#BREAKING: Pro-democracy activists Lester Shum and Tiffany Yuen and politicians Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Tat Cheng and Kwok Ka-ki are barred from contesting in the upcoming legislative election, local media report, and as many as 12 people are disqualified. #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong govt says in a statement that it supports the decisions made by returning officers about the mass disqualifications of pro-democracy activists, citing that contestants must “uphold the Basic Law (BL) and pledge allegiance to the HKSAR of the People's Republic of China”.
The Hong Kong govt continues that those who have been disqualified “could not genuinely uphold the BL and could not therefore perform the duties of a LegCo Member” and confirms that 12 nominees have been barred from running in the upcoming legislative election.
“Returning Officers are still reviewing the validity of other nominations according to the laws. We do not rule out the possibility that more nominations would be invalidated,” the Hong Kong govt adds and signals that more pro-democracy activists would be disqualified.
The disqualified legislative nominees are as follows:
Joshua Wong
Alvin Yeung
Kwok Ka-ki
Dennis Kwok
Tat Cheng
Lester Shum
Tiffany Yuen
Ventus Lau
Gwyneth Ho
Fergus Leung
Kenneth Leung
Cheng Kam-mun
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