The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:
The agenda of the Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting, scheduled for today (June 19) at 11am in the Chamber of the LegCo Complex, has been revised. The President has given permission for Mr Au Nok-hin and Mr Lam Cheuk-ting to ask, under Rule 24(4) of the Rules of Procedure (RoP), urgent oral questions on the Police's handling of large-scale demonstrations and assemblies.
Meanwhile, Mr Kwong Chun-yu will move an adjournment motion under RoP 16(2). The motion states: "That this Council do now adjourn for the purpose of debating the following issue: in response to the Police's handling of the public assembly held in the areas around the Legislative Council Complex on June 12, 2019 (including clashes with members of the public and journalists, categorisation of the assembly as a riot, and large-scale arrest of and search operations against the participants after the assembly) and the views expressed by the public on the matter, the countermeasures to be adopted by the Police in respect of large-scale public assemblies that are very likely to take place shortly."
For the latest agenda items of today's LegCo meeting, please refer to the LegCo Website:
www.legco.gov.hk/yr18-19/english/counmtg/agenda/cm20190619.htm.
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