An pro-democracy protest was carried in Hong Kong on Sunday during the 21st anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China.

Police put the figure at 9,800, a record low turnout due to the weakening of the pro-democracy movement with prominent activists jailed.

Protesters chanted slogans against one-party rule in China with demands for universal suffrage in Hong Kong and mainland China and carried yellow umbrellas, a symbol of democratic activism.