'Send me back to jail', says Long Hair as pan-democrats surrrender to police over July 1 march

Leading pan-democrats protested yesterday about arrests linked to the July 1 march - by handing themselves in to the police.

Labour Party legislators Lee Cheuk-yan, Cyd Ho Sau-lan, Dr Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung and nine Democratic Party members went to police headquarters in Wan Chai.

They offered to "confess their crimes" and called on others to follow their example.

Their move came after five organisers of last week's prodemocracy march were arrested on Friday for "failing to comply with directions given by police" and obstructing officers. It is the first time police have taken action against the Civil Human Rights Front, which organises the largely peaceful demonstration.

The pan-democrats who went to Wan Chai had their details taken and were sent away.

They were joined by "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, who was released from prison yesterday. After leaving the Lai Chi Kok detention centre, the League of Social Democrats lawmaker went straight to Wan Chai and said he felt like he was "walking into another prison".