Another 16 opposition Hong Kong district councillors disqualified over oaths of allegiance

Sixteen more opposition district councillors have been booted from office after their loyalty to the city was called into question following an oath-taking ceremony.

A spokesman for the Home Affairs Bureau on Friday said the New Territories East councillors’ oaths of allegiance had been ruled invalid after a review of answers they provided to a series of questions about various political issues, including their involvement in an unofficial opposition primary last year and protest slogans they were said to have displayed.