Protests Mar Legco House Committee Meeting

The Legislative Council's House Committee meeting got off to a stormy start with several pan-democratic lawmakers surrounding Starry Lee, who was presiding, and trying to stall the proceedings.

The opposition lawmakers raised slogans over Beijing’s move to enact national security laws in Hong Kong and held up placards protesting against the central government's decision.

The lawmakers refused to move back to their seats despite requests and continued with their chants.

They raised slogans like “Hongkongers revolt, national security laws are coming to Hong Kong!” and “Hong Kong will become Xinjiang”.

Legco security staff were asked to remove the lawmakers and some of them were carried out before the meeting was suspended.

Chu Hoi-dick, Wu Chi-wai, Ray Chan and Andrew Wan were among those thrown out before the suspension.