There are limits to election rights, says gov’t lawyer in pro-independence party’s legal challenge

Senior counsel for the government Benjamin Yu told the High Court on Thursday that there are limits to constitutionally-stipulated election rights, as pro-independence figure Andy Chan Ho-tin attempted to overturn a government decision last July to bar him from running for Hong Kong’s legislature. Yu was responding to the assertion by Chan’s counsel that the Electoral Affairs … Continue reading There are limits to election rights, says gov’t lawyer in pro-independence party’s legal challenge