Overview
- Members voted 117–4 in favor of liquidation at a special meeting, party chair Lo Kin-hei announced.
- Senior figures reported being approached by Chinese officials or intermediaries who warned of severe consequences if the party continued.
- A committee spent months preparing the wind-down, including legal and accounting work and plans to sell the party’s Kowloon headquarters.
- Founded in 1994, the party once led the opposition and campaigned for universal suffrage but was pushed to the margins after the 2020 national security law and a 2021 electoral overhaul.
- The closure follows the shutdown of other pro-democracy groups such as the Civic Party and the League of Social Democrats, while several former Democratic Party leaders have been jailed under security charges.