Posted on 11/11/20
| News Source: i24
The move came after China ruled that Hong Kong could remove any legislator deemed a 'security threat'
Hong Kong stripped four pro-democracy lawmakers of their seats Wednesday, immediately after China gave the city the power to disqualify politicians deemed a threat to national security.
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The ousting comes after 19 pro-democracy lawmakers in the semi-autonomous city's legislature threatened Monday to resign "en masse" if their colleagues were disqualified.
The Hong Kong government issued a statement saying the four would "lose their qualification as legislators immediately."
The statement came after one of China's top lawmaking committees ruled that Hong Kong could remove any legislator deemed a threat to national security without going through the courts.
Hong Kong's democracy camp has been under sustained attack since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law in June, including political disqualifications, arrests for social media posts and activists fleeing overseas. Read more at i24