Anti-Occupy activist Leticia Lee looks ahead to her next fight
Leticia Lee, a fiery opponent of Occupy since it began, plans to take her fight 'to the next level'
As the Occupy campaign winds down with the Causeway Bay protest site due to be cleared today, for anti-Occupy activist Leticia Lee See-yin, the fight "for justice" is not over yet.
And as student leaders and activists called for residents to engage in a "non-cooperation movement" against the local government yesterday, Lee also told the South China Morning Post that she might take her actions "to the next level if the thugs" escalate theirs.
She said she would continue to oppose the social and political movement that manifested with Occupy, by organising actions such as public forums at which pro-government activists could trade ideas. She also plans to coordinate with her supporters and allies to decide on a new course of action, should the current pro-democracy movement continue in some form.
"Those who protested peacefully are not thugs. But the three organisers of Occupy Central, the student leaders and the radicals who stormed [the Legislative Council last month] and charged the police's cordon are … and the pan-democrats are their accomplices," Lee said.
Lee made a name for herself in 2012, as she led the Parents' Association in supporting the government's plan to launch national education in secondary schools. After the plan was shelved due to heated public criticism, Lee turned her attention to opposing the Occupy Central campaign, which was founded in March last year. In August last year, Lee also co-organised a controversial campaign "against obscenity" after an outspoken teacher was filmed shouting foul language at police officers over their handling of a civic dispute.
Her fiery approach raised questions about her motivation, but in an interview with the Post, Lee denied she was paid or instructed to undertake those campaigns by anyone in the local or central governments.
"To say that we do this for money is an insult to all Hong Kong citizens … [because] my actions are simply the consequences of what those thugs have done to our city. If they take their action to the next level, so will I," she said.