Hong Kong politicians swear loyalty to China under new patriotic law

Dozens of district politicians in Hong Kong swear on a mandatory loyalty oath as authorities try to purge the city of"unpatriotic" elements but more than 250 have already resigned under pressure.

Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui told reporters the government will issue a statement later on Friday on how many of the politicians who had taken the oath passed the loyalty test. Of the 24 politicians elected in 2019 as district councillors making their oaths on Friday, 15 were from the democratic opposition camp. "My aim has always been to monitor the government, not pledging allegiance to the regime," Peter Choi wrote in a Facebook post which he ended with democratic slogans popular during mass 2019 anti-government protests.

Beijing effectively ended Hong Kong people's greatest yet push for democracy with the imposition last year of a sweeping national security law to punish anything it deems as subversion, secession, terrorism or collusion with foreign forces.

Chinese communist party use rule by law to persecute and take Hong Kong people to jail. change the law any time what they want. CCPChina StandwithHongKong HKPoliceState NationalSecurityLaw

Crazy and ridiculous. Totally unacceptable! Politicians should be loyal to the people, not puppet government.

No more Freedom and Democracy in HongKong now. HK is totally off and become the NewBerlin under the NationalSecurityLaw. OneCountryTwoSystemIsDead. HongKongers, even non-HKer not in HK is suffering in that law. StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong

Being a citizen in Hong Kong is tough. It’s even tougher to be a politician clearly.

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Indeed it’s just a stage play. All targets of the regime will be disqualified. CCP just wants absolute control. It’s never about the people voice as displayed by the landslide victory by the opposition camp in 2019.

This is essential because some former elected lawmakers decided to insult the people of HK, during their swearing in ceremony, by using racist slurs that were used by the Japanese occupiers during the 2nd World War. HK must be washed clean of these colonialist lapdogs for good.

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