Voters have turned out in force for Hong Kong's crucial Legislative Council election. The vote for Legislative Council is seen as Hong Kong's most important election since the handover from Britain in 1997, and will test the unity of Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp. Radical activist Avery Ng was restrained by police after he threw a sandwich at Hong Kong's widely unpopular Beijing-backed leader, Leung Chun-ying. ———12: 25 p.m.Three hours after polls opened in Hong Kong's legislative elections, 7.12 percent of registered voters have turned out. ———8:15 a.m.Voting is underway in Hong Kong's legislative election, the first since 2014 pro-democracy street protests rocked the Asian financial hub.

Source: ABC News September 04, 2016 04:30 UTC