People line up at a polling station to vote outside MTR Corp.'s Whampoa station during an unofficial primary election, organized by pro-democracy opposition parties to select favoured candidates for the upcoming legislative election, in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Primary organisers are hoping to get at least 170,000 people to take part in the vote on Saturday and Sunday and select candidates from each district to run in September's Legislative Council election. - Bloomberg
HONG KONG, July 11, 2020 (AFP): Pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong held primary polls on Saturday to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from government officials that it may be in breach of a new security law imposed by China.
Thousands queued in the intense summer heat at unofficial polling stations across the city hours after police raided an opinion pollster helping to conduct the vote.
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