Police today called on people to stay vigilant against seditious rumours on the Internet and not to participate in any illegal activities.

The force made the appeal after it took note of the recent spreading of online rumours to mourn for the so-called "831 incident", inciting others to adopt soft resistance or take relevant actions sometime today.

It reiterated that the so-called "831 incident" has been proven a fabrication. It was a lie manipulated by people with ulterior motives to attack the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and smear Police, attempting to achieve their political objectives by breaching public peace.

Apart from stressing that Police must discharge their duties in accordance with the law to safeguard the society, the force added that disrupters’ plots are doomed to fail.

It stressed that the Internet is not an unreal world that is beyond the law. As far as the existing legislation in Hong Kong is concerned, most of the crime-prevention laws in the real world are applicable to the online world.

Police emphasised that it will take resolute enforcement actions against any illegal acts and added that no one should defy the law.