How a primary election led to activists being arrested in Hong Kong's biggest national security case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The verdict will likely also show whether non-violent political participation -- in this case, holding a public vote -- is deemed a national security crime, said Lai, the research fellow with the same center.
50% : Riding on a huge wave of anti-government protests in 2019, the pro-democracy camp was likely to make gains in the 2020 legislative election.
41% : The prosecutors alleged the defendants had agreed to indiscriminately veto government budgets to compel the city leader to dissolve the legislature and force the leader to step down.
36% : In one of the articles, Tai suggested that repeatedly blocking government budgets could grind governmental functions to a halt, they said.
35% : "Hong Kong's rule of law is simply not nearly as robust as it once was, and I worry that legal protections will continue to deteriorate," he said.

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