HK lawmaker says he'll quit to trigger by-election
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A VETERAN pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker has pledged to resign from the territory's legislature, triggering a by-election to allow residents to "vent their anger" at Chinese authorities over proposals on how the city chooses its next leader.
The issue was at the heart of months of mass protests in the former British colony where pro-democracy protesters blocked off stretches of main roads to call for true universal suffrage.
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