Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse

The statement came after The National People's Congress Standing Committee “” one of China's top lawmaking committees “” ruled that Hong Kong could remove any legislator deemed a threat to national security without going through the courts.

The four legislators after they were disqualified. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

The pro-democracy camp announced their decision in a news conference, hours after the Hong Kong government said it would be disqualifying Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki and Kenneth Leung from the legislature.

"Today we will resign from our positions, because our partners, our colleagues have been disqualified by the central government's ruthless move,“ Wu Chi-wai, convener of the pro-democracy camp, said at the news conference.

"Although we are facing a lot of difficulties in the coming future for the fight of democracy, but we will never, never