H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung meet with reporters inside the legislative council building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016. The head of Hong Kong legislature called off the weekly meeting that day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and requested to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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