Hong Kong elections: biggest opposition party to vote on expelling 2 members who endorsed centrist candidate in December poll The Star


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Hong Kong’s biggest opposition party will vote next month on whether to expel two members who endorsed a middle-of-the-road candidate in December’s Legislative Council election without approval. The suggestion was put forward by the Democratic Party’s disciplinary committee following an internal probe into vice-chairwoman Edith Leung Yik-ting and member So Yat-hang, who had supported centrist aspirant Jason Poon Chuk-hung in the poll, according to a source. The potential disciplinary action appears to be an outgrowth of the rift created by the party’s decision, along with others from the mainstream opposition bloc, to sit out last year’s poll, which they argued...