The soldiers had joined some Hong Kong citizens clearing roadblocks near the PLA Hong Kong garrison, said a Chinese defence ministry spokesman.
China's military on Monday defended a brief deployment of soldiers onto Hong Kong's streets, as it warned ending violence was the"most pressing task" in the city.
"There were some Hong Kong citizens clearing roadblocks near the PLA Hong Kong garrison," Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian told reporters at a security event in Bangkok when asked about the brief deployment. After another weekend of violence and protesters setting fire to the entrance of a university entrance on Monday morning to defend themselves from police, Wu issued another warning.
But its troops rarely leave their barracks. The last time soldiers were seen on Hong Kong's streets was in 2018 to clean up after a typhoon.
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