A consultant who spoke out over the government's decision on free-to-air TV licences yesterday cast suspicion on two complaints that led to her dismissal.
Jenny Ng Pui-ying, former managing partner at Value Partners, said the complaints were sent to her boss a day after Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said the government would "follow up" on her comments.
After nine years in the job, Ng said she resigned in late January, although the company fired her in February.
"They fired me for the interviews I did, saying they had affected the company," she said yesterday in the first press conference since her dismissal.
Ng said that a day after the chief executive's comments, a person named Kenneth Fung sent an e-mail to her company's head office in Italy, claiming he was a business partner of the firm and that Ng's action had tarnished the company's image.
A month later, a person named Alex T. Pugh sent an e-mail to the head office, as well as to the partners of the office around the world, complaining about her conduct, she said.
"They are provocative complaints aimed at worsening the relationship between my company and me," she said.