Deeply troubling news y'day of 4 student arrests in Hong Kong under Nat'l Security Law. Today 12 prominent pro-democracy campaigners have been banned from standing in LegCo elections. Democracy in HK is being dismantled. Appalling. #SolidarityWithHongKong
https://t.co/yV4l7oTW0U
For years, Hong Kong voters had seen the Legislative Council as the city's only official institution for representation. Unlike the Beijing-picked chief executive, about half of all lawmakers were freely elected. The mass disqualification of candidates is killing this last avenue
It is not democracy, if the government decides, which opposition candidates are allowed. At least 12 Hong Kong opposition candidates barred from Legislative Council bids.
https://t.co/kO71CVahjG
The list is as follows. Some "mild" candidates are also barred. No just those who are being named as "national enemies"
Lester Shum
Dennis Kwok
Alvin Yeung
Kwok Ka-ki
Cheng Tat-hung
Alvin Cheung
Tiffany Yuen
Joshua Wong
Fergus Leung
Gwenyth Ho
Ventus Lau
Kenneth Leung
Update: 12 pro-democracy candidates have now been banned from the #HongKong legislative election: Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki, Tat Cheng, Kenneth Leung, Joshua Wong, Lester Shum, Ventus Lau, Tiffany Yuen, Alvin Cheng, Fergus Leung and Gwyneth Ho. https://t.co/KntsFCTmDo
[I was just disqualified from LegCo election, despite being the biggest winner in #Hkprimaries]
1. Few minutes ago, I was just disqualified from running in the upcoming LegCo election in #Hongkong, even though I got the highest vote share in the primary, w/ 30000+ votes obtained
First they ban dining in, then they arrest some teenagers on suspicion of breaking the national security law, then they retracted the dine-in ban, and now this.
For every 12 hours, something absolutely ridiculous happens in #hongkong.
Breaking: #Beijing staged its first major round of arrests under #Nationalsecuritylaw tonight. Former convenor of the disbanded @studentlocalism, Tony Chung, and another two former members, were arrested by #SecretPolice”. Tony's been tailed for days.
12 pro-democracy legislative council candidates are disqualified TODAY. MORE to come tmr. Most of the candidates from the camp are expected to be barred. The govt is constructing a CCP assembly in Legco to eliminate most of the opposition voice. Outrageous.
#HONGKONG