Baggio Leung wears a flag reading 'Hong Kong is not China' as he takes the Legislative Council Oath Source: ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images
The number of pro-democracy lawmakers elected to Hong Kongs Legislative Council who may lose their seats has grown to 10, after a court was asked to rule whether eight people did not make proper oaths of office. Earlier, two legislators had infuriated the Chinese government when they inserted a derogatory term for China into their oaths, taken last month, and pledged loyalty to the Hong Kong nation. The actions of the pair, Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, prompted Beijing to announce new guidelines on Monday specifying that oaths must be made sincerely and solemnly and be read accurately, with no chance of retaking them. Siu Kam Chan reports.
The number of pro-democracy lawmakers elected to Hong Kongs Legislative Council who may lose their seats has grown to 10, after a court was asked to rule whether eight people did not make proper oaths of office. Earlier, two legislators had infuriated the Chinese government when they inserted a derogatory term for China into their oaths, taken last month, and pledged loyalty to the Hong Kong nation. The actions of the pair, Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching, prompted Beijing to announce new guidelines on Monday specifying that oaths must be made sincerely and solemnly and be read accurately, with no chance of retaking them. Siu Kam Chan reports.
