Hong Kong democrat in assassination plot

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Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Martin Lee said he was the target of a murder plot in the elections last year in the city. The veteran activist, the city of the Democratic Party, said two men were arrested over the plot to him by the police foiled in August last year. They should be brought to justice quickly, "he added. The police arrested an alleged Hitman from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong accomplice and seized a pistol and ammunition, the South China Morning Post reported. A police spokesman was not immediately available for comment. "I was never afraid because, as a Catholic, death to me is just like pushing the door open to another life," Lee told reporters after a meeting with the U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on a trip to China . Lee said he had the police have been asked not to get the information, but had confirmed the story when a reporter of the week. The 70-year-old, who came as lawmakers in July last year, said he did not know who is behind the plot, but said the public exposure of the story can be a warning. "I hope the publication of the story will send a certain message to (whoever is behind the plot) that the police will still be trying to get to him or her," he said without elaboration. The plot was discovered during the Legislative Council elections in 2008 that a vote of the limited opportunities in the city. Universal suffrage was promised to Hong Kong when it was returned to China by colonial power Britain, but no timetable has been set and the Democrats have been frustrated at the slow pace of reform. Lee was also one of the leading members of the campaign to recall and to justify pro-democracy activists who led a six-week protest in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the 1989th The 20th Anniversary of the crackdown on protests that left hundreds, possibly thousands, dead in the capital, is in Hong Kong on Thursday with a candlelight vigil is expected, where tens of thousands. Comments Please login to post comments or replies.