Yuen Long district councilor Young Ka-on not duly elected, the High Court rules

The High Court today ruled that Yuen Long district councillor Young Ka-on, who beat his opponent Dream Law Ting-fai in the 2019 election by only two votes, was not duly elected. 

The court said Young admitted that he had not been duly elected – who filed an election petition – and therefore reached an agreement with Law.

Pro-democracy candidate Law ran in the Ping Shan North constituency in Yuen Long against incumbent councilor Young in the elections two years ago, but lost by just two votes. Law received 2,219 votes and Young received 2,221.

Law accused Young of shaking hands with voters within no-canvassing zones on election day. He said more than ten villagers threatened residents after they filed complaints to the polling stations’ presiding officer.

In the petition, Law also stated that more than 40 villagers were shouting outside the counting station when votes were being counted, with the villagers saying “If [Law] wins, we will lock the [counting station’s] doors!”