HONG KONG—Hong Kong authorities ousted an opposition legislator from his seat Aug. 26 after finding him to be insufficiently loyal amid Beijing’s tightening grip on the semi-autonomous city.
Cheng Chung-tai of the populist Civic Party was disqualified from the legislature after he “failed to fulfil the legal requirements and conditions on upholding the Basic Law and bearing allegiance” to Hong Kong, the government said in a statement. The Basic Law is Hong Kong’s mini-constitution.
