HONG KONG: Organizers on Monday urged Hong Kong’s government to take seriously an unofficial referendum on de–mocratic reform after nearly 800,000 people voted in the Chinese city, but state media in Beijing dismissed the ballot as unpatriotic.

The poll organized by pro-democracy activists that closed late on Sunday saw more than 780,000 people voting on how Hong Kong’s next leader should be chosen, days before a planned massive protest for greater democracy in the semi-autonomous city.

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