Confronted by hostile lawmakers, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen yesterday refused to discuss Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo .
But he again spoke at length in defence of Executive Council member Lau Wong-fat, who has been accused of breaching government rules on the declaration of interests.
His reactions prompted a rowdy exchange at the question-and-answer session, with three lawmakers forced out by security guards.
'Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize but the Chinese Communist Party not only puts pressure on him in jail, his wife is suffering because of it too,' Leung Kwok-hung, of the League of Social Democrats, said. 'Say a fair word for the people of Hong Kong.'
After Tsang declared he had no comment to make, Leung said: 'Where is your conscience? I have never seen any leaders overseas make no comment in parliament.'
Leung shouted and tried to hit Tsang with a cardboard clock before being escorted out by security staff.