At least 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy nominees including Joshua Wong are disqualified for a September legislative election, with authorities saying they failed to uphold the city’s mini-constitution and pledge allegiance to Hong Kong and Beijing.
Pro-democracy activists Lee Cheuk-Yan, right, and Yeung Sum speak to media outside a district court in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 30, 2020. Activists including Lee, Yeung and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who all organized the June 4th Tiananmen massacre memorial this year, which was banned by police because of anti-virus social distancing reasons, appeared in a Hong Kong court on Monday on charges of inciting others to participate in an unlawful assembly.
Others who were disqualified include prominent pro-democracy activist Tiffany Yuen from the disbanded political organization Demosisto, as well as incumbent lawmaker Dennis Kwok and three others from the pro-democracy Civic Party. Other nominations were still being reviewed, the government said in a statement expressing support for the disqualifications.Earlier Thursday, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan rebuked a tough national security law that Beijing had imposed following last year’s massive protests calling for greater freedoms. He criticized authorities for arresting four youths on suspicion of inciting secession via online posts.
The four, aged between 16 to 21, were detained Wednesday for announcing on social media that they had set up an organization for Hong Kong independence. An organization called Studentlocalism – which had disbanded ahead of the national security law taking effect on June 30 – said in a Facebook post that four of its former members had been arrested on secession charges.
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