Hong Kong will move on controversial security law, CY Leung says, as Beijing bars independence activists from Legco
Article 23 of Basic Law to be revived after Sixtus Baggio Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching’s oaths deemed invalid to take office in local legislature
Key points from the day:
> The National People’s Congress Standing Committee has clarified the definition and requirements of “swear in accordance with the law” in Article 104 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law – which covers members’ oaths – following the ongoing Legislative Council oath-taking controversy
> A spokesman for the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said: “[Beijing] will absolutely neither permit anyone advocating secession in Hong Kong – nor allow any pro-independence activists – to enter a government institution.”
> Following Beijing’s decision, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said Hong Kong would enact Article 23, a controversial provision of the Basic Law relating to national security legislation
> It remains unclear what legal consequences other lawmakers who advocate self-determination may face
