Hong Kong pro-democracy group set to fold as security law turns 5

Arrests continue as China's law reshapes city's politics, education, media

20250625 Members of the League of Social Democrats

Leung Kwok-hung, second from right, a co-founder of the League of Social Democrats who is widely known as "Long Hair," protests in 2019. The group is reportedly set to disband after years of tightening restrictions on dissent. © AP

KENSAKU IHARA

June 25, 2025 20:06 JST

HONG KONG -- The League of Social Democrats, one of the last political groups advocating pro-democracy causes in Hong Kong, is set to disband, multiple major local media outlets reported on Wednesday.

The reports came on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the strict national security law Beijing imposed on the city. The LSD's Chairperson Chan Po-ying told media on the group's WhatsApp account in Chinese: "Many thanks for so many people caring about whether the LSD is to dissolve or not. Temporarily, there is nothing we are able to say. I wish for your kind understanding."