Disqualified separatist Hong Kong lawmakers lose appealHONG KONG--Two separatist Hong Kong lawmakers lost their appeal Wednesday against a ruling disqualifying them from office because they altered their oaths with an anti-China insult. The Court of Appeal sided with a judgment earlier this month barring Sixtus Leung and Yau Wai-ching of the Youngspiration Party from taking their seats in the city's Legislative Council. In an act of defiance at the swearing-in ceremony last month, Leung and Yau modified the oath, which requires pledging allegiance to Hong Kong as a part of China, by referring to the "Hong Kong nation" and using a derogatory term for China. They also displayed a flag that said "Hong Kong is not China." The actions infuriated China's central government in Beijing, which responded with a constitutional interpretation that Hong Kong courts are required to enforce.

Source: The China Post November 30, 2016 16:13 UTC