Razor blade sent to Hong Kong official who ended localist Edward Leung’s Legco run
Threatening letter comes after online attacks on returning officers who disqualified hopefuls
The fallout from the disqualification of a localist leader seeking to run in next month’s Legislative Council elections took a worrying turn on Saturday when the returning officer responsible for it got a threatening letter with a razor blade enclosed.
And police arrested a second suspect – a Chinese University student – over separate online threats made against returning officers earlier this week.
The force did not name the election officer targeted in the letter with the blade, only confirming that a woman reported receiving the threat at her Sha Tin office on Sheung Wo Che Road.
That is the address of Cora Ho Lai-sheung, the returning officer who invalidated Hong Kong Indigenous member Edward Leung Tin-kei’s candidacy for the polls, to be held on September 4.
“The letter contained words that constitute a threat,” police said, without providing further details. “The case is classified as one of criminal intimidation after a preliminary inquiry. No arrest has been made.”