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, to help the

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government preserve human rights and democracy because of the uncertainties in the post-1997 era. One of the members, Lee Miu-ming, lost a lawsuit against the government's

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in the

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in which they argued that it violated the Bill of Rights Ordinance and its principle of equal voting. In the summer of 1994, the group gained media attention by criticizing four members of the

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(

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, Fred Li,

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and Zachary Wong) for abstaining from voting for

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's (the then pro-democracy Independent legislator for the New Territories East constituency) full-scale direct election amendment of Governor

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's 1995 LegCo election bill. Law Yuk-kai, director of the

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, was their leader. Many notable members of the Ant Alliance including

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, who joined the newly formed Pro-democracy party, the Frontier in 1996.

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