HONG KONG: A pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker who was recently removed from parliament after a Beijing intervention was cleared Monday of misconduct in a case he described as politically motivated.
Leung Kwok-hung -- known locally as “Long Hair” -- is a veteran activist from the League of Social Democrats, and had been charged by the city’s corruption bureau over a payment received while in public office from a high-profile anti-Beijing media tycoon.
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