Pro-establishment Hong Kong lawmakers exit a meeting of the city’s legislature to protest the planned swearing in of two localists who modified their original oaths airing displeasure with mainland authorities

Two newly elected localist lawmakers indicated on Monday that they would retake their oaths properly on Wednesday to keep their seats, avoiding the prospect of a major showdown in the Legislative Council after many were offended by the pair’s antics at the swearing-in ceremony a week ago.

While most of the city’s 70 newly elected lawmakers were sworn in without incident, a few localists and their sympathisers kept the Legislative Council secretary general and the establishment candidate for president on their toes