Pro-democracy activist and South Horizons community organiser Joshua Wong. Picture: AFP/PHILIP FONG
The government said the barred nominees didn’t comply with requirements that included support for the national security legislation imposed by China in June, but did not name the candidates expelled from the Legislative Council vote. Prominent activist Joshua Wong, the subject of a Netflix documentary, confirmed the government invalidated his nomination.
The move was announced hours after Hong Kong police arrested four student activists over online comments they said violated the sweeping new national security law imposed on the city by China late in June. It marked the first time authorities in the financial hub have used the measures to limit speech on the internet.
The government’s statement listed what it called behaviour or actions that signified candidates did not “genuinely uphold” the city’s mini-constitution, the Basic Law.
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