The Hong Kong government and pro-Beijing groups have launched an unprecedented attempt to disqualify two recently elected lawmakers who support independence, as the political battle for the future of the territory intensifies.
China’s Communist government is fearful about the threat of separatism and Hong Kong officials have promised to take action against the growing number of people calling for the former British colony to become independent.
Late on Tuesday night the government failed in a last-ditch court case designed to stop the young legislators — Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching — from taking their seats in the legislative council.