China's ouster of pro-democracy lawmakers: Is it game over for Hong Kong's opposition?

Pan-democratic lawmakers speaking to the press after their mass resignation from Hong Kong's Legislative Council, on Nov 11, 2020.
Pan-democratic lawmakers speaking to the press after their mass resignation from Hong Kong's Legislative Council, on Nov 11, 2020.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong Correspondent
  • Updated
    Nov 13, 2020, 7:21 am
  • Published
    Nov 12, 2020, 7:51 pm SGT
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HONG KONG - The future of the pan-democrats' fight to keep the freedoms Hong Kong enjoys under an increasingly assertive Beijing looks bleak, with some political watchers saying the opposition camp may have made a costly mistake with the move to resign en masse.

The 15 opposition lawmakers, including Democratic Party's Wu Chi Wai and Ted Hui, as well as pan-dem bloc member Claudia Mo, handed in their resignations on Thursday (Nov 12).

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