Hong Kong’s professional association of solicitors issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing violence that occurred the previous night, when a group of protesters broke into the legislature building, smashing glass walls and spray-painting slogans in the inner chamber.

“The Law Society [of Hong Kong] strongly condemns the violent siege of the Legislative Council building on July 1, 2019 by some protesters who attacked the police and vandalised public property,” the organisation wrote in a statement.