BEIJING: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers have tendered their resignation en-masse after Beijing forced the removal of four of their colleagues, BBC reported.
On Wednesday Beijing passed a resolution allowing the city’s government to dismiss politicians deemed a threat to national security.
The opposition lawmakers then said they would leave in solidarity.
For the first time since Hong Kong was handed back to China in 1997 the body has almost no dissenting voices.
BBC China correspondent Stephen McDonnell says the legislature was already stacked in favour of the pro-Beijing camp.
The dismissal of the four legislators is viewed by many as the latest attempt by China to restrict Hong Kong’s freedoms – something Beijing denies.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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