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Polls watchdog censors election mails, says localist phrases ‘violate Basic Law’

The election mails of a district council candidate were rejected by the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) because they included phrases such as “Nation Building for Hong Kong City-State”, “Neighbouring economic heavyweight” and “Promote Hong Kong’s sovereignty to foreigners”. The REO told candidate Nakade Hitsujiko in a letter that more than 40 phrases in the […]