HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leaders on Friday widened their legal fight against the city's fledgling independence movement, targeting four more lawmakers over oaths taken at a legislative council swearing-in ceremony in October.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen began the action two days after a pair of barred lawmakers, Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching, lost a legal appeal over their disqualification, government radio station RTHK reported.
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