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Politicians Swear Loyalty to Hong Kong, but Face Government Sincerity Test

Politicians Swear Loyalty to Hong Kong, but Face Government Sincerity Test
A general view of skyline buildings, in Hong Kong, China on July 13, 2021. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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9/10/2021|Updated: 9/10/2021

HONG KONG—Two dozen democratically-elected politicians swore loyalty to Hong Kong on Friday under a new patriotic law, but some opposition councillors may face disqualification if their oaths are judged insincere.

The communist authorities enacted a law earlier this year that tightened patriotic loyalty tests by forcing all civil servants to take an oath of allegiance to Hong Kong and its mini-constitution, the Basic Law.

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