Another 10 Hong Kong district councillors ousted after being grilled on opposition election primary, protest slogans
- Part of a group of 55 from Kowloon who attended a Friday oath-taking ceremony, all 10 were later called to the Home Affairs Bureau for questioning
- ‘Whatever our answers are, it won’t matter,’ one predicted ahead of Wednesday’s decision; just 109 of 392 opposition councillors remain after latest action
All 10 Hong Kong opposition district councillors whose allegiance to the city was called into question following an oath-taking ceremony last week were unseated on Wednesday.
Half of those ousted were Democratic Party members: ex-lawmaker James To Kun-sun and activist Douglas Tsang Tsz-ming of Yau Tsim Mong, Tony Kwok Tin-lap and Pius Yum Kwok-tung from Kowloon City and Edith Leung Yik-ting of Kwun Tong.
The group was rounded out by Sham Shui Po’s Lawrence Lau Wai-chung, Ken Tsang Kin-chiu of Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin’s Sean Mock Ho-chit, and Yau Tsim Mong district councillors Suzanne Wu Sui-shan and Chu Kong-wai.
Those disqualified face a five-year ban on running in elections and the unseatings are expected to have some bearing on whether any members of the Democratic Party – the largest in Hong Kong’s opposition camp – will seek seats in December’s Legislative Council poll.
The party on Sunday failed to reach a consensus on whether to take part in the Legco poll at a long-awaited meeting that some members thought to be keen on running failed to attend.