HONG KONG: A total of 42 members of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Legislative Council (LegCo) issued a joint statement, strongly condemning the opposition lawmakers for condoning and glorifying violence and calling for protecting the rule of law and young people.

Since last year’s unrest sparked by the ordinance amendments concerning fugitive transfers, the opposition LegCo members had been justifying and glorifying violent and illegal acts, misleading the unsophisticated and hot-blooded teenagers, said the joint statement.