Developer challenged while removing occupiers’ belongings

Bethany Freudenthal / The Garden Island

Mahealani Hanie-Grace shakes hands with one of the workers tasked with clearing the land she and her family along with a group of supporters occupied for two years. The group was ejected from the property in late February after state District Court Judge Michael Soong ruled in favor of development company Coco Palms Hui.

Bethany Freudenthal / The Garden Island

Alan Kekoa Hoffman, center, confronts developer Chad Waters, right, and a worker Friday at the Coco Palms property as buildings and personal belongings of recent occupiers were cleared.

Bethany Freudenthal / The Garden Island

Mahealani Hanie-Grace protests what she called the destruction of her family’s hale Friday in Wailua.

Bethany Freudenthal / The Garden Island

A bulldozer is seen clearing what remains of Chuck and Jessica Hanie’s hale on the Coco Palms site Friday.

WAILUA — An effort by developers to remove the remains of property belonging to recent occupiers of Coco Palms turned into a brief confrontation Friday morning.

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