Hong Kong Democratic Party’s plan to disband marks ‘end of an era’
Voice of America
The logo of Hong Kong's Democratic Party is seen in its office in Hong Kong on Feb. 20, 2025. Lo Kin-hei, center, chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, along with other senior leaders, attends a press conference at the party's headquarters in Hong Kong on Feb. 20, 2025. FILE - Hui Chi-fung, center, a Democratic Party politician, is detained by riot police during a protest in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on June 12, 2020. Beijing imposed the National Security Law in July 2020, tightening control over Hong Kong. FILE - CEO of Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute Robert Chung speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong on July 27, 2023.
Hong Kong’s largest and oldest opposition party, the Democratic Party, has announced that it will start the process of disbanding, a move that analysts say will mark “the end of an era” for the city’s pro-democracy forces.
