Parade restrictions put in place

Anna Lo said she had no direct link with Donegall Pass

Restrictions have been placed on a loyalist protest parade planned for south Belfast next Saturday.

The Parades Commission has barred the Pride of the Raven band from going along Donegall Pass.

This is amid concerns it could intimidate members of the Chinese community living and working there.

The march was organised after south Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo was given the home address of the secretary of the Pride of the Raven by the police.

Ms Lo said she had no direct link with the road and many see the route request as an attempt to intimidate people.

"This is a protest parade going down Donegall Pass and really there is no connection with Donegall Pass at all in terms of the protest," she said.

"My constituency office is not in Donegall Pass, I have no connection at all with Donegall Pass - so why pick Donegall Pass?"