Hong Kong's once-prominent opposition Civic Party cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year. "Times have changed," veteran politician and the party's co-founder Alan Leong told AFP in an interview. Founded in 2006, the Civic Party -- nicknamed "the barristers' party" -- was made up of attorneys, academics and other professionals who wanted to promote democratisation in the city. Since China imposed a sweeping national security law that quelled dissent after massive pro-democracy protests rocked Hong Kong in 2019, three Civic Party members have been jailed, elected politicians unseated and a former lawmaker listed as a most wanted fugitive. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES AND FILE IMAGES