ThenewscomesafterHongKong's oppositionlawmakersresignedonMasslastweekinprotestagainstthedismissaloffourcolleaguesin a movetheyseeasanotherpushedbyBeijingtosuppressdemocracyinthecity.
このニュースは、香港の野党議員が先週のミサで4人の同僚の解任に抗議して辞職した後のことである。
ThewalkoutbytheoppositionmeansanendtooneofthefewforumsfordissentinHongKongafterBeijingimposed a sweepingnationalsecuritylawonthecitybackinJune.
LiveTVfootageshowedlawmakersEddieChuandRayChanrushingtothefrontofthechamber, splashingthereekingfluidasguardsgrabbedthemduring a debateover a controversialbillthatwouldcriminalizedisrespectoffChina's nationalanthem.
AndinMay, TedHoydropped a rottenplantinthemiddleofthemeeting, whichofficerssaiddisturbedtheirlegislativeproceedingsandmentallydisturbedthecouncil's president.
I condemnthearbitraryarrestsoffthepoliceand I condemnwhattheregimeisdoingagainstuspeoplewithdemocraticvalues, peoplewhospeakforthepoorbattleofHongKong.
Despite a promiseofautonomyfor 50 yearsunder a onecountry, twosystemsagreementAftertheBritishhandoverofHongKongtoChinain 1997 Chinadeniescurbingrightsandfreedomsintheglobalfinancialhub.