Lawmakers at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday called for additional requirements for candidates disclosing foreign citizenship. Photo: Winson Wong
Lawmakers at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday called for additional requirements for candidates disclosing foreign citizenship. Photo: Winson Wong

Hong Kong elections overhaul: pro-establishment lawmakers urge government to require candidates to publicly disclose foreign citizenship

  • Lawmakers insist that future election hopefuls should reveal any ties to other countries, though the law allows foreign nationals to sit in the legislature and Election Committee
  • ‘Privacy was considered important in the past,’ lawmaker Paul Tse says. ‘But now we should attach greater importance to allegiance and national security’

Lawmakers at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday called for additional requirements for candidates disclosing foreign citizenship. Photo: Winson Wong
Lawmakers at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday called for additional requirements for candidates disclosing foreign citizenship. Photo: Winson Wong
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