Per tal de poder provar que "Ocupa el Central" és perjudicial per a Hong Kong, Chow Yung, un antic locutor de ràdio i icona del grup antiocupació, va argumentar en un comentari publicat en premsa el 14 d'agost que la campanya havia violat el principi de Martin Luther King:
To prove that "Occupying Central" is harmful to Hong Kong, Chow Yung, a former radio host and an iconic figure of the anti-occupation group, argued in a newspaper commentary on August 14 that the campaign has violated Martin Luther King's principle: