After Hong Kong’s latest ousting of opposition representatives, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was “deeply concerning that 55 district councillors have been disqualified and over 250 pressured to resign for political reasons”. Photo: AFP
After Hong Kong’s latest ousting of opposition representatives, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was “deeply concerning that 55 district councillors have been disqualified and over 250 pressured to resign for political reasons”. Photo: AFP
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US, Britain and EU voice objections to Hong Kong’s disqualification of opposition district councillors

  • Statements respond to Hong Kong home affairs office unseating 16 more councillors because of invalid loyalty oaths, raising the total to 55
  • The ‘arbitrary’ disqualifications ‘prevent people in Hong Kong from participating meaningfully in their own governance’, US State Department spokesman says

Owen Churchill
Owen Churchill

Updated: 5:05am, 22 Oct, 2021

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After Hong Kong’s latest ousting of opposition representatives, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was “deeply concerning that 55 district councillors have been disqualified and over 250 pressured to resign for political reasons”. Photo: AFP
After Hong Kong’s latest ousting of opposition representatives, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was “deeply concerning that 55 district councillors have been disqualified and over 250 pressured to resign for political reasons”. Photo: AFP
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