Result of district council election skewed by intimidation, dirty tricks

The result of Sunday's district council election marks a setback for Hong Kong's democratic development, as the results were skewed by the illegal activities of the opposition camp to the benefit of their candidates.

In the run up to Sunday's voting, members of the opposition camp, particularly their young agitators, engaged in an all-out campaign to sabotage the campaign activities of pro-establishment candidates and intimidate their supporters from going to the ballot box.

The offices of as many as 300 pro-establishment candidates were repeatedly damaged, with phone lines and internet access deliberately cut off.