protest site