Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp was headed for a thumping victory in district council elections, local media reported on Monday, a vote widely seen as a referendum on the Beijing-backed government’s handling of months of violent political unrest. Counting was still under way following record turnout in Sunday’s elections, but results so far indicated that candidates favouring calls for greater democracy were on course to seize a shock majority of the 452 seats contested, media reports said. District councils – which handle community-level concerns such as bus routes and garbage collection – have long been dominated by the pro-Beijing establishment. The pro-democracy camp hopes weakening that grip would send a message to China and Hong Kong’s unpopular leader Carrie Lam. Hong Kong has endured months of mass rallies and violent clashes pitting police against protesters who are mobilised by fears that Beijing is whittling away at the semi-autonomous territory’s freedoms, which are unique for China. Scroll down for video. People line up at a polling station to vote in the Hong Kong District Council elections today. The first results should start trickling in before midnight Government data showed more than 1.9 million people had voted by 3.30 pm, meaning a turnout rate… Read full this story
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