Voter seeks judicial review over victorious pan-democrat’s Hong Kong election candidacy
Pro-establishment supporter lodges legal papers challenging Au Nok-hin and returning officer, claiming pan-democrat was ineligible to run because he burned a copy of Basic Law
The first legal dispute over the Legislative Council by-election at the weekend has found its way to a Hong Kong court, with a pro-establishment supporter challenging the validity of a newly elected pan-democratic lawmaker accused of burning a copy of the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution.
Au, who contested the Hong Kong Island constituency seat, bagged 137,181 votes to beat the New People’s Party’s Judy Chan Ka-pui, who got 127,634.
Wong, a 47-year-old resident from Siu Sai Wan, on the east side of Hong Kong Island, let former pro-Beijing lawmaker Wong Kwok-hing, who accompanied him and his lawyer to the High Court, do most of the talking when they met the press.
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“The returning officer did not handle Au’s eligibility to run for the Hong Kong Island constituency in accordance with the law,” Wong Kwok-hing said.