One of Hong Kong’s Last Independent Politicians Loses Position
- Independent Cheng Chung-tai loses his Legislative Council seat
- New vetting committee made decision, city’s No. 2 says
Cheng Chung-tai inside the main chamber of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, in May.
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One of the last remaining independent members of Hong Kong’s legislature is losing his seat after a candidate vetting committee said he failed to uphold the former British colony’s mini-constitution, according to the city’s No. 2 official.
Legislative Council member Cheng Chung-tai is being removed immediately for failing to “genuinely uphold” Hong Kong’s Basic Law, Chief Secretary John Lee said at a press briefing Thursday. Cheng is also being barred from running in Hong Kong elections for five years, Lee added.