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China Steps In To Bar 2 Newly Elected Hong Kong Legislators From Office

In this Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 photo, newly elected Hong Kong lawmakers Yau Wai-ching, center left, and Sixtus Leung, center right, are surrounded by photographers outside the legislature council in Hong Kong. The newly elected pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers barred for insulting China in their swearing-in ceremony have set off another round of disorder by scuffling with guards as they tried to retake their oaths in the chamber. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File) ORG XMIT: ASIA510

China has ruled that two newly elected Hong Kong lawmakers who insulted the mainland and didn’t swear allegiance while taking their oaths of office won’t be able to retake the oaths, which means they won’t be able to take office.

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