Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching taken from their apartments and are to be charged with 'illegal assembly', according to their party Hong Kong police have detained two former pro-independence lawmakers at their homes, amid a widening crackdown on dissenting voices in the former British colony. The pair, Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus "Baggio" Leung, were disqualified from the city's legislature late last year after a dramatic anti-China protest during their swearing-in ceremony in October.
Hong Kong police detain pro-independence lawmakers after China protest
The Guardian - 26 Apr 2017 07:14
Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching taken from their apartments and are to be charged with 'illegal assembly', according to their party Hong Kong police have detained two former pro-independence lawmakers at their homes, amid a widening crackdown on dissenting voices in the former British colony. The pair, Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus "Baggio" Leung, were disqualified from the city's legislature late last year after a dramatic anti-China protest during their swearing-in ceremony in October.
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