Secretary for Security John Lee said the Independent Police Complaints Council's (IPCC) thematic report on the public order events arising from the fugitive bill is balanced and factual.

Mr Lee made the statement today while addressing the media at the Legislative Council Complex.

He said: "The report was written based on a lot of information. It is written after reviewing over 20,000 photographs, over another 20,000 video images, and as a result of receiving information through over 10,000 emails and 600 WhatsApp messages.

"Anybody had been welcomed to provide information and a lot of the information that the Independent Police Complaints Council had looked at came from members of the public, different sources."

Mr Lee emphasised that the IPCC spent 10 months to compile the report which made criticism against Police as well as the hooligans and rioters.

"It is a fair reflection of facts that had appeared in front of all of us in the past 10 months.

"So I urge everyone to read carefully this very lengthy report which lays out basically the facts for you to see and also all the rationality that they made use of to come to the conclusion."