Beaten Hong Kong district council elections candidates to challenge results over claims of intimidation or voting irregularities
- Issues said to involve more than 550 ballots in constituencies decided by close margins in Yuen Long and Tsing Yi
- Pro-establishment party also alleges safety fears kept its candidates away from polling stations
Three pro-democracy candidates who lost in the district council elections by close margins have challenged the results, claiming election officials were intimidated or there were irregularities in the polling process on Sunday.
Law Ting-fai and Lee Kan-ming, lost by two and 15 votes respectively to incumbent rural councillors Young Ka-on and Ronnie Tang Yung-yiu in Yuen Long, while Lucia Chiu Po-kam lost by 114 votes to pro-establishment candidate Leung Kar-ming in Tsing Yi.
The three have challenged the validity of more than 550 ballots.
Law claimed he and the returning officer were threatened during the vote count on Sunday night in Ping Shan North, although he did not report the incident to officials or police at the time.
“If I won, they said, ‘we will lock down the polling station’ and threatened to beat us up,” Law said.
