Four more barred from Hong Kong Election Committee bid, including student activist Tommy Cheung
Total of 1,539 valid forms received during nomination period
A total of 1,539 valid nomination forms for the Election Committee polls were received during the nomination period, which ended on Monday, while 10 people were barred from running for the panel that will choose the city’s leader next March.
More than 400 candidates in 13 subsectors are set to be returned unopposed as the number of validly nominated candidates in those subsectors is equal to the number of seats.
Four aspirants were disqualified on Thursday from contesting places on the Election Committee, joining the six candidates rejected earlier this week.
Student activist Tommy Cheung Sau-yin was disqualified by returning officers on Thursday from running in the higher education subsector because of his “insufficient connection” with the sector.
Cheung, a former member of the Chinese University’s Senate, said the returning officers had too much power in determining who could stand. His tenure as senate member expired in February.