Hong Kong police have been accused of re-writing history over their account of an attack on protesters in 2019, as two opposition lawmakers are arrested.
Last year, masked men suspected to be triad gangsters attacked pro-democracy protesters and passers-by in Yuen Long, injuring dozens and shocking the city.
However police now say the clashes were "between two evenly matched rivals" and deny that they were slow to respond.
One lawmaker who was hurt in the clash has now been held on "riot" charges.
A police source told the BBC that a total of 16 people, including the two lawmakers, had been arrested on Wednesday.
The legislators, Lam Cheuk-ting and Ted Hui Chi-fung from the Democratic Party, were arrested at their homes on Wednesday morning.
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