Police maintains public order

Police had taken appropriate measures to maintain public order during a demonstration yesterday, the Secretary for Security, Mr Cheong Kuoc Va, said today. Speaking to the press after attending an event, Mr Cheong praised the police forces' efforts in maintaining social stability during the demonstration, saying that they were tolerant, and had taken appropriate measures to control the situation. He said the reason a police officer had fired several warning shots into the air was to prevent demonstrators from trampling on each other, as some people in front of the crowd had started to fall. The authorities were conducting an investigation into how a man, who was 300 metres away from the scene, was injured by what appeared to have been a stray bullet, Mr Cheong said.