『译』HK's High Court disqualifies 2 nation-insulting legislators-elect 香港高等法院裁定，取消俩辱国议员资格

摘自China Daily app (2016年11月15日，原文转自新华网)

Hong Kong's High Court on Tuesday disqualified two legislators-elect for using language insulting the Chinese nation while taking oaths, which violated the Basic Law and local laws.

香港高等法院本周二裁定，取消两位侯任立法会议员的任职资格，因其就职宣誓时出言侮辱中国，而此举违反了基本法和当地法律。

＊oath：宣誓

The ruling came after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying filed a judicial review last month against the decision by the president of the Legislative Council (LegCo) to give the pair a second chance to be sworn in.

立法会(简称：LegCo)主席决定给两位侯任议员第二次宣誓就职的机会。上个月，香港特区政府和特首梁振英就该决定作出司法审查。审查后高等法院作出废除其议员资格的裁决。

＊the Hong Kong Special Administration Region government：香港特区政府

＊Chief Executive：行政长官

＊the Legislative Council：立法会

＊swear in：宣誓就职

The two legislators-elect, Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching, used derogatory language insulting the Chinese nation when reading out their oaths at a swearing-in ceremony on Oct. 12. Their oaths were declared invalid.

10月12日，两位侯任议员梁颂恒、游蕙祯在就职典礼宣读誓词时贬损中国。他们的誓词被宣告无效。

＊derogatory：贬损的

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