New | Bun protest not intended to hurt chief executive, maverick lawmaker says
"Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung says it was unreasonable for Legco president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing to evict him
A lawmaker who yesterday took part in a protest that disrupted Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s question-and-answer session said his eviction from Legco was unfair.
“Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung said what he did during yesterday’s meeting in the Legislative Council was no more than standing up and there was no reason for president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing to order him to leave.
The League of Social Democrats lawmaker said in a Commercial Radio programme today that he had not even intended to really hit Leung Chun-ying with the buns.
“I just wanted to humiliate him. I did not intend to really hurt him,” the lawmaker said.
“A chief executive who wants to leave when someone throws things at him is like a president who is afraid of wars,” he said.
Thursday’s drama unfolded when Leung Chun-ying criticised lawmakers who launched a filibuster to block the passage of the budget bill for harming Hong Kong’s competitiveness.