Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong's pro-democracy primaries
People queue up to vote in Hong Kong Sunday, July 12, 2020, in an unofficial primary for pro-democracy candidates ahead of legislative elections in September. Over 200,000 Hong Kongers voted in an unofficial Hong Kong primary that will help the pro-democracy camp decide which candidates to field in legislative elections in September. The legislation prohibits what Beijing views as secessionist, subversive or terrorist activities or as foreign intervention in Hong Kong affairs. On Friday, police raided the office of the Public Opinion Research Institute, a co-organizer of the primary elections. To hold the primary elections, pro-democracy activists had raised money via crowd funding.