Hong Kong elections: police raid on pollsters’ office over data leak case deals blow to opposition’s primary, pushing voting back by three hours

The weekend primary for Hong Kong’s opposition camp to select candidates for the coming Legislative Council elections has been postponed by three hours after police raided an office of pollsters, taking away data for investigation.Organisers on Saturday pushed back voting till noon, citing an overnight police operation as having led to delays in preparatory work.The primary has faced uncertainties after a top official sounded a vague warning that it might breach the new national security law,…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3092765/hong-kong-elections-police-raid-pollsters-office-over-data