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Ousted Hong Kong lawmaker says pro-democracy groups in city forming alliance to help her as she considers Legco comeback
Lau Siu-lai notes missteps in losing campaign of fellow former lawmaker and admits relying on oath saga backlash would not be enough to win over voters
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Ousted Hong Kong lawmaker Lau Siu-lai revealed on Thursday that major pro-democracy groups in the city had formed an alliance to help her explore a comeback in the upcoming by-election.
Lau, who was disqualified last year from the Legislative Council alongside Edward Yiu Chung-yim and four other pan-democratic lawmakers after a court found their oath-taking improper, admitted her bloc could not solely bank on the backlash over the saga in their campaign.
After Yiu’s defeat in the March by-election, the pressure is now on for Lau to win the Kowloon West constituency that has three pro-establishment camp lawmakers and two pan-democrats.
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Her latest strategy was regarded as an effort to learn from what happened to Yiu, who lost to Vincent Cheng Wing-shun. Yiu became the first pro-democracy candidate to be beaten by a Beijing loyalist in a Legco by-election since the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
Yiu was accused of failing to connect with local communities and pro-democracy parties.
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