The organizer, Politihk Social Strategic – a think-tank in Hong Kong, said around 90,000 people took part in the rally.

As one of the highlight of the public rally, youngsters took to the stage to remove their masks to reveal their identities, to mark a stark contrast to those masked radicals.

Some of the demonstrators, wearing T-shirts with "uphold the rule of law" printed on the front and "safeguard our home" on the back, waved the national flags and the Hong Kong SAR flags.

Emma Chan Ming-kwan who came to the rally with her 13-year-old son said she hoped the event could "teach him to tell right from wrong". School education and biased media reports have failed to warn the younger generation about the consequences of violence, and therefore "I want to give him a clear message that we should support the police," she added.