Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party okay disband plan

HONG KONG, Apr 13 (AFP): Members of Hong Kong's Democratic Party voted on Sunday to move forward with plans to dissolve the party as its leaders first proposed in February, the party's chair said.

The party is the latest Hong Kong civil society group to meet its end amid a years-long political crackdown, with scores of activists arrested, jailed or in exile.

The vote "means most of our members are willing to allow the Central Committee to take steps to dissolve the party", said Lo Kin-hei, chair of the 30-year-old party that was once the city's stalwart opposition force.