On 4 July 2008 Leung was scheduled to visit areas in Sichuan damaged by the Sichuan earthquake as part of a 20-member delegation . Leung 's travel permit application was rejected at the last minute on suspicions he would protest in China during the 3-day trip . Sichuan officials claimed to have seen Internet reports saying Leung planned to do something not relevant to the purpose of the trip . Rita Fan confirmed those were the grounds of denial . Leung responded saying : " It 's so ironic . People said the Olympic Games will make China more open up . I think it 's going backward . " In 2010 , Leung and four other pro-democrat legislators launched the " Five Constituencies Referendum " to press the government to implement universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and Legislative Council by resigning from each constituency and trigger a territory-wide by-election . Leung explained that his resignation in January was , " in keeping with his campaign promise ... to fight for direct elections . " Although being elected in May with 108,927 votes , the campaign failed to draw high turnout rate due to the boycott by the pro-Beijing camp , . Leung accused the Democratic Party for not participating in the campaign and instead reached a controversial agreement with the Beijing government over the reform proposal
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