15 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Quit After Colleagues Expelled

Hours after four Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers were expelled from the cityࢀ™s legislature, 15 of their colleagues followed through on a pledge and resigned en masse Wednesday. The dismissals of Alvin Yeung, Denis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung occurred immediately after a Chinese legislative committee ruled that Hong Kongࢀ™s government could disqualify any lawmaker, believed to be a threat to national security, without going through the courts. The other 15 opposition lawmakers held hands as they gathered before reporters to announce their resignations. Wu Chi-Wai, the chairman of the Democratic Party, said the Hong Kong governmentࢀ™s decision to disqualify…