By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret

HONG KONG, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s last major opposition party holds a final vote on Sunday on whether to disband, as China ratchets up pressure on the city’s remaining liberal ‍voices in a years-long national security crackdown.

The Democratic Party, founded three years before Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule from Britain in 1997, has been the city’s flagship opposition. It used to sweep city-wide legislative elections and push Beijing on democratic reforms and upholding freedoms.

The Special General Meeting at the party’s headquarters will confirm details of the party’s “dissolution and ‌liquidation” arrangements, according to a party statement.

Senior party members say ‌they had been approached by Chinese officials or middlemen and warned to

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