Secretary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu also released a statement in Chinese this morning, fully supporting Beijing's decision to expel the four. Meanwhile, disqualified lawmaker Kwok Ka-ki said on a radio program that he and his camp remain undecided whether to launch a judicial review to Beijing's decision to expel him and his allies from the Legislative Council. Kwok said that it might be futile to take the matter to the court as the NPCSC could issue an interpretation of the Basic Law and overruled the court’s decision. The government released a second statement in the afternoon, vehemently condemning foreign governments for their "groundless accusations" against the disqualification. “Such accusations were politically motivated with the ulterior motive to undermine the relationship between the Central Authorities and the HKSAR under "One Country, Two Systems",” the statement wrote.

Source: The Standard November 14, 2020 05:57 UTC