Time for a break: Legco radical Wong Yuk-man to focus on radio station after losing to localist
Political firebrand apologises to supporters and says he has made too many enemies during his political career
Veteran radical lawmaker Wong Yuk-man, who lost his Legislative Council seat in Kowloon West to a young localist in Sunday’s election, says he will disappear from the political spotlight for a while.
Wong, who lost out on the last of the six seats in the constituency to Youngspiration’s Yau Wai-ching, 25, by 424 votes, apologised to supporters and blamed his failure on making “too many enemies in his political career” and “not enough effort”.
“I will take a rest and dive down for a while after this to rearrange the works I have on hand at the moment,” Wong, who received 20,219 votes, said.
He said he would focus on developing the online radio station My Radio, and discovering and training more young politicians for his party, the Proletariat Political Institute.
The party had joined hands to campaign with two radical and militant localist groups – Civic Passion and Localist Camp. But only one of the five candidates was elected.