Hong Kong’s democracy camp will continue to fight Beijing’s crackdown on political freedoms, prominent dissident Joshua Wong said Friday after he and other activists were barred from standing for election.
“Our resistance will continue on and we hope the world can stand with us in the upcoming uphill battle,” he told reporters.
Dressed in a black T-shirt emblazoned with the words “They can’t kill us all”, 23-year-old Wong slammed authorities for disqualifying some of the city’s best-known democracy activists from standing in September’s legislative elections.
“Beyond any doubt (this) is the most scandalous election fraud era in Hong Kong history,” he said.
The disqualifications were the latest blow against the semi-autonomous city’s democracy movement, which has been under sustained attack from China’s Communist Party rulers.
China imposed a national security law last month on Hong Kong outlawing subversion, which it warned was a “sword” hanging over the head of democracy protesters.
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/31/just-in-hong-kong-activist-joshua-wong-says-resistance-will-continue-after-election-ban/