HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau has suspended a pro-democracy lawmaker for alleged "disobedience" after he took to the street instead of staying on a sidewalk during a protest, as activists warn suppression of civil rights is growing in the China-ruled gambling hub.
The suspension of the lawmaker is the first since 1999, when the former Portuguese colony returned to China within a "one country, two systems" framework that allows a free press and an independent judiciary, liberties denied on the mainland.
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