HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - At least seven potential pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections in September have received questionnaires from the government asking them to show they haven't violated the city's mini constitution or recently imposed security law.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - At least seven potential pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections in September have received questionnaires from the government asking them to show they haven't violated the city's mini Constitution or the recently imposed security law.
Mr Yeung was asked to explain his recent visit to the United States where he met American officials and called for sanctions against certain Hong Kong officials, and if he will continue lobbying foreign governments, according to the letter seen by Bloomberg. It cited Mr Yeung's social media posts and media interviews.
"How would such behaviour concur with what you declared in your nomination statement to uphold the Basic Law and to pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region?" The city's pro-democracy parties this month held a two-day primary, drawing more than 600,000 voters in an effort to narrow a surge of candidates ahead of the September elections.
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