China News Agency, Toronto, February 20 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) After several consecutive days of law enforcement operations, the Canadian police have expelled most of the demonstrators entrenched in the center of the capital, Ottawa, and arrested nearly 200 people, basically completing the construction of Capitol Hill. Clearance of the former core area.

As of the 20th, more than three weeks of demonstrations and occupation activities have come to an end.

　　The safety zone demarcated by the police in central Ottawa is still in effect, and people who do not live or work in the area are not allowed to enter in principle.

Ottawa Police Interim Chief Bell told the media on February 20 that the police operation has not yet been completed, and it is still necessary to ensure that no one will come to occupy the streets in the next few days.

　　In the core area, police are now moving into neighborhood cleanups.

Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill is closed to social vehicles, and trailers are clearing abandoned demonstration vehicles.

　　After the police issued a time-limited evacuation notice to a gathering camp of demonstrators outside the safe area on the 20th, the site has also been cleared.

　　As of the afternoon of the 20th, the police had arrested 191 people and filed nearly 400 charges against more than 100 of them, including obstructing police, disobeying court orders, causing trouble, assaulting police, and illegally possessing weapons.

Among them were several key leaders of the demonstration organization "Freedom Motorcade".

89 of those arrested have been released on conditional bail, while the rest have been released unconditionally.

The police also towed a total of nearly 80 vehicles participating in the blockade of the demonstration.

Authorities have launched an investigation into 36 commercial-licensed vehicles.

　　Separately, the RCMP said more than 200 business or personal bank accounts have been frozen for allegedly being used to support the Occupy protests.

　　The police had physical conflicts with demonstrators during the clearing and law enforcement operations. Some police officers used pepper spray and fired riot bombs. When the mounted police tried to use horses to disperse the demonstrators, some demonstrators fell to the ground and reported serious injuries.

　　Some American media personalities once claimed on social platforms that women were trampled to death by police horses.

Police have clarified that this is false information.

But the Ontario Special Investigations Unit, which oversees and investigates police enforcement, has opened investigations into both clashes.

　　The Canadian government announced on the 19th that it will spend 20 million Canadian dollars to provide free assistance to Ottawa businesses that have suffered losses.

The local police reminded the public on the 20th to beware of telecom fraud based on compensation.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has proposed selling the vehicles seized by police to make up for the city's economic losses from the occupation protests.

　　The Canadian government will implement new regulations on January 15, requiring cross-border truck drivers and others to produce a new crown vaccination certificate when entering Canada.

The United States implemented a similar request a week later.

As a result, truck drivers and other groups formed the so-called "freedom convoy" to enter Ottawa at the end of January to carry out large-scale continuous demonstrations and "occupation".

The protest demands quickly turned into opposition to various public epidemic prevention measures.

Protests and blockades once spread to many Canadian cities and some highway ports on the Canada-US border.

　　The federal government first used the Emergency Act to declare a public order emergency on February 14.

The police started substantive operations in Ottawa on the 17th, arresting the main organizer, demarcating a safe area, and then driving away and arresting the demonstrators.

　　The state of emergency is valid for up to 30 days, subject to approval by Congress.

The Canadian House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the issue on February 21.

In addition to the main opposition parties such as the Conservative Party, which have expressed their opposition, the chief executives of some Canadian provinces have also expressed concern about the excessive expansion of the power of the federal government.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has threatened to challenge the federal government's constitutionality.

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