Hong Kong lawmakers thrown out of key Legislative Council meeting after clash with security guards

At least 14 opposition lawmakers were booted out from a committee meeting on Monday after they clashed with security guards protecting its newly installed chairman.The incident came three days after Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, president of the Legislative Council, appointed pro-establishment veteran Chan Kin-por to run the House Committee chairmanship election, removing Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok, who had dragged out the election for months.At 11.10am, Chan decided to suspend the meeting, as…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3084822/hong-kong-lawmakers-thrown-out-key-legislative-council