HK Democracy Activist to Quit Politics

From AP:

Hong Kong’s best-known democracy advocate said Friday he will end his political career but keep pressing for greater rights, a campaign that has already led Beijing to brand him a traitor.

Martin Lee, 69, said he will not run for re-election in the local legislature in September. However, he said, he will “continue pushing for democracy in Hong Kong until we have democracy.”

Lee’s high-profile campaign for direct elections in Hong Kong has made him a champion of human rights to many in the West and a reviled troublemaker to China. He was first elected to the local legislature in 1985.

Read also Hong Kong Democracy Pioneer Lee to Retire as Lawmaker by Joshua Fellman, and Leading Hong Kong democrat to step down from legislature by AFP.

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