Hong Kong government given green light for judicial reviews over lawmakers’ oaths
Four lawmakers now prepare for court battle after legal challenge is approved
A court letter received yesterday by Ivan Mok Ka-kit, a student who filed a related lawsuit against one of the lawmakers, said leave had been granted for the reviews, and a procedural hearing for all parties would be held a week today.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung filed the lawsuit 10 minutes before court closed on Friday.
In the writs, the government accused the four of setting aside solemnity in exchange for a political showdown by slipping pro-democracy messages into their oaths.
The four are veteran activist “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung, former Occupy Central student leader Nathan Law Kwun-chung, lecturer Lau Siu-lai and university professor Edward Yiu Chung-yim.
Last month, a semi-official Beijing think tank claimed that up to 15 lawmakers had recited improper oaths.