The police stressed that anyone participating in the unauthorized procession was breaking the law and no violence would be tolerated during the event.

Shortly after the public procession in Chater Garden started, senior superintendent of the police public relations branch, Yu Hoi-kwan, said in a news briefing at police headquarters that the public was urged to take part in the Chater Garden assembly in a peaceful and lawful manner.

Violent clashes against police that endangered public safety, like those in Yuen Long on Saturday, would not be tolerated, Yu said.