Hong Kong could postpone election due to virus in blow for democracy camp

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s government could postpone by a year a vote for seats in the city’s legislature scheduled for Sept. 6 amid fears of a resurgence in novel coronavirus cases, public broadcaster RTHK reported on Wednesday. A postponement would be a blow for the opposition pro-democracy camp’s attempt to win a historic majority in the city’s assembly after Beijing imposed a new security law widely criticised by Western countries as eroding citizens’ rights. The RTHK report cited unidentified sources and did not give any more details. Some 600,000 people voted in unofficial primaries polls for the opposition…