December 2, 2016 9:37 PM

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Hong Kong moves to disqualify pro-democracy legislators

Hong Kong's government is moving to disqualify four pro-democracy lawmakers from Parliament. The government is launching legal challenges against Nathan Law, Edward Yiu, Lau Siu-lai and Leung Kwok-hung, arguing that the oaths they took when being sworn in were invalid. <br/><br/>It comes after two pro-independence politicians were disqualified after they insulted China during their oaths. Critics describe the latest move as politically motivated.<br/><br/> However, the government said in a statement the action was purely based on legal and enforcement concerns with no political consideration involved.

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