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| Subject: Statist idiot: Britain's Patten slams Hong Kong independence movement Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:51 pm | |
| Hong Kong's last British colonial governor Chris Patten attacked the city's pro-independence movement Friday as the push for a split with China grows over fears of Beijing's tightening grip.
Patten said he was fully behind the strengthening of democracy in Hong Kong, but accused independence activists of "making a mockery" of the issue.
His comments came on the same day that two publicly elected young lawmakers, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching, appealed against a ban against them taking up their seats in the legislature.
They were disqualified in a High Court judgement last week after they added expletives and used derogatory terms for China when taking their oaths of office in October.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/33328181/britains-patten-slams-hong-kong-independence-movement/#page1 |
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