Hong Kong's Legislative Council to tighten rules on outsiders using its facilities

The Legislative Council will impose stricter rules to prevent misuse of its facilities as three lawmakers were handed warning letters for letting student leaders use rooms to direct Occupy protesters.

Pro-establishment lawmakers have accused pandemocratic colleagues of letting student leaders use meeting rooms overnight as a "command centre" after a call by the Federation of Students and Scholarism to surround government offices on Sunday.

Legco President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing said the members had violated regulations by letting visitors use rooms that were off limits and by allowing beds to be placed in offices.

Among those warned were Wu Chi-wai of the Democratic Party, Lee Cheuk-yan of the Labour Party and "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung of the League of Social Democrats.

"In the last few weeks there have been complaints that some rooms in this Legco complex were abused by visitors who were invited into the complex by Legco members," Tsang said.

"The [Legco Commission] has decided we should set out more clear guidelines for using these facilities.