HONG KONG Pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in an overhauled "patriots"-only legislative election in Hong Kong that critics described as undemocratic, with turnout hitting a record low amid a crackdown on the city's freedoms by China. The 30.2 per cent turnout, about half that of the previous poll in 2016, was seen by pro-democracy activists as a rebuke to.
Hong Kongs leader Carrie Lam touted plans to revive a controversial security law that ignited a political firestorm two decades ago, after completing an election to install a new legislature filled with Beijing loyalists.