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Hong Kong police keep tight rein on first authorised protest in years, with participants forced to wear numbered lanyards

The demonstration was against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish processing project in Hong Kong. (Reuters: Tyrone Siu)

Hong Kong police have allowed a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020.

Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their Sunday march against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish processing project.

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