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Frank Ching March 04, 2021 06:00
Eight months after imposing a national security law on Hong Kong, Beijing is moving to tighten its grip over the supposedly highly autonomous region, with China’s National People’s Congress expected to review legislation next week that would ensure that anyone elected to any office – from district councilors who deal with garbage disposal to the Chief Executive would in China’s eyes be a “patriot” who supports the communist party.
Within Hong Kong, the crackdown continued with the arrest on Sunday of 47 former lawmakers and activists charged with “conspiracy to commit subversion,” which carries a possible life sentence.
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Source: China State Council Information Office 2
Benny Tai Yiu-ting and other 46 instigators of Hong Kong unrest charged with âconspiring to subvert state powerâ appeared in court on Monday. The following elaborates on Taiâs political manipulation, including the so-called âprimary election,â over the past years.
During the election of the sixth-term Legislative Council (LegCo) in 2016, Tai launched âOperation ThunderGoâ to disrupt the election with âcoordinated candidacyâ and other political tricks. In 2019, he initiated âProject Stormâ to help radicals to seize many seats in the District Councils (DCs) and incited rioters to harass pro-establishment candidates.
In 2020, Tai organized the illegal âprimary electionâ named â35-plusâ to rig the election of the seventh-term Legislative Council. He plotted to manipulate public opinion and assist candidates advocating âmutual destructionâ to grab more t