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Hong Kong Leader Warns Against New Protests Ahead of Electoral Reform Talks

© Fotobank.ru/Getty Images / Brent LewinPolice officers stand in a line as they prepare to clear tents outside Hong Kong's Government complex in Hong Kong
Police officers stand in a line as they prepare to clear tents outside Hong Kong's Government complex in Hong Kong - Sputnik International
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Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying warned against new pro-democracy protests.

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MOSCOW, January 6 (Sputnik) — Hong Kong’s chief executive on Tuesday warned against new pro-democracy protests demanding full suffrage ahead of reform talks on electing the region’s next leader in 2017, Anadolu news agency reported.

Leung Chun-ying reiterated that the results of the second round of public consultations scheduled for Wednesday will have to comply with Hong Kong’s Constitution and constitutional documents, as well as with the decision of the Chinese government, the news agency reported.

The second round of consultations will be the first official reform talks since the last main protest sites were cleared by local law enforcement agencies in December. The talks are expected to focus on proposals for choosing election candidates.

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Meanwhile, temporary restrictions will be imposed to prevent key protest zones from being reoccupied after their reopening, also scheduled for Wednesday, according to Anadolu.

In September, following the first round of public consultations on the leadership vote, protests broke out in Hong Kong after China announced that the candidates standing in the special administrative region's elections must be approved by Beijing. Hong Kong residents are demanding completely free and fair elections.

Hong Kong’s sovereignty was transferred to China after over 100 years of British rule in 1997. The administrative region was granted legal, economic and political autonomy from Beijing under China’s “one country, two systems” principle.

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