HONG KONG—More than 600,000 Hong Kong citizens cast ballots over the weekend in primary elections seen as a symbolic protest vote against the tough national security law imposed by the regime in Beijing, the city’s pro-democracy camp said July 12.
The unofficial poll will decide the strongest pro-democracy candidates to contest elections in September to Hong Kong’s legislature, known as the Legislative Council. The goal is to seize majority control for the first time from pro-Beijing rivals, by riding a wave of anti-CCP (Chinese Communist Party) sentiment stirred by the law, which critics say has gravely undermined Hong Kong’s freedoms.
