Hong Kong poll problems attacked by candidates

THE pro-democratic opposition in Hong Kong yesterday hit out at problems with the voting and the count after falling short of expectations in elections.

Pro-democracy candidates scored three new seats in Hong Kong’s parliament, winning 25 of the former British territory’s 60 seats, according to final, official results.

Beijing’s authoritarian leadership was worried about the outcome of Hong Kong’s greatest-yet exercise of democracy, seven years after Britain returned the former colony to the motherland.