Reuters, HONG KONGLeaders of Hong Kong widened their legal fight against the city’s fledgling independence movement on Friday, targeting four more lawmakers over oaths taken at a Legislative Council swearing-in ceremony in October. Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (梁振英) and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen (袁國強) began the action on Friday after lawmakers Sixtus “Baggio” Leung (梁頌恆) and Yau Wai-ching (游蕙禎) lost a legal appeal over their disqualification, the government said in a statement. The government proceedings seek “to declare their oaths purportedly taken as invalid and their office as now vacant,” the government said in a statement. Lau and Leung pledged allegiance to the “Hong Kong nation” and displayed a banner declaring “Hong Kong is not China” during a swearing-in ceremony for the Legislative Council in October. While their oaths were aborted before they were disqualified, the latest action targets lawmakers who have already taken office.

Source: Taipei Times December 03, 2016 16:01 UTC