H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

H.K. legislature meeting adjourns again over oath saga

Thousands of people demonstrate outside the legislature building in Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2016, protesting against the separatism stance of Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung, two members of localist group Youngspiration. The head of the legislature called off the weekly meeting the same day for the second consecutive week as the two pro-independence lawmakers-elect defied a ban to attend and request to take their oath of office again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000051652
  • Registered date
  • 2016/10/26 20:04:10
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2016 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3741 × 2806 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.13(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Abe determined to secure TPP ratification despite bleak outlook

    Abe determined to secure TPP ratification despite bleak outlook

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) replies to questions from Renho (R), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, during a session of the House of Councillors' special committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2016. Abe remained resolute in urging upper house lawmakers to approve the TPP, despite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pledge this week to effectively kill the deal by pulling the United States out as soon as he takes office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      H.K. lawmakers-elect appeal disqualification ruling

      H.K. lawmakers-elect appeal disqualification ruling

      Lawmaker-elect Yau Wai-ching appears at Hong Kong's Court of Appeal on Nov. 24, 2016, to appeal a disqualification decision made last week following Beijing's constitutional interpretation aimed at barring anti-China activists from public office. Yau and lawmaker-elect Sixtus Leung of the localist party Youngspiration were barred from the legislature after the High Court ruled against them over their failure to swear allegiance to the Basic Law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        H.K. legislature ejects lawmakers-elect

        H.K. legislature ejects lawmakers-elect

        Pro-independence lawmakers-elect Yau Wai-ching (L) and Sixtus Leung are ejected from the Hong Kong legislature on Nov. 2, 2016, after defying an order banning their entry and attempting to take the oath of office for a second time, after their initial attempts three weeks ago were deemed unacceptable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          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
            Japanese, Chinese parliamentarians hold talks in Beijing

            Japanese, Chinese parliamentarians hold talks in Beijing

            Kensei Mizote (L), a lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting between a group of Japanese lawmakers and their Chinese counterparts at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Feb. 22, 2016. At right is Satsuki Eda, a lawmaker of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan and former upper house president. The cross-party group of House of Councillors members met with lawmakers in China's National People's Congress for the first time in four years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo