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Protesters dressed in black had gathered at Sha Tin New Town Plaza to participate in a singing protest, which has led to riot police deployed pepper spray.

Anti-government protesters called for a singing protest at 7.30 pm today in Sha Tin New Town Plaza.

The protest began before the scheduled time, at around 7 pm, tens of protesters have gathered at the mall and sang the song "Glory to Hong Kong" -- the Hong Kong protest anthem -- and chanted slogans, including "Glory to Hong Kong, revolution of our times" and "Five demands, and not one less."

More than dozens of riot police attempted to disperse the crowd at around 7 pm and warned that protesters had violated the group gathering ban.

Police have used orange tape to cordon sections of the mall, and pepper spray was used at least once during the clearing operation.

Some people in the mall have been pepper-sprayed, including RTHK photographer who was working at the scene.

Police have used orange tape to cordon sections of the mall

Police deploy pepper spray to clear protesters from Shatin shopping mall