Tensions have ramped up after Beijing proposed national security legislation
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Two pro-democracy lawmakers were ejected from Hong Kong’s legislative chamber Thursday morning, disrupting the start of a second day of debate on a contentious bill that would criminalize insulting or abusing the Chinese national anthem.
Lee was recently elected chair of a key committee that sent the anthem bill to the full legislature for consideration. Her election, which the pro-democracy opposition contends was illegal, ended a months-long filibuster that had prevented the committee from acting on the bill.Chu was carried out by security guards, even as fellow pro-democracy lawmakers protested his removal and tried to stop it.
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