{"id":25753,"date":"2020-07-31T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T09:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=25753"},"modified":"2020-07-31T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T09:47:26","slug":"hong-kong-ban-of-pro-democracy-candidates-most-scandalous-election-fraud-in-history-opposition-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=25753","title":{"rendered":"HONG KONG: Ban of pro-democracy candidates \u201cmost scandalous election fraud in history\u201d \u2013Opposition figure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of Hong Kong\u2019s most prominent democracy campaigners, Joshua Wong has vowed to fight on after he was banned alongside 11 other opposition figures from running in the upcoming legislative elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wong who made the vow on Friday said the pro-democracy camp would continue their fight for freedom after officials disqualified some pro-democracy candidates from running in September\u2019s legislative elections and local media reported the poll could be postponed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The activist while addressing newsmen said that Hong Kong\u2019s<\/a> new national security was a weapon used against dissidents while also condemning the disqualification of pro-democracy candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wong, who was dressed in a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words; \u201cYou can\u2019t kill us all\u201d, told the media that Hong Kong\u2019s new national security was a \u201clegal weapon used against dissidents\u201d and the disqualification of pro-democracy candidates the most \u201cscandalous election fraud in Hong Kong history\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur resistance will continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government of Hong Kong in a statement on Thursday said that electoral authorities had disqualified the 12 nominees for failing to demonstrate their intent to support and promote the territory\u2019s mini-constitution, or Basic Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement added that advocating for independence, soliciting intervention by foreign governments, or \u201cexpressing an objection in principle\u201d to a national security law that China imposed on Hong Kong earlier this month are behaviours that \u201ccould not genuinely\u201d uphold the Basic Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government also supported<\/a> and agreed with the decision and warned more nominees could face a similar fate in the near term, in a move which has been decried as the latest assault on China\u2019s critics in the semi-autonomous city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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